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Gerardo Ceballos
Researcher at National Autonomous University of Mexico
Publications - 158
Citations - 16165
Gerardo Ceballos is an academic researcher from National Autonomous University of Mexico. The author has contributed to research in topics: Biodiversity & Population. The author has an hindex of 52, co-authored 151 publications receiving 13069 citations. Previous affiliations of Gerardo Ceballos include University of Arizona & Stanford University.
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Defaunation in the Anthropocene
TL;DR: Defaunation is both a pervasive component of the planet’s sixth mass extinction and also a major driver of global ecological change.
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Accelerated modern human-induced species losses: Entering the sixth mass extinction
Gerardo Ceballos,Paul R. Ehrlich,Anthony D. Barnosky,Andrés García,Robert M. Pringle,Todd M. Palmer +5 more
TL;DR: Estimates of extinction rates reveal an exceptionally rapid loss of biodiversity over the last few centuries, indicating that a sixth mass extinction is already under way and a window of opportunity is rapidly closing.
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Biological annihilation via the ongoing sixth mass extinction signaled by vertebrate population losses and declines
TL;DR: The population extinction pulse shows, from a quantitative viewpoint, that Earth’s sixth mass extinction is more severe than perceived when looking exclusively at species extinctions and humanity needs to address anthropogenic population extirpation and decimation immediately.
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Mammal Population Losses and the Extinction Crisis
Gerardo Ceballos,Paul R. Ehrlich +1 more
TL;DR: Historic and present distributions of 173 declining mammal species from six continents are compared, finding that these species have collectively lost over 50% of their historic range area, mostly where human activities are intensive.
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Global mammal distributions, biodiversity hotspots, and conservation
Gerardo Ceballos,Paul R. Ehrlich +1 more
TL;DR: A global examination of distributions of all nonmarine mammals to determine patterns of species richness, endemism, and endangerment, and to evaluate the degree of congruence among hotspots of these three measures of diversity in mammals found it necessary to assign global conservation priorities based on hotspots.