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Year	Reference	Language
2020	The IUCN Global Ecosystem Typology v1.01: Descriptive profiles for Biomes and Ecosystem Functional Groups Keith, D.A., Ferrer-Paris, J.R., Nicholson, E., Bishop, M.J., Polidoro, B.A., Ramirez-Llodra, E., Tozer, M.G., Nel, J.L., Mac Nally, R., Gregr, E.J., Watermeyer, K.E., Essl, F., Faber-Langendoen, D., Franklin, J., Lehmann, C.R.L., Etter, A., Roux, D.J., Stark, J.S., Rowland, J.A., Brummitt, N.A., Fernandez-Arcaya, U.C., Suthers, I.M., Wiser, S.K., Donohue, I., Jackson, L.J., Pennington, R.T., Pettorelli, N., Andrade, A., Kontula, T., Lindgaard, A., Tahvanainan, T., Terauds, A., Venter, O., Watson, J.E.M., Chadwick, M.A., Murray, N.J., Moat, J., Pliscoff, P., Zager, I. & Kingsford, R.T. Adapted from: ‘Earth’s ecosystems: a function-based typology for conservation and sustainability’ February 2020	English
2019	Ecosystem indices to support global biodiversity conservation Rowland, J.A., Bland L.M., Keith D.A., Juffe‐Bignoli D., Burgman M.A., Etter A., Ferrer‐Paris J.R., Miller RM., Skowno A.L., & Nicholson E. Conservation Letters. 2019;e12680.	English
2019	Impacts of the IUCN Red List of Ecosystems on conservation policy and practice Bland, L.M., Nicholson, E., Miller, R.M., Andrade, A., Etter, A., Ferrer-Paris, J.R., Kontula, T., Lindgaard, A., Pliscoff, P., Skowno, A., Zager, I. & Keith, D.A. Conservation Letters. 2019;e12666.	English
2019	Operationalizing the IUCN Red List of Ecosystems in public policy Alaniz, A., Perez-Quezada, J.F., Galleguillos, M., Vásquez, A.E. & Keith, D.A. Conservation Letters. 2019;e12665.	English
2019	REDLISTR: Tools for the IUCN Red Lists of Ecosystems and Threatened Species in R Lee, C. K.F., Keith, D.A., Nicholson, E. & Murray, N.J. Ecography 42: 1050-1055.	English
2018	Developing a standarized definition of ecosystem collapse for risk assessment Bland, L., Rowland, J., Regan, T., Keith, D., Murray, N., Lester, R., Linn, M., Rodríguez, J.P. & Nicholson, E. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 16(1):29–36	English
2018	Remap: An online remote sensing application for land cover classification and monitoring Murray, N., Keith, D.,Simpson, D.,Wilshire, J. & Lucas, R. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 9(9):1917-2041	English and Spanish
2018	Scaling range sizes to threats for robust predictions of risks to biodiversity Keith, D., Murray, N. & Akcakaya, R. Conservation Biology 32(2): 322-332.	English
2018	Selecting and applying indicators of ecosystem collapse for risk assessments Rowland, J., Nicholson, E., Murray, N., Keith, D., Lester, R. & Bland, L. Conservation Biology. (32):233-245	English
2018	The role of satellite remote sensing in structured ecosystem risk assessments Murray, N., Keith, D., Bland, L., Ferrari, R., Lyons, M.B., Lucas, R., Pettorelli, N. & Nicholson, E. Science of the Total Environment 619–620: 249-257.	English
2017	Guidelines for the application of IUCN Red List of Ecosystems Categories and Criteria Bland, L.M., Keith, D.A., Miller, R., Murray, N.J. & Rodríguez, J.P. (eds.). Version 1.1. Gland, Switzerland: IUCN. ix + 99p.	English
2017	Red List of Ecosystems: progress and challenges Ma, K. Biodiversity Science 2017, 25 (5):451-452.	Chinese
2017	Research advances and challenges in the IUCN Red List of Ecosystems Tan, J., Li, A., Lei, G., Chen, G. & Ma, K. Biodiversity Science 25 (5): 453-463.	Chinese, Abstract: English
