Linking the influence and dependence of people on biodiversity across scales

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. Thompson; Anne Larigauderie

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Linking the influence and dependence of people on biodiversity across scales

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. Thompson, Anne Larigauderie

Ecology, Evolution and Behavior

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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.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	65-72
Number of pages	8
Journal	Nature
Volume	546
Issue number	7656
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/nature22899
State	Published - May 31 2017

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