Richard V. Lansdown's scientific contributions

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Biodiversity loss is a major global challenge and minimizing extinction rates is the goal of several multilateral environmental agreements. Policy decisions require comprehensive, spatially explicit information on species’ distributions and threats. We present an analysis of the conservation status of 14,669 European terrestrial, freshwater and mar...
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This publication has been prepared by IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature). The designation of geographical entities in this book, and the presentation of the material, do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the European Commission or IUCN concerning the legal status of any country, territory, or area,...

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... Compared to vertebrates, who mostly are associated with positive values, attention and conservation efforts, insect pollinators are sometimes marginalized by the dislike for insects in general or by the focus on the honeybee (Hall & Martins, 2020;Hochkirch et al., 2023;Leandro & Jay-Robert, 2019;Sturm et al., 2021). In their pioneering study on the drivers of pro-pollinator behaviour, Knapp et al. (2021) showed that interactions with nature and perceived behavioural control (i.e. ...
... Populations across Europe are facing declines due to factors like inadequate forest management and habitat alterations. According to Bilz [12], A. liliifolia is classified as a least-concern species in Europe due to its protection under the "Directive on the Conservation of Natural Habitats and Wild Fauna and Flora" (92/43/EEC). The emergence of eutrophicated high forests [13,14] and the replacement of coppices with conifers as a result of alterations in landscape management during the preceding two centuries resulted in the extinction of this species. ...