2017	R Tools for the IUCN Red List of Ecosystems Lee, C. & Murray, N. A toolbox created by members of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Ecosystems team. Primarily, it is a set of tools suitable for calculating the metrics required for conducting assessments of ecosystems against the IUCN Red List of Ecosystems Categories and Criteria. The current version focuses on spatial criteria A and B. R package available on CRAN	Package repository, Vignette/Tutorial
2017	The use of range size to assess risks to biodiversity from stochastic threats Murray, N., Keith, D., Bland, L., Nicholson, E., Regan, T., Rodríguez, J.P & Bedward, M. Diversity & Distributions 23 (5): 474-483.	English
2017	Using multiple lines of evidence to assess the risk of ecosystem collapse Bland, L., Regan, T., Ngoc Dinh, M., Ferrari, R., Keith, D., Lester, R., Mouillot, D., Murray, N., Anh Nguyen, H. & Nicholson, E. Proceedings of The Royal Society B 284, issue 1863.	English
2016	An Introduction to the IUCN Red List of Ecosystems: The Categories and Criteria for Assessing Risks to Ecosystems IUCN Gland, Switzerland: IUCN. vi + 14p.	English
2016	Assessing the Cost of Global Biodiversity and Conservation Knowledge Juffe-Bignoli, D., Brooks, T.M., Butchart, S.H.M., Jenkins, R.B., Boe, K., Hoffmann M., Angulo, A., Bachman, S., Böhm, M., Brummitt, N., Carpenter, K.E., Comer, P.J., Cox, N., Cuttelod, A., Darwall, W.R.T., Di Marco, M., Fishpool, L.D.C., Goettsch, B., Heath, M., Hilton-Taylor, C., Hutton, J., Johnson, T., Joolia, A., Keith, D.A., Langhammer, P.F., Luedtke, J., Lughadha, E.N., Lutz, M., May, I., Miller, R.M., Oliveira-Miranda, M.A., Parr, M., Pollock, C.M., Ralph, G., Rodríguez, J.P., Rondinini, C., Smart, J., Stuart, S., Symes, A., Tordoff, A.W., Woodley, S., Young, B. & Kingston, N. PLoS ONE 11(8): e0160640.	English
2016	Guidelines for the application of IUCN Red List of Ecosystems Categories and Criteria Bland, L.M., Keith, D., Miller, R.M., Murray, N.J. & Rodríguez, J. P. (eds.) Version 1.0. Gland, Switzerland: IUCN. ix + 96p.	English, French, Spanish
2015	A framework for monitoring the status of Australia’s ecosystems based on IUCN’s new global standard. Keith, D. A., Rodriguez, J. P. & Barrow, E. G. Science Informing Policy - Symposium series. Section 3, p: 68-73. In: (Figgis et al.) 2015. Australian Committee for IUCN, Sydney.	English
2015	An IUCN Red List Ecosystems Risk Assessment for Alpine Snow Patch Herbfields, South-Eastern Australia Williams, R. J., Wahren, C.H., Stott, K. A. J., Camac, J. S., White, M., Burns, E., Harris, S., Nash, M., Morgan, J. W., Venn, S., Papst, W. A. & Hoffmann, A. A. Austral Ecology 40(4): 433-443.	English
2015	A practical guide to the application of the IUCN Red List of Ecosystems criteria Rodríguez, J.P., Keith, D.A., Rodríguez-Clark, K.M., Murray, N.J., Nicholson, E., Regan, T.J., Miller, R.M., Barrow, E.G., Bland, L.M., Boe, K., Brooks, T.M., Oliveira-Miranda, M.A., Spalding, M.D. & Wit, P. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 370: 20140003. (The PDF includes corrections in figure 3). Supporting Information: Appendix 1: Summary of the five criteria (A-E) used to evaluate the risk status of an ecosystem . Appendix 2: Examples of variables potentially suitable for assessing the severity of environmental degradation under Criterion C. Appendix 3: Examples of biotic variables potentially suitable for assessing the severity of disruption to biotic interactions under Criterion D.	English, French, Spanish
2015	Assessing and managing risks to ecosystem biodiversity Keith, D.A. Austral Ecology 40(4): 337-346.	English
