title: Going, going, gone.
abstract: The decline and loss of species is inevitable in the face of growing human pressures on the environment but, according to one group of senior researchers, a standard framework is needed to assess the rate of this decline if researchers wish to be effective and policymakers are to take note.
authors.forename: Nigel
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Williams
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D044822:Biodiversity; D003247:Conservation of Natural Resources / Q000639:trends*; D004777:Environment; D004784:Environmental Monitoring; D006801:Humans