Prof Andy Purvis

Highlighted publications

• Purvis A (2025) Bending the curve of biodiversity loss requires a ‘satnav’ for nature. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, (1917) The Royal Societydoi: 10.1098/rstb.2023.0210
• Pereira HM, Martins IS, Rosa IMD, Kim H, Leadley P, Popp A, Van Vuuren DP, Hurtt G, Quoss L, Arneth A, Baisero D, Bakkenes M, Chaplin-Kramer R, Chini L, Di Marco M, Ferrier S, Fujimori S, Guerra CA, Harfoot M, Harwood TD, Hasegawa T, Haverd V, Havlík P, Hellweg S, Hilbers JP, Hill SLL, Hirata A, Hoskins AJ, Humpenöder F, Janse JH, Jetz W, Johnson JA, Krause A, Leclère D, Matsui T, Meijer JR, Merow C, Obersteiner M, Ohashi H, De Palma A, Poulter B, Purvis A, Quesada B, Rondinini C, Schipper AM, Settele J, Sharp R, Stehfest E, Strassburg BBN, Takahashi K, Talluto MV, Thuiller W, Titeux N, Visconti P, Ware C, Wolf F, Alkemade R (2024) Global trends and scenarios for terrestrial biodiversity and ecosystem services from 1900 to 2050. Science, (6694) American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) : 458 - 465. doi: 10.1126/science.adn3441
• Jaureguiberry P, Titeux N, Wiemers M, Bowler DE, Coscieme L, Golden AS, Guerra CA, Jacob U, Takahashi Y, Settele J, Díaz S, Molnár Z, Purvis A (2022) The direct drivers of recent global anthropogenic biodiversity loss. Science Advances, (45) American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)doi: 10.1126/sciadv.abm9982
• Díaz S, Zafra-Calvo N, Purvis A, Verburg PH, Obura D, Leadley P, Chaplin-Kramer R, De Meester L, Dulloo E, Martín-López B, Shaw MR, Visconti P, Broadgate W, Bruford MW, Burgess ND, Cavender-Bares J, DeClerck F, Fernández-Palacios JM, Garibaldi LA, Hill SLL, Isbell F, Khoury CK, Krug CB, Liu J, Maron M, McGowan PJK, Pereira HM, Reyes-García V, Rocha J, Rondinini C, Shannon L, Shin Y-J, Snelgrove PVR, Spehn EM, Strassburg B, Subramanian SM, Tewksbury JJ, Watson JEM, Zanne AE (2020) Set ambitious goals for biodiversity and sustainability. Science, (6515) American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) : 411 - 413. doi: 10.1126/science.abe1530
• Leclère D, Obersteiner M, Barrett M, Butchart SHM, Chaudhary A, De Palma A, DeClerck FAJ, Di Marco M, Doelman JC, Dürauer M, Freeman R, Harfoot M, Hasegawa T, Hellweg S, Hilbers JP, Hill SLL, Humpenöder F, Jennings N, Krisztin T, Mace GM, Ohashi H, Popp A, Purvis A, Schipper AM, Tabeau A, Valin H, Van Meijl H, Van Zeist W-J, Visconti P, Alkemade R, Almond R, Bunting G, Burgess ND, Cornell SE, Di Fulvio F, Ferrier S, Fritz S, Fujimori S, Grooten M, Harwood T, Havlík P, Herrero M, Hoskins AJ, Jung M, Kram T, Lotze-Campen H, Matsui T, Meyer C, Nel D, Newbold T, Schmidt-Traub G, Stehfest E, Strassburg BBN, Van Vuuren DP, Ware C, Watson JEM, Wu W, Young L (2020) Bending the curve of terrestrial biodiversity needs an integrated strategy. Nature, (7826) Springer Science and Business Media LLC : 551 - 556. doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-2705-y
