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. 2017 Sep 7;12(9):e0184457. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0184457

Table 3. Five-point rating scale to define the potential threat magnitude.

Threat magnitude Definition
Very high The threat is likely to destroy or eliminate the species, or reduce its population by 71–100%
High The threat is likely to seriously degrade/reduce the species or reduce its population by 31–70%
Medium The threat is likely to moderately degrade/reduce the species or reduce its population by 11–30%
Low The threat is likely to only slightly degrade/reduce the species or reduce its population by 1–10%
No threat The threat is likely to not degrade/reduce the species or reduce its population by less than 1%

The definition of the threat magnitude classes and its non-linear cut-off values (adapted from [54]).