Past, present, and future of the Living Planet Index
S. E. H. Ledger, L. McRae, M. Böhm, R. Almond, M. Grooten, C. Clements, J. Currie, T. Galewski, M. Jenkins, B. Painter, L. Young, J. Loh, S. Deinet, V. Marconi, K. Scott-Gatty, , R. Freeman
The paper reviews the evolution of the Living Planet Index, its role in biodiversity monitoring, and its findings of a 68% global vertebrate population decline between 1970 and 2016.
bioRxiv · Jun 20, 2022Ecology