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Linking the influence and dependence of people on biodiversity across scales

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  • Forest Isbell

    (Evolution and Behavior, University of Minnesota)

  • Andrew Gonzalez

    (McGill University)

  • Michel Loreau

    (Centre for Biodiversity Theory and Modelling, Theoretical and Experimental Ecology Station, CNRS and Paul Sabatier University)

  • Jane Cowles

    (Evolution and Behavior, University of Minnesota)

  • Sandra Díaz

    (Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biología Vegetal (IMBIV–CONICET) and FCEFyN, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Casilla de Correo)

  • Andy Hector

    (University of Oxford)

  • Georgina M. Mace

    (Centre for Biodiversity and Environment Research, Evolution and Environment, University College London)

  • David A. Wardle

    (Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    Asian School of the Environment, Nanyang Technological University)

  • Mary I. O'Connor

    (University of British Columbia
    Biodiversity Research Centre, University of British Columbia)

  • J. Emmett Duffy

    (Tennenbaum Marine Observatories Network, Smithsonian Institution)

  • Lindsay A. Turnbull

    (University of Oxford)

  • Patrick L. Thompson

    (University of British Columbia
    Biodiversity Research Centre, University of British Columbia)

  • Anne Larigauderie

    (Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) Secretariat, United Nations Campus)

Abstract

Biodiversity enhances many of nature's benefits to people, including the regulation of climate and the production of wood in forests, livestock forage in grasslands and fish in aquatic ecosystems. Yet people are now driving the sixth mass extinction event in Earth's history. Human dependence and influence on biodiversity have mainly been studied separately and at contrasting scales of space and time, but new multiscale knowledge is beginning to link these relationships. Biodiversity loss substantially diminishes several ecosystem services by altering ecosystem functioning and stability, especially at the large temporal and spatial scales that are most relevant for policy and conservation.

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  • Forest Isbell & Andrew Gonzalez & Michel Loreau & Jane Cowles & Sandra Díaz & Andy Hector & Georgina M. Mace & David A. Wardle & Mary I. O'Connor & J. Emmett Duffy & Lindsay A. Turnbull & Patrick L. T, 2017. "Linking the influence and dependence of people on biodiversity across scales," Nature, Nature, vol. 546(7656), pages 65-72, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:546:y:2017:i:7656:d:10.1038_nature22899
    DOI: 10.1038/nature22899
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