2015	Assessing risks to ecosystems within biodiversity hotspots: a case study from southwestern Australia English, V. & Keith, D. A. Austral Ecology 40(4): 411-422.	English
2015	Ecosystem assessment of mountain ash forest in the Central Highlands of Victoria, south-eastern Australia Burns, E. L., Lindenmayer, D. B., Stein, J., Blanchard, W., McBurney, L., Blair, D. & Banks, S. Austral Ecology 40(4): 386-399.	English
2015	Ecosystem risk assessment for Cumberland Plain Woodland, New South Wales, Australia Tozer, M. G., Leishman, M. R. & Auld, T. D. Austral Ecology 40(4): 400-410.	English
2015	Ecosystem risk assessment for Gnarled Mossy Cloud Forest, Lord Howe Island, Australia Auld, T. D. & Leishman, M. R. Austral Ecology 40(4): 364-372.	English
2015	Ecosystem risk assessment of Georgina gidgee woodlands in central Australia Wardle, G. M., Greenville, A. C., Frank, A. S. K., Tischler, M., Emery, N. J. & Dickman, C. R. Austral Ecology 40(4): 444-459.	English
2015	IUCN Red List of Ecosystems: a new tool for biodiversity conservation Zhu, C., Fang, Y., Zhou, K., Mu, S. & Jiang, J. Acta Ecologica Sinica 35(9): 2826-2836.	Chinese, Abstract: English
2015	IUCN risk assessment of Coastal Lowland Rainforests of the Wet Tropics Bioregion, Queensland, Australia Metcalfe, D. J. & Lawson, T. J. Austral Ecology 40(4): 373-385.	English
2015	Predicting ecosystem collapse: Spatial factors that influence risks to tropical ecosystems Crespin, S. J. & Simonetti, J. A. Austral Ecology 40(4): 492-501.	English
2015	Risks to a mountain summit ecosystem with endemic biota in southwestern Australia Barrett, S. & Yates, C. J. Austral Ecology 40(4): 423-432.	English
2015	Status of connected wetlands of the Lake Eyre Basin, Australia Pisanu, P., Kingsford, R. T., Wilson, B. & Bonifacio, R. Austral Ecology 40(4): 460-471.	English
2015	The IUCN Red List of Ecosystems: motivations, challenges and applications Keith, D.A., Rodríguez, J.P., Brooks, T.M., Burgman, M.A., Barrow, E.G., Bland, L., Comer, P.J., Franklin, J., Link, J., McCarthy, M.A., Miller, R.M., Murray, N.J., Nel, J., Nicholson, E., Oliveira-Miranda, M.A., Regan, T.J., Rodríguez-Clark, K.M., Rouget, M. & Spalding, M.D. Conservation Letters 8(3): 214–226.	English
2015	The Red List of Ecosystems – An assessment of ecosystems heath Wan-Jyun, C. Nature Conservation 90: 15-25.	Chinese
2015	Tidal flats of the Yellow Sea: A review of ecosystem status and anthropogenic threats Murray, N.J., Ma, Z. & Fuller, R.A. Austral Ecology 40(4): 472-481.	English
2015	Vulnerability of Antarctic shallow invertebrate-dominated ecosystems Clark, G. F., Raymond, B., Riddle, M. J., Stark, J. S. & Johnston, E. L. Austral Ecology 40(4): 482-491.	English
2014	La Liste rouge des écosystèmes en France Habitats forestiers de France métropolitaine – Bilan de l’exercice d’application et préconisations Carré, A., Teillac-Deschamps, P. IUCN France,23p.	French
2014	Separating risks from values in setting priorities for plant community conservation Keith, D. A. Applied Vegetation Science 17: 384-384.	English
2014	Towards consistency, rigour and compatibility of risk assessments for ecosystems and ecological communities Nicholson, E., Regan, T. J., Auld, T. D., Burns, E., Chisholm, L. A., English, V., Harris, S.,Harrison, P., Kingsford, R. T., Leishman, M. R, Metcalfe, D. J., Pisanu, P., Watson, C. J.,White, M., White, M. D., Williams, R. J., Wilson, B. & Keith, D. A. Austral Ecology 40(4): 347-363.	English