• Newbold T, Bentley LF, Hill SLL, Edgar MJ, Horton M, Su G, Şekercioğlu ÇH, Collen B, Purvis A (2020) Global effects of land use on biodiversity differ among functional groups. Seymour C (Eds).Functional Ecology, (3) Wiley : 684 - 693. doi: 10.1111/1365-2435.13500
• Prudhomme R, Palma AD, Dumas P, Gonzalez R, Leadley P, Levrel H, Purvis A, Brunelle T (2020) Combining mitigation strategies to increase co-benefits for biodiversity and food security. Environmental Research Letters, (11) IOP Publishing : 114005 - 114005. doi: 10.1088/1748-9326/abb10a
• Díaz S, Settele J, Brondízio ES, Ngo HT, Agard J, Arneth A, Balvanera P, Brauman KA, Butchart SHM, Chan KMA, Garibaldi LA, Ichii K, Liu J, Subramanian SM, Midgley GF, Miloslavich P, Molnár Z, Obura D, Pfaff A, Polasky S, Purvis A, Razzaque J, Reyers B, Chowdhury RR, Shin Y-J, Visseren-Hamakers I, Willis KJ, Zayas CN (2019) Pervasive human-driven decline of life on Earth points to the need for transformative change. Science, (6471) American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)doi: 10.1126/science.aax3100
• De Palma A, Sanchez-Ortiz K, Martin PA, Chadwick A, Gilbert G, Bates AE, Börger L, Contu S, Hill SLL, Purvis A (2018) Challenges With Inferring How Land-Use Affects Terrestrial Biodiversity: Study Design, Time, Space and Synthesis. Advances in Ecological Research. Elsevier : 163 - 199. doi: 10.1016/bs.aecr.2017.12.004
• Phillips HRP, Halley JM, Urbina‐Cardona JN, Purvis A (2018) The effect of fragment area on site‐level biodiversity. Ecography, (7) Wiley : 1220 - 1231. doi: 10.1111/ecog.02956
• Hudson LN, Newbold T, Contu S, Hill SLL, Lysenko I, De Palma A, Phillips HRP, Alhusseini TI, Bedford FE, Bennett DJ, Booth H, Burton VJ, Chng CWT, Choimes A, Correia DLP, Day J, Echeverría‐Londoño S, Emerson SR, Gao D, Garon M, Harrison MLK, Ingram DJ, Jung M, Kemp V, Kirkpatrick L, Martin CD, Pan Y, Pask‐Hale GD, Pynegar EL, Robinson AN, Sanchez‐Ortiz K, Senior RA, Simmons BI, White HJ, Zhang H, Aben J, Abrahamczyk S, Adum GB, Aguilar‐Barquero V, Aizen MA, Albertos B, Alcala EL, Del Mar Alguacil M, Alignier A, Ancrenaz M, Andersen AN, Arbeláez‐Cortés E, Armbrecht I, Arroyo‐Rodríguez V, Aumann T, Axmacher JC, Azhar B, Azpiroz AB, Baeten L, Bakayoko A, Báldi A, Banks JE, Baral SK, Barlow J, Barratt BIP, Barrico L, Bartolommei P, Barton DM, Basset Y, Batáry P, Bates AJ, Baur B, Bayne EM, Beja P, Benedick S, Berg Å, Bernard H, Berry NJ, Bhatt D, Bicknell JE, Bihn JH, Blake RJ, Bobo KS, Bóçon R, Boekhout T, Böhning‐Gaese K, Bonham KJ, Borges PAV, Borges SH, Boutin C, Bouyer J, Bragagnolo C, Brandt JS, Brearley FQ, Brito I, Bros V, Brunet J, Buczkowski G, Buddle CM, Bugter R, Buscardo E, Buse J, Cabra‐García J, Cáceres NC, Cagle NL, Calviño‐Cancela M, Cameron SA, Cancello EM, Caparrós R, Cardoso P, Carpenter D, Carrijo TF, Carvalho AL, Cassano CR, Castro H, Castro‐Luna AA, Rolando CB, Cerezo A, Chapman KA, Chauvat M, Christensen M, Clarke FM, Cleary DFR, Colombo G, Connop SP, Craig