Add to ORKGStandard economic theory predicts that exploitation alone is unlikely to result in species extinction because of the escalating costs of finding the last individuals of a declining species. We argue that the human predisposition to place exaggerated value on rarity fuels disproportionate exploitation of rare species, rendering them even rarer and thus more desirable, ultimately leading them into an extinction vortex. Here we present a simple mathematical model and various empirical examples to show how the value attributed to rarity in some human activities could precipitate the extinction of rare species—a concept that we term the anthropogenic Allee effect. The alarming finding that human perception of rarity can precipitate species extin...
In virtually all ecological communities around the world, most species are represented by few indivi...
Rare species have to cope not only with habitat loss, genetic bottlenecks and invasive competitors, ...
Trophy hunting, which is a form of recreational hunting with the main objective of collecting a trop...
Standard economic theory predicts that exploitation alone is unlikely to result in species extinctio...
Background: It has recently been postulated that the value humans place on rarity could cause the ex...
Consumer demand for plant and animal products threatens many populations with extinction. The anthro...
BACKGROUND: It has recently been postulated that the value humans place on rarity could cause the ex...
Classifying species by threat status can result in conservation benefits such as increased protectio...
Experimental evidence of extinction via an Allee effect (AE) is a priority as more species become th...
A central topic for conservation science is evaluating how human activities influence global species...
There is growing evidence to suggest that there is an increase in species extinction occurring globa...
SynthèseInternational audienceSince the origin of life, new species have kept arising while others w...
How can species be exploited economically to extinction? Past single-species hypotheses examining th...
HIghlights• Opportunistic exploitation of high-value species may occur in multispecies systems.• Tar...
Anthropogenic land-use change causes substantial changes in local and global biodiversity. Rare and ...
In virtually all ecological communities around the world, most species are represented by few indivi...
Rare species have to cope not only with habitat loss, genetic bottlenecks and invasive competitors, ...
Trophy hunting, which is a form of recreational hunting with the main objective of collecting a trop...
Standard economic theory predicts that exploitation alone is unlikely to result in species extinctio...
Background: It has recently been postulated that the value humans place on rarity could cause the ex...
Consumer demand for plant and animal products threatens many populations with extinction. The anthro...
BACKGROUND: It has recently been postulated that the value humans place on rarity could cause the ex...
Classifying species by threat status can result in conservation benefits such as increased protectio...
Experimental evidence of extinction via an Allee effect (AE) is a priority as more species become th...
A central topic for conservation science is evaluating how human activities influence global species...
There is growing evidence to suggest that there is an increase in species extinction occurring globa...
SynthèseInternational audienceSince the origin of life, new species have kept arising while others w...
How can species be exploited economically to extinction? Past single-species hypotheses examining th...
HIghlights• Opportunistic exploitation of high-value species may occur in multispecies systems.• Tar...
Anthropogenic land-use change causes substantial changes in local and global biodiversity. Rare and ...
In virtually all ecological communities around the world, most species are represented by few indivi...
Rare species have to cope not only with habitat loss, genetic bottlenecks and invasive competitors, ...
Trophy hunting, which is a form of recreational hunting with the main objective of collecting a trop...