Approaching a state shift in Earth’s biosphere

Anthony D. Barnosky (), Elizabeth A. Hadly, Jordi Bascompte, Eric L. Berlow, James H. Brown, Mikael Fortelius, Wayne M. Getz, John Harte, Alan Hastings, Pablo A. Marquet, Neo D. Martinez, Arne Mooers, Peter Roopnarine, Geerat Vermeij, John W. Williams, Rosemary Gillespie, Justin Kitzes, Charles Marshall, Nicholas Matzke, David P. Mindell, Eloy Revilla and Adam B. Smith
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Anthony D. Barnosky: University of California
Elizabeth A. Hadly: Stanford University
Jordi Bascompte: Integrative Ecology Group, Estación Biológica de Doñana, CSIC, Calle Américo Vespucio s/n, E-41092 Sevilla, Spain
Eric L. Berlow: TRU NORTH Labs
James H. Brown: The University of New Mexico
Mikael Fortelius: PO Box 64, University of Helsinki, FI-00014 Helsinki, Finland
Wayne M. Getz: Policy, and Management, University of California
John Harte: Policy, and Management, University of California
Alan Hastings: University of California, One Shields Avenue, Davis, California 95616, USA
Pablo A. Marquet: Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Alameda 340, Santiago, Chile
Neo D. Martinez: Pacific Ecoinformatics and Computational Ecology Lab, 1604 McGee Avenue
Arne Mooers: Simon Fraser University, 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, British Columbia V5A 1S6, Canada
Peter Roopnarine: California Academy of Sciences, 55 Music Concourse Drive
Geerat Vermeij: University of California, One Shields Avenue, Davis, California 95616, USA
John W. Williams: University of Wisconsin
Rosemary Gillespie: Policy, and Management, University of California
Justin Kitzes: Policy, and Management, University of California
Charles Marshall: University of California
Nicholas Matzke: University of California
David P. Mindell: University of California
Eloy Revilla: Estación Biológica de Doñana, CSIC, Calle Américo Vespucio s/n, E-41092 Sevilla, Spain
Adam B. Smith: Center for Conservation and Sustainable Development, Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Boulevard, Saint Louis, Missouri 63110, USA

Nature, 2012, vol. 486, issue 7401, 52-58

Abstract: There is evidence that human influence may be forcing the global ecosystem towards a rapid, irreversible, planetary-scale shift into a state unknown in human experience.

Date: 2012
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