Consequences of changing biodiversity

F. Stuart Chapin (), 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, Michelle C. Mack and Sandra Díaz
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F. Stuart Chapin: 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

Nature, 2000, vol. 405, issue 6783, 234-242

Abstract: 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.

Date: 2000
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