Falko. T Buschke1,2*
Centre for Environmental Management (IB 67), University of the Free
State, P.O. Box 339, Bloemfontein, South Africa
Animal Ecology, Global Change and Sustainable Development, KU Leuven,
Leuven, Belgium
*
falko.buschke@gmail.com
Key words: Biodiversity indicators, Convention on Biological
Diversity, counterfactuals, extinction, Living Planet Index,
Neutral Theory, Red List Index
Running Head: Neutral theory and the post-2020 Global
Biodiversity Framework
Type of submission : Viewpoint
Word count: 1,697 words
Abstract: 152 words
Number of figures: 2
Number of tables: 0
Number of references: 18 references
Supporting code: All code used in the submission is available
from https://github.com/falko-buschke/NeutralGBF and will be
deposited to a permanent repository (Figshare) upon acceptance.