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Lookup NU author(s): Dr Gaurav Gupta, Dr Matthew Grainger, Dr Jonathon DunnORCiD, Dr Roy SandersonORCiD, Professor Philip McGowan
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© The Author(s), 2022. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of BirdLife International. Global biodiversity is at a heightened risk of extinction and we are losing species faster than at any other time. It is important to understand the threats that drive a species towards extinction in order to address those drivers. In this paper, we assess our knowledge of the threats faced by 24 Himalayan Galliformes species by undertaking a review of the threats reported in the published literature and the supporting evidence that the threat is having an impact on the species' populations. Only 24 papers were deemed suitable to be included in the study. We found that biological resource use and agriculture and aquaculture are the predominant threats to the Galliformes in the Greater Himalaya but the evidence available in the studies is quite poor as only one paper quantified the impact on species. This study shows that major gaps exist in our understanding of threats to species, and it is imperative to fill those gaps if we want to prevent species from going extinct.
Author(s): Gupta G, Grainger M, Dunn JC, Sanderson ROY, McGowan PJK
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Bird Conservation International
Year: 2022
Volume: 32
Issue: 3
Pages: 360-369
Print publication date: 01/09/2022
Online publication date: 09/06/2022
Acceptance date: 01/11/2021
Date deposited: 05/09/2022
ISSN (print): 0959-2709
ISSN (electronic): 1474-0001
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0959270921000514
DOI: 10.1017/S0959270921000514
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