An international research team with Nicolas Mouquet (CNRS) and David Mouillot (UM) from MARBEC has developed a new tool to quantify the vulnerability of species communities. Combined with future ecosystem risk assessment studies, this tool should help decision-makers define management priorities and direct protection efforts where they are most needed.

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Press release: https://www.fondationbiodiversite.fr/communique/nouvelle-methode-pour-evaluer-la-vulnerabilite-des-ecosystemes/
Reference: Arnaud Auber, Conor Waldock, Anthony Maire, Eric Goberville, Camille Albouy, Adam C. Algar, Matthew McLean, Anik Brind’Amour, Alison L. Green, Mark Tupper, Laurent Vigliola, Kristin Kaschner, Kathleen Kesner-Reyes, Maria Beger, Jerry Tjiputra, Aurèle Toussaint, Cyrille Violle, Nicolas Mouquet, Wilfried Thuiller24, David Mouillot. “A functional vulnerability framework for biodiversity conservation”. 2022. Nature Communications. doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-32331-y/