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Consequences of changing biodiversity

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  • F. Stuart Chapin III

    (Institute of Arctic Biology, University of Alaska)

  • Erika S. Zavaleta

    (Stanford University)

  • Valerie T. Eviner

    (University of California)

  • Rosamond L. Naylor

    (Institute for International Studies, Stanford University)

  • Peter M. Vitousek

    (Stanford University)

  • Heather L. Reynolds

    (Kalamazoo College)

  • David U. Hooper

    (Western Washington University)

  • Sandra Lavorel

    (Centre d'Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive, CNRS UPR 9056)

  • Osvaldo E. Sala

    (Cátedra de Ecología and Instituto de Fisiología y Ecología Vinculadas a la Agricultura, Faculty of Agronomy, University of Buenos Aires)

  • Sarah E. Hobbie

    (Evolution and Behavior, University of Minnesota)

  • Michelle C. Mack

    (Institute of Arctic Biology, University of Alaska)

  • Sandra Díaz

    (Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biología Vegetal, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, FCEFyN)

Abstract

Human alteration of the global environment has triggered the sixth major extinction event in the history of life and caused widespread changes in the global distribution of organisms. These changes in biodiversity alter ecosystem processes and change the resilience of ecosystems to environmental change. This has profound consequences for services that humans derive from ecosystems. The large ecological and societal consequences of changing biodiversity should be minimized to preserve options for future solutions to global environmental problems.

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  • F. Stuart Chapin III & Erika S. Zavaleta & Valerie T. Eviner & Rosamond L. Naylor & Peter M. Vitousek & Heather L. Reynolds & David U. Hooper & Sandra Lavorel & Osvaldo E. Sala & Sarah E. Hobbie & Mic, 2000. "Consequences of changing biodiversity," Nature, Nature, vol. 405(6783), pages 234-242, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:405:y:2000:i:6783:d:10.1038_35012241
    DOI: 10.1038/35012241
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