Communicating the true challenges of saving species: response to Wiedenfeld et al

James E M Watson^{1

2}, Jeremy S Simmonds^{1

2}, Michelle Ward^{1

2

3}, Chuan J Yong^{1

2}, April E Reside^{1

2

4}, Hugh P Possingham¹, Andrew Rogers¹, Josie Carwardine⁵

Affiliations

¹ Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland, Australia.
² School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia.
³ World Wild Fund for Nature, Level 4B, 340 Adelaide Street, Brisbane, QLD 4000, Australia.
⁴ School of Agriculture & Food Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia.
⁵ CSIRO, Land and Water, Dutton Park 4102, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

Comment

James E M Watson et al. Conserv Biol. 2022 Aug.

. 2022 Aug;36(4):e13961.

doi: 10.1111/cobi.13961. Epub 2022 Jun 16.

James E M Watson^{1

2}, Jeremy S Simmonds^{1

2}, Michelle Ward^{1

2

3}, Chuan J Yong^{1

2}, April E Reside^{1

2

4}, Hugh P Possingham¹, Andrew Rogers¹, Josie Carwardine⁵

¹ Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland, Australia.
² School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia.
³ World Wild Fund for Nature, Level 4B, 340 Adelaide Street, Brisbane, QLD 4000, Australia.
⁴ School of Agriculture & Food Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia.
⁵ CSIRO, Land and Water, Dutton Park 4102, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

No abstract available

Keywords: extinction prevention; knowledge shortfalls; threatened species.

Comment on

Conservation resource allocation, small population resiliency, and the fallacy of conservation triage.
Wiedenfeld DA, Alberts AC, Angulo A, Bennett EL, Byers O, Contreras-MacBeath T, Drummond G, da Fonseca GAB, Gascon C, Harrison I, Heard N, Hochkirch A, Konstant W, Langhammer PF, Langrand O, Launay F, Lebbin DJ, Lieberman S, Long B, Lu Z, Maunder M, Mittermeier RA, Molur S, Khalifa Al Mubarak R, Parr MJ, Ratsimbazafy J, Rhodin AGJ, Rylands AB, Sanderson J, Sechrest W, Soorae P, Supriatna J, Upgren A, Vié JC, Zhang L. Wiedenfeld DA, et al. Conserv Biol. 2021 Oct;35(5):1388-1395. doi: 10.1111/cobi.13696. Epub 2021 May 4. Conserv Biol. 2021. PMID: 33484006 Free PMC article.

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