TY - BOOK
T1 - European Red List of Grasshoppers, Crickets and Bush-crickets
AU - Massa, Bruno
AU - Hochkirch, A; Nieto, A; García Criado, M; Cálix, M; Braud, Y; Buzzetti, Fm; Chobanov, D; Odé, B; Presa Asensio, Jj; Willemse, L; Zuna-Kratky, T; Barranco Vega, P; Bushell, M; Clemente, Me; Correas, Jr; Dusoulier, F; Ferreir
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - The European Red List is a review of the conservation
status of European species according to IUCN regional
Red Listing guidelines. It identifies those species that are
threatened with extinction at the regional level, so that
appropriate conservation action can be taken to improve
their status. This Red List publication summarises results
for all hitherto described native European Orthoptera
species (grasshoppers, crickets and bush-crickets). All Orthoptera species (grasshoppers, crickets and bushcrickets) native to or naturalised in Europe before AD
1500 (a total of 1,082 species), have been assessed in
this Red List. The geographical scope is continent-wide,
extending from Iceland in the west to the Urals in the
east, and from Franz Josef Land in the north to the
Canary Islands in the south. The Caucasus region is not
included. Red List assessments were made at two regional
levels: for geographical Europe, and for the 28 Member
States of the European Union in 2016. The status of all species was assessed using the IUCN
Red List Categories and Criteria (IUCN 2012a), which is
the world’s most widely accepted system for measuring
extinction risk. All assessments followed the Guidelines
for Application of IUCN Red List Criteria at Regional and
National Levels (IUCN 2012b).
The assessments were compiled based on the data and
knowledge from a network of leading European experts
on Orthoptera. The assessments were then completed
and reviewed at six workshops held in Italy, Greece,
France, Bulgaria, Spain and Germany as well as through
email correspondence with relevant experts. More than
145 experts participated in the assessment and review
process for European Orthoptera species. Assessments
are available on the European Red List website and
data portal: http://ec.europa.eu/environment/nature/
conservation/species/redlist and http://www.iucnredlist.
org/initiatives/europe. Overall, 25.7% and 28% of Orthoptera species are
assessed as threatened at the European and EU 28 levels,
respectively. However, the exact proportion of threatened
species is uncertain, as there are 107 (10%) Data Deficient
(DD) species in Europe and 84 DD species (8.5%) in the
EU 28. Estimating that a similar relative proportion of the
DD assessments are likely to be threatened (IUCN 2011),
the best estimate of the threatened share of Orthoptera
species is thus 28.5% in Europe and 30.6% in the EU 28.
Further research on DD species to clarify their status is
therefore critical. A further 13.9% (149 species) and 13%
(128 species) are considered Near Threatened in Europe
and in the EU 28, respectively.
By comparison, the best estimate of threatened
species of those other groups that have been assessed
comprehensively in Europe is 58% of freshwater molluscs,
40% of freshwater fishes, 23% of amphibians, 20% of
reptiles, 17% of mammals, 16% of dragonflies, 13% of
birds, 9% of butterflies and bees, 8% of aquatic plants and
marine fishes and 2% of medicinal plants (IUCN 2015).
Additional European Red Lists assessing a selection of
species showed that 22% of terrestrial molluscs, 16% of
crop wild relatives and 15% of saproxylic beetles are also
threatened (IUCN 2015). No other groups have yet been
assessed at the European level.
Looking at the population trends of European Orthoptera
species, 30.2% (325 species) have declining populations,
7.6% (82 species) are believed to be more or less stable
and 3.2% (34 species) are increasing. However, the
population trends for the majority of species (59%, 634
species) remain unknown.
Out of the 739 species that are endemic to Europe
(i.e., they are found nowhere else in the world), 231
(31.3%) are threatened, highlighting the responsibility
that European countries hav
AB - The European Red List is a review of the conservation
status of European species according to IUCN regional
Red Listing guidelines. It identifies those species that are
threatened with extinction at the regional level, so that
appropriate conservation action can be taken to improve
their status. This Red List publication summarises results
for all hitherto described native European Orthoptera
species (grasshoppers, crickets and bush-crickets). All Orthoptera species (grasshoppers, crickets and bushcrickets) native to or naturalised in Europe before AD
1500 (a total of 1,082 species), have been assessed in
this Red List. The geographical scope is continent-wide,
extending from Iceland in the west to the Urals in the
east, and from Franz Josef Land in the north to the
Canary Islands in the south. The Caucasus region is not
included. Red List assessments were made at two regional
levels: for geographical Europe, and for the 28 Member
States of the European Union in 2016. The status of all species was assessed using the IUCN
Red List Categories and Criteria (IUCN 2012a), which is
the world’s most widely accepted system for measuring
extinction risk. All assessments followed the Guidelines
for Application of IUCN Red List Criteria at Regional and
National Levels (IUCN 2012b).
The assessments were compiled based on the data and
knowledge from a network of leading European experts
on Orthoptera. The assessments were then completed
and reviewed at six workshops held in Italy, Greece,
France, Bulgaria, Spain and Germany as well as through
email correspondence with relevant experts. More than
145 experts participated in the assessment and review
process for European Orthoptera species. Assessments
are available on the European Red List website and
data portal: http://ec.europa.eu/environment/nature/
conservation/species/redlist and http://www.iucnredlist.
org/initiatives/europe. Overall, 25.7% and 28% of Orthoptera species are
assessed as threatened at the European and EU 28 levels,
respectively. However, the exact proportion of threatened
species is uncertain, as there are 107 (10%) Data Deficient
(DD) species in Europe and 84 DD species (8.5%) in the
EU 28. Estimating that a similar relative proportion of the
DD assessments are likely to be threatened (IUCN 2011),
the best estimate of the threatened share of Orthoptera
species is thus 28.5% in Europe and 30.6% in the EU 28.
Further research on DD species to clarify their status is
therefore critical. A further 13.9% (149 species) and 13%
(128 species) are considered Near Threatened in Europe
and in the EU 28, respectively.
By comparison, the best estimate of threatened
species of those other groups that have been assessed
comprehensively in Europe is 58% of freshwater molluscs,
40% of freshwater fishes, 23% of amphibians, 20% of
reptiles, 17% of mammals, 16% of dragonflies, 13% of
birds, 9% of butterflies and bees, 8% of aquatic plants and
marine fishes and 2% of medicinal plants (IUCN 2015).
Additional European Red Lists assessing a selection of
species showed that 22% of terrestrial molluscs, 16% of
crop wild relatives and 15% of saproxylic beetles are also
threatened (IUCN 2015). No other groups have yet been
assessed at the European level.
Looking at the population trends of European Orthoptera
species, 30.2% (325 species) have declining populations,
7.6% (82 species) are believed to be more or less stable
and 3.2% (34 species) are increasing. However, the
population trends for the majority of species (59%, 634
species) remain unknown.
Out of the 739 species that are endemic to Europe
(i.e., they are found nowhere else in the world), 231
(31.3%) are threatened, highlighting the responsibility
that European countries hav
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10447/221668
M3 - Book
SN - 978-92-79-61752-2
BT - European Red List of Grasshoppers, Crickets and Bush-crickets
PB - Unknown Publisher
ER -