Wardle, David
- Department of Forest Ecology and Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
- Nanyang Technological University (NTU)
Review article2017Peer reviewedOpen access
Isbell, Forest; Gonzalez, Andrew; Loreau, Michel; Cowles, Jane; Diaz, Sandra; Hector, Andy; Mace, Georgina M.; Wardle, DavidA.; O'Connor, Mary I.; Duffy, J. Emmett; Turnbull, Lindsay A.; Thompson, Patrick L.; Larigauderie, Anne
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.
Nature
2017, Volume: 546, number: 7656, pages: 65-72
Publisher: NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss
Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development
Ecology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/nature22899
https://res.slu.se/id/publ/89282