Red flags: correlates of impaired species recovery

摘要: Conservation biology research exhibits a striking but unhelpful dichotomy. Analyses of species decline, extinction risk, and threat mitigation typically encompass broad taxonomic spatial scales. By contrast, most studies recovery lack generality, pertaining to specific species, populations, or locales. Narrowly focused analyses offer weak empirical basis for identifying generic correlates across particularly in cases where is not effected by an abatement threats. We present framework multi-species meta-analyses identify early-warning signals – ‘red flags' impaired that can be used as predictors potential before efforts are initiated. An empirically comprehensive understanding the demographic, ecological, evolutionary, threat-related factors affecting rate trajectory will strengthen conservation set priorities, targets, timelines.