MD, Cruz‐López L, Cunningham SA, D'Aniello B, D'Cruze N, Da Silva PG, Dallimer M, Danquah E, Darvill B, Dauber J, Davis ALV, Dawson J, De Sassi C, De Thoisy B, Deheuvels O, Dejean A, Devineau J, Diekötter T, Dolia JV, Domínguez E, Dominguez‐Haydar Y, Dorn S, Draper I, Dreber N, Dumont B, Dures SG, Dynesius M, Edenius L, Eggleton P, Eigenbrod F, Elek Z, Entling MH, Esler KJ, De Lima RF, Faruk A, Farwig N, Fayle TM, Felicioli A, Felton AM, Fensham RJ, Fernandez IC, Ferreira CC, Ficetola GF, Fiera C, Filgueiras BKC, Fırıncıoğlu HK, Flaspohler D, Floren A, Fonte SJ, Fournier A, Fowler RE, Franzén M, Fraser LH, Fredriksson GM, Freire GB, Frizzo TLM, Fukuda D, Furlani D, Gaigher R, Ganzhorn JU, García KP, Garcia‐R JC, Garden JG, Garilleti R, Ge B, Gendreau‐Berthiaume B, Gerard PJ, Gheler‐Costa C, Gilbert B, Giordani P, Giordano S, Golodets C, Gomes LGL, Gould RK, Goulson D, Gove AD, Granjon L, Grass I, Gray CL, Grogan J, Gu W, Guardiola M, Gunawardene NR, Gutierrez AG, Gutiérrez‐Lamus DL, Haarmeyer DH, Hanley ME, Hanson T, Hashim NR, Hassan SN, Hatfield RG, Hawes JE, Hayward MW, Hébert C, Helden AJ, Henden J, Henschel P, Hernández L, Herrera JP, Herrmann F, Herzog F, Higuera‐Diaz D, Hilje B, Höfer H, Hoffmann A, Horgan FG, Hornung E, Horváth R, Hylander K, Isaacs‐Cubides P, Ishida H, Ishitani M, Jacobs CT, Jaramillo VJ, Jauker B, Hernández FJ, Johnson MF, Jolli V, Jonsell M, Juliani SN, Jung TS, Kapoor V, Kappes H, Kati V, Katovai E, Kellner K, Kessler M, Kirby KR, Kittle AM, Knight ME, Knop E, Kohler F, Koivula M, Kolb A, Kone M, Kőrösi Á, Krauss J, Kumar A, Kumar R, Kurz DJ, Kutt AS, Lachat T, Lantschner V, Lara F, Lasky JR, Latta SC, Laurance WF, Lavelle P, Le Féon V, LeBuhn G, Légaré J, Lehouck V, Lencinas MV, Lentini PE, Letcher SG, Li Q, Litchwark SA, Littlewood NA, Liu Y, Lo‐Man‐Hung N, López‐Quintero CA, Louhaichi M, Lövei GL, Lucas‐Borja ME, Luja VH, Luskin MS, MacSwiney G MC, Maeto K, Magura T, Mallari NA, Malone LA, Malonza PK, Malumbres‐Olarte J, Mandujano S, Måren IE, Marin‐Spiotta E, Marsh CJ, Marshall EJP, Martínez E, Martínez Pastur G, Moreno Mateos D, Mayfield MM, Mazimpaka V, McCarthy JL, McCarthy KP, McFrederick QS, McNamara S, Medina NG, Medina R, Mena JL, Mico E, Mikusinski G, Milder JC, Miller JR, Miranda‐Esquivel DR, Moir ML, Morales CL, Muchane MN, Muchane M, Mudri‐Stojnic S, Munira AN, Muoñz‐Alonso A, Munyekenye BF, Naidoo R, Naithani A, Nakagawa M, Nakamura A, Nakashima Y, Naoe S, Nates‐Parra G, Navarrete Gutierrez DA, Navarro‐Iriarte L, Ndang'ang'a PK, Neuschulz EL, Ngai JT, Nicolas V, Nilsson SG, Noreika N, Norfolk O, Noriega JA, Norton DA, Nöske NM, Nowakowski AJ, Numa C, O'Dea N, O'Farrell PJ, Oduro W, Oertli S, Ofori‐Boateng C, Oke CO, Oostra V, Osgathorpe LM, Otavo SE, Page NV, Paritsis J, Parra‐H A, Parry L, Pe'er G, Pearman PB, Pelegrin N, Pélissier R, Peres CA, Peri PL, Persson AS, Petanidou T, Peters MK, Pethiyagoda RS, Phalan B, Philips TK, Pillsbury FC, Pincheira‐Ulbrich J, Pineda E, Pino