2013	High-Resolution Global Maps of 21st-Century Forest Cover Change Hansen, M. C., Potapov, P. V., Moore, R., Hancher, M., Turubanova, S. A., Tyukavina, A., Thau, D., Stehman, S. V., Goetz, S. J., Loveland, T. R., Kommareddy, A., Egorov, A., Chini, L., Justice, C. O. & Townshend, J. R. G. Science 15: 850-853.	English
2013	Scientific Foundations for an IUCN Red List of Ecosystems Keith, D.A., Rodríguez, J.P., Rodríguez-Clark, K.M., Aapala, K., Alonso, A., Asmussen, M., Bachman, S., Bassett, A., Barrow, E.G., Benson, J.S., Bishop, M.J., Bonifacio, R., Brooks, T.M., Burgman, M.A., Comer, P., Comín, F.A., Essl, F., Faber-Langendoen, D., Fairweather, P.G., Holdaway, R.J., Jennings, M., Kingsford, R.T., Lester, R.E., Mac Nally, R., McCarthy, M.A., Moat, J., Nicholson, E., Oliveira-Miranda, M.A., Pisanu, P., Poulin, B., Riecken, U., Spalding, M.D. & Zambrano-Martínez, S. PLOS ONE 8(5): e62111. Supporting Information: Appendix S1: Definitions terms, PDF. Appendix S2: Risk assessment case studies for example ecosystems (Full PDF).	English, French, Spanish
2012	From Alaska to Patagonia: the IUCN Red List of continental ecosystems of the Americas Rodríguez, J.P, Rodríguez-Clark, K.M., Keith, D.A., Barrow, E.G., Comer, P. & Oliveira-Miranda, M.A. Oryx 46(2): 170-171.	English
2012	IUCN Red List of Ecosystems Rodríguez, J.P., Rodríguez-Clark, K.M., Keith, D.A., Barrow, E.G., Benson, J., Nicholson, E. & Wit, P. IUCN Red List of Ecosystems, S.A.P.I.E.N.S. 5(2).	English
2011	Establishing IUCN Red List Criteria for Threatened Ecosystems (includes Version 1 of the proposed categories and criteria) Rodríguez, J.P., Rodríguez-Clark, K.M., Baillie, J.E., Ash, N., Benson, J., Boucher, T., Brown, C., Burgess, N.D., Collen, B., Jennings, M., Keith, D.A., Nicholson, E., Revenga, C., Reyers, B., Rouget, M., Smith, T., Spalding, M., Taber, A., Walpole, M., Zager, I. & Zamin, T. Conservation Biology 25 (1): 21-29.	English, French, Spanish, Summary: Bahasa Indonesia, Summary: Chinese, Summary: Danish
2011	Incorporating temporality and biophysical vulnerability to quantify the human spatial footprint on ecosystems Etter, A., McAlpine, C.A., Seabrook, L. & Wilson, K.A. Biological Conservation 144: 1585-1594.	English
2009	The interpretation, assessment and conservation of ecological communities Keith, D.A. Ecological Management and Restoration. Special Issue: Science supporting threatened species conservation 10, Issue Supplement s1: S3-S15. More information: [email protected]	English
2007	Assessing extinction risk in the absence of species-level data: quantitative criteria for terrestrial ecosystems Rodriguez, J.P., Blach, J.K. & Rodriguez-Clark, K.M. Biodiversity and Conservation 16:183-209.	English, Spanish

Year: 2020

Title: The IUCN Global Ecosystem Typology v1.01: Descriptive profiles for Biomes and Ecosystem Functional Groups

Author(s):

Keith, D.A., Ferrer-Paris, J.R., Nicholson, E., Bishop, M.J., Polidoro, B.A., Ramirez-Llodra, E., Tozer, M.G., Nel, J.L., Mac Nally, R., Gregr, E.J., Watermeyer, K.E., Essl, F., Faber-Langendoen, D., Franklin, J., Lehmann, C.R.L., Etter, A., Roux, D.J., Stark, J.S., Rowland, J.A., Brummitt, N.A., Fernandez-Arcaya, U.C., Suthers, I.M., Wiser, S.K., Donohue, I., Jackson, L.J., Pennington, R.T., Pettorelli, N., Andrade, A., Kontula, T., Lindgaard, A., Tahvanainan, T., Terauds, A., Venter, O., Watson, J.E.M., Chadwick, M.A., Murray, N.J., Moat, J., Pliscoff, P., Zager, I. & Kingsford, R.T.

Adapted from: ‘Earth’s ecosystems: a function-based typology for conservation and sustainability’
February 2020

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