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Tropical biodiversity loss from land-use change is severely underestimated by local-scale assessments

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Tropical biodiversity loss from land-use change is severely underestimated by local-scale assessments. / Socolar, Jacob B.; Mills, Simon C.; Gilroy, James J. et al.
In: Nature Ecology and Evolution, 22.07.2025.

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Socolar, JB, Mills, SC, Gilroy, JJ, Martínez-Revelo, DE, Medina-Uribe, CA, Parra-Sanchez, E, Ramirez-Gutierrez, M, Sand Sæbø, J, Meneses, HS, Pérez, G, Barlow, J, Ochoa Quintero, JM, Freckleton, RP, Haugaasen, T & Edwards, DP 2025, 'Tropical biodiversity loss from land-use change is severely underestimated by local-scale assessments', Nature Ecology and Evolution. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-025-02779-4

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Socolar, J. B., Mills, S. C., Gilroy, J. J., Martínez-Revelo, D. E., Medina-Uribe, C. A., Parra-Sanchez, E., Ramirez-Gutierrez, M., Sand Sæbø, J., Meneses, H. S., Pérez, G., Barlow, J., Ochoa Quintero, J. M., Freckleton, R. P., Haugaasen, T., & Edwards, D. P. (2025). Tropical biodiversity loss from land-use change is severely underestimated by local-scale assessments. Nature Ecology and Evolution. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-025-02779-4

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Socolar JB, Mills SC, Gilroy JJ, Martínez-Revelo DE, Medina-Uribe CA, Parra-Sanchez E et al. Tropical biodiversity loss from land-use change is severely underestimated by local-scale assessments. Nature Ecology and Evolution. 2025 Jul 22. Epub 2025 Jul 22. doi: 10.1038/s41559-025-02779-4

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Socolar, Jacob B. ; Mills, Simon C. ; Gilroy, James J. et al. / Tropical biodiversity loss from land-use change is severely underestimated by local-scale assessments. In: Nature Ecology and Evolution. 2025.

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title = "Tropical biodiversity loss from land-use change is severely underestimated by local-scale assessments",
abstract = "Human impacts on nature span vast spatial scales that transcend abiotic gradients and biogeographic barriers, yet estimates of biodiversity loss from land-use change overwhelmingly derive from local-scale studies. Using a field dataset of 971 bird species sampled in forest and cattle pasture across 13 biogeographic regions of Colombia, we quantify biodiversity losses from local to near-national scales. Losses are on average 60% worse at the pan-Colombian scale than in individual regions, with underestimation remaining until six to seven biogeographic regions are sampled. Regional losses greatly exceed local losses when beta-diversity is high due to reduced species turnover in pasture across geographic space and elevation. Extrapolation from local-scale studies causes major underestimation of biodiversity loss, emphasizing the need to incorporate spatial structure into measures of change.",
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RIS

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AU - Socolar, Jacob B.

AU - Mills, Simon C.

AU - Gilroy, James J.

AU - Martínez-Revelo, Diego E.

AU - Medina-Uribe, Claudia A.

AU - Parra-Sanchez, Edicson

AU - Ramirez-Gutierrez, Marcela

AU - Sand Sæbø, Jørgen

AU - Meneses, Henry S.

AU - Pérez, Giovanny

AU - Barlow, Jos

AU - Ochoa Quintero, Jose M.

AU - Freckleton, Robert P.

AU - Haugaasen, Torbjørn

AU - Edwards, David P.

PY - 2025/7/22

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N2 - Human impacts on nature span vast spatial scales that transcend abiotic gradients and biogeographic barriers, yet estimates of biodiversity loss from land-use change overwhelmingly derive from local-scale studies. Using a field dataset of 971 bird species sampled in forest and cattle pasture across 13 biogeographic regions of Colombia, we quantify biodiversity losses from local to near-national scales. Losses are on average 60% worse at the pan-Colombian scale than in individual regions, with underestimation remaining until six to seven biogeographic regions are sampled. Regional losses greatly exceed local losses when beta-diversity is high due to reduced species turnover in pasture across geographic space and elevation. Extrapolation from local-scale studies causes major underestimation of biodiversity loss, emphasizing the need to incorporate spatial structure into measures of change.

AB - Human impacts on nature span vast spatial scales that transcend abiotic gradients and biogeographic barriers, yet estimates of biodiversity loss from land-use change overwhelmingly derive from local-scale studies. Using a field dataset of 971 bird species sampled in forest and cattle pasture across 13 biogeographic regions of Colombia, we quantify biodiversity losses from local to near-national scales. Losses are on average 60% worse at the pan-Colombian scale than in individual regions, with underestimation remaining until six to seven biogeographic regions are sampled. Regional losses greatly exceed local losses when beta-diversity is high due to reduced species turnover in pasture across geographic space and elevation. Extrapolation from local-scale studies causes major underestimation of biodiversity loss, emphasizing the need to incorporate spatial structure into measures of change.

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