J, Pizarro‐Araya J, Plumptre AJ, Poggio SL, Politi N, Pons P, Poveda K, Power EF, Presley SJ, Proença V, Quaranta M, Quintero C, Rader R, Ramesh BR, Ramirez‐Pinilla MP, Ranganathan J, Rasmussen C, Redpath‐Downing NA, Reid JL, Reis YT, Rey Benayas JM, Rey‐Velasco JC, Reynolds C, Ribeiro DB, Richards MH, Richardson BA, Richardson MJ, Ríos RM, Robinson R, Robles CA, Römbke J, Romero‐Duque LP, Rös M, Rosselli L, Rossiter SJ, Roth DS, Roulston TH, Rousseau L, Rubio AV, Ruel J, Sadler JP, Sáfián S, Saldaña‐Vázquez RA, Sam K, Samnegård U, Santana J, Santos X, Savage J, Schellhorn NA, Schilthuizen M, Schmiedel U, Schmitt CB, Schon NL, Schüepp C, Schumann K, Schweiger O, Scott DM, Scott KA, Sedlock JL, Seefeldt SS, Shahabuddin G, Shannon G, Sheil D, Sheldon FH, Shochat E, Siebert SJ, Silva FAB, Simonetti JA, Slade EM, Smith J, Smith‐Pardo AH, Sodhi NS, Somarriba EJ, Sosa RA, Soto Quiroga G, St‐Laurent M, Starzomski BM, Stefanescu C, Steffan‐Dewenter I, Stouffer PC, Stout JC, Strauch AM, Struebig MJ, Su Z, Suarez‐Rubio M, Sugiura S, Summerville KS, Sung Y, Sutrisno H, Svenning J, Teder T, Threlfall CG, Tiitsaar A, Todd JH, Tonietto RK, Torre I, Tóthmérész B, Tscharntke T, Turner EC, Tylianakis JM, Uehara‐Prado M, Urbina‐Cardona N, Vallan D, Vanbergen AJ, Vasconcelos HL, Vassilev K, Verboven HAF, Verdasca MJ, Verdú JR, Vergara CH, Vergara PM, Verhulst J, Virgilio M, Vu LV, Waite EM, Walker TR, Wang H, Wang Y, Watling JI, Weller B, Wells K, Westphal C, Wiafe ED, Williams CD, Willig MR, Woinarski JCZ, Wolf JHD, Wolters V, Woodcock BA, Wu J, Wunderle JM, Yamaura Y, Yoshikura S, Yu DW, Zaitsev AS, Zeidler J, Zou F, Collen B, Ewers RM, Mace GM, Purves DW, Scharlemann JPW, Purvis A (2017) Ecology and Evolution, (1) Wiley : 145 - 188. doi: 10.1002/ece3.2579
• Phillips HRP, Newbold T, Purvis A (2017) Land-use effects on local biodiversity in tropical forests vary between continents. Biodiversity and Conservation, (9) Springer Science and Business Media LLC : 2251 - 2270. doi: 10.1007/s10531-017-1356-2
• Echeverria-Londono S, Newbold T, Hudson LN, Contu S, Hill SLL, Lysenko I, Arbelaez-Cortes E, Armbrecht I, Boekhout T, Cabra-Garcia J, Dominguez-Haydar Y, Nates-Parra G, Gutierrez-Lamus DL, Higuera D, Isaacs-Cubides PJ, Lopez-Quintero CA, Martinez E, Miranda-Esquivel DR, Navarro-Iriarte LE, Noriega JA, Otavo SE, Parra-H A, Poveda K, Ramirez-Pinilla MP, Rey-Velasco JC, Rosselli L, Smith-Pardo AH, Urbina-Cardona JN, Purvis A (2016) Modelling and projecting the response of local assemblage composition to land use change across Colombia. BRITISH JOURNAL OF POLITICS & INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, (4) : 1099 - 1111. doi: 10.1111/ddi.12478
• Ezard THG, Purvis A (2016) Environmental changes define ecological limits to species richness and reveal the mode of macroevolutionary competition. Morlon H (Eds).Ecology Letters, (8) Wiley : 899 - 906. doi: 10.1111/ele.12626
• Hudson L, Newbold T, Contu S, Hill SLL, Lysenko I, De Palma A, Phillips HRP, Alhusseini TI, Bedford FE, Bennett DJ, Booth H, Burton VJ, Chng CWT, Choimes A, Correia D, Day J, Echeverria-Londono S, Emerson SR, Gao D, Garon M, Harrison MLK, Ingram DI, Jung M, Kemp V, Kirkpatrick L, Martin CD, Pan P, Pask-Hale GD, Pynegar EL, Robinson AN, Sanchez-Ortiz K, Senior RA, Simmons BI, White HJ, Zhang H, Eggleton P, Collen B, Ewers RM, Mace GM, Purves DW, Scharlemann JPW, Purvis A (2016) The 2016 release of the PREDICTS database. doi: 10.5519/0066354
• Newbold T, Hudson LN, Arnell AP, Contu S, De Palma A, Ferrier S, Hill SLL, Hoskins AJ, Lysenko I, Phillips HRP, Burton VJ, Chng CWT, Emerson S, Gao D, Pask-Hale G, Hutton J, Jung M, Sanchez-Ortiz K, Simmons BI, Whitmee S, Zhang H, Scharlemann JPW, Purvis A (2016) Has land use pushed terrestrial biodiversity beyond the planetary boundary? A global assessment. Science, (6296) American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) : 288 - 291. doi: 10.1126/science.aaf2201
• Newbold T, Hudson LN, Hill SLL, Contu S, Lysenko I, Senior RA, Börger L, Bennett DJ, Choimes A, Collen B, Day J, De Palma A, Díaz S, Echeverria-Londoño S, Edgar MJ, Feldman A, Garon M, Harrison MLK, Alhusseini T, Ingram DJ, Itescu Y, Kattge J, Kemp V, Kirkpatrick L, Kleyer M, Correia DLP, Martin CD, Meiri S, Novosolov M, Pan Y, Phillips HRP, Purves DW, Robinson A, Simpson J, Tuck SL, Weiher E, White HJ, Ewers RM, Mace GM, Scharlemann JPW, Purvis A (2015) Global effects of land use on local terrestrial biodiversity. Nature, (7545) Springer Science and Business Media LLC : 45 - 50. doi: 10.1038/nature14324
• Hudson LN, Newbold T, Contu S, Hill SLL, Lysenko I, De Palma A, Phillips HRP, Senior RA, Bennett DJ, Booth H, Choimes A, Correia DLP, Day J, Echeverría‐Londoño S, Garon M, Harrison MLK, Ingram DJ, Jung M, Kemp V, Kirkpatrick L, Martin CD, Pan Y, White HJ, Aben J, Abrahamczyk S, Adum GB, Aguilar‐Barquero V, Aizen MA, Ancrenaz M, Arbeláez‐Cortés E, Armbrecht I, Azhar B, Azpiroz AB, Baeten L, Báldi A, Banks JE, Barlow J, Batáry P, Bates AJ, Bayne EM, Beja P, Berg Å, Berry NJ, Bicknell JE, Bihn JH, Böhning‐Gaese K, Boekhout T, Boutin C, Bouyer J, Brearley FQ, Brito I, Brunet J, Buczkowski G, Buscardo E, Cabra‐García J, Calviño‐Cancela M, Cameron SA, Cancello EM, Carrijo TF, Carvalho AL, Castro H, Castro‐Luna AA, Cerda R, Cerezo A, Chauvat M, Clarke FM, Cleary DFR, Connop SP, D'Aniello B, Da Silva PG, Darvill B, Dauber J, Dejean A, Diekötter T, Dominguez‐Haydar Y, Dormann CF, Dumont B, Dures SG, Dynesius M, Edenius L, Elek Z, Entling MH, Farwig N, Fayle TM, Felicioli A, Felton AM, Ficetola GF, Filgueiras BKC, Fonte SJ, Fraser LH, Fukuda D, Furlani D, Ganzhorn JU, Garden JG, Gheler‐Costa C, Giordani P, Giordano S, Gottschalk MS, Goulson D, Gove AD, Grogan J, Hanley ME, Hanson T, Hashim NR, Hawes JE, Hébert C, Helden AJ, Henden J, Hernández L, Herzog F, Higuera‐Diaz D, Hilje B, Horgan FG, Horváth R, Hylander K, Isaacs‐Cubides P, Ishitani M, Jacobs CT, Jaramillo VJ, Jauker B, Jonsell M, Jung TS, Kapoor V, Kati V, Katovai E, Kessler M, Knop E, Kolb A, Kőrösi Á, Lachat T, Lantschner V, Le Féon V, LeBuhn G, Légaré J, Letcher SG, Littlewood NA, López‐Quintero CA, Louhaichi M, Lövei GL, Lucas‐Borja ME, Luja VH, Maeto K, Magura T, Mallari NA, Marin‐Spiotta E, Marshall EJP, Martínez E, Mayfield MM, Mikusinski G, Milder JC, Miller JR, Morales CL, Muchane MN, Muchane M, Naidoo R, Nakamura A, Naoe S, Nates‐Parra G, Navarrete Gutierrez DA, Neuschulz EL, Noreika N, Norfolk O, Noriega JA, Nöske NM, O'Dea N, Oduro W, Ofori‐Boateng C, Oke CO, Osgathorpe LM, Paritsis J, Parra‐H A, Pelegrin N, Peres CA, Persson AS, Petanidou T, Phalan B, Philips TK, Poveda K, Power EF, Presley SJ, Proença V, Quaranta M, Quintero C, Redpath‐Downing NA, Reid JL, Reis YT, Ribeiro DB, Richardson BA, Richardson MJ, Robles CA, Römbke J, Romero‐Duque LP, Rosselli L, Rossiter SJ, Roulston TH, Rousseau L, Sadler JP, Sáfián S, Saldaña‐Vázquez RA, Samnegård U, Schüepp C, Schweiger O, Sedlock JL, Shahabuddin G, Sheil D, Silva FAB, Slade EM, Smith‐Pardo AH, Sodhi NS, Somarriba EJ, Sosa RA, Stout JC, Struebig MJ, Sung Y, Threlfall CG, Tonietto R, Tóthmérész B, Tscharntke T, Turner EC, Tylianakis JM, Vanbergen AJ, Vassilev K, Verboven HAF, Vergara CH, Vergara PM, Verhulst J, Walker TR, Wang Y, Watling JI, Wells K, Williams CD, Willig MR, Woinarski JCZ, Wolf JHD, Woodcock BA, Yu DW, Zaitsev AS, Collen B, Ewers RM, Mace GM, Purves DW, Scharlemann JPW, Purvis A (2014) Ecology and Evolution, (24) Wiley : 4701 - 4735. doi: 10.1002/ece3.1303
• Newbold T, Hudson LN, Phillips HRP, Hill SLL, Contu S, Lysenko I, Blandon A, Butchart SHM, Booth HL, Day J, De Palma A, Harrison MLK, Kirkpatrick L, Pynegar E, Robinson A, Simpson J, Mace GM, Scharlemann JPW, Purvis A (2014) A global model of the response of tropical and sub-tropical forest biodiversity to anthropogenic pressures. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, (1792) The Royal Society : 20141371 - 20141371. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2014.1371
• Pearse WD, Purvis A (2013) phyloGenerator: an automated phylogeny generation tool for ecologists. Paradis E (Eds).Methods in Ecology and Evolution, (7) Wiley : 692 - 698. doi: 10.1111/2041-210x.12055
• Ezard THG, Aze T, Pearson PN, Purvis A (2011) Interplay Between Changing Climate and Species’ Ecology Drives Macroevolutionary Dynamics. Science, (6027) American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) : 349 - 351. doi: 10.1126/science.1203060
• Cooper N, Purvis A (2010) Body Size Evolution in Mammals: Complexity in Tempo and Mode. The American Naturalist, (6) University of Chicago Press : 727 - 738. doi: 10.1086/652466
• Fritz SA, Bininda‐Emonds ORP, Purvis A (2009) Geographical variation in predictors of mammalian extinction risk: big is bad, but only in the tropics. Ecology Letters, (6) Wiley : 538 - 549. doi: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2009.01307.x
• Davies TJ, Fritz SA, Grenyer R, Orme CDL, Bielby J, Bininda-Emonds ORP, Cardillo M, Jones KE, Gittleman JL, Mace GM, Purvis A (2008) Phylogenetic trees and the future of mammalian biodiversity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, (supplement_1) Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences : 11556 - 11563. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0801917105
• Bininda-Emonds ORP, Cardillo M, Jones KE, MacPhee RDE, Beck RMD, Grenyer R, Price SA, Vos RA, Gittleman JL, Purvis A (2007) The delayed rise of present-day mammals. Nature, (7135) Springer Science and Business Media LLC : 507 - 512. doi: 10.1038/nature05634
• Cardillo M, Mace GM, Jones KE, Bielby J, Bininda-Emonds ORP, Sechrest W, Orme CDL, Purvis A (2005) Multiple Causes of High Extinction Risk in Large Mammal Species. Science, (5738) American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) : 1239 - 1241. doi: 10.1126/science.1116030
• Purvis A, Hector A (2000) Getting the measure of biodiversity. Nature, (6783) Springer Science and Business Media LLC : 212 - 219. doi: 10.1038/35012221
• Purvis A, Rambaut A (1995) Comparative analysis by independent contrasts (CAIC): an Apple Macintosh application for analysing comparative data. Bioinformatics, (3) Oxford University Press (OUP) : 247 - 251. doi: 10.1093/bioinformatics/11.3.247
• De Palma A, Hoskins A, Gonzalez RE, Börger L, Newbold T, Sanchez-Ortiz K, Ferrier S, Purvis A Annual changes in the Biodiversity Intactness Index in tropical and subtropical forest biomes, 2001–2012. Scientific Reports, (1) Springer Science and Business Media LLCdoi: 10.1038/s41598-021-98811-1
• Fenton IS, Pearson PN, Dunkley Jones T, Purvis A Environmental Predictors of Diversity in Recent Planktonic Foraminifera as Recorded in Marine Sediments. Gillikin DP (Eds).PLOS ONE, (11) Public Library of Science (PLoS) : e0165522 - e0165522. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0165522
• Mace GM, Barrett M, Burgess ND, Cornell SE, Freeman R, Grooten M, Purvis A Aiming higher to bend the curve of biodiversity loss. Nature Sustainability, (9) Springer Science and Business Media LLC : 448 - 451. doi: 10.1038/s41893-018-0130-0
• Newbold T, Sanchez-Ortiz K, De Palma A, Hill SLL, Purvis A Reply to ‘The biodiversity intactness index may underestimate losses’. Nature Ecology & Evolution, (6) Springer Science and Business Media LLC : 864 - 865. doi: 10.1038/s41559-019-0896-0
• Newbold T, Hudson LN, Contu S, Hill SLL, Beck J, Liu Y, Meyer C, Phillips HRP, Scharlemann JPW, Purvis A Widespread winners and narrow-ranged losers: Land use homogenizes biodiversity in local assemblages worldwide. Morlon H (Eds).PLOS Biology, (12) Public Library of Science (PLoS) : e2006841 - e2006841. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.2006841
• Purvis A A single apex target for biodiversity would be bad news for both nature and people. Nature Ecology & Evolution, (6) Springer Science and Business Media LLC : 768 - 769. doi: 10.1038/s41559-020-1181-y