Global meta-analysis reveals no net change in local-scale plant biodiversity over time

Global biodiversity is in decline. This is of concern for aesthetic and ethical reasons, but possibly also for practical reasons, as suggested by experimental studies, mostly with plants, showing that biodiversity reductions in small study plots can lead to compromised ecosystem function. However, i...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS 2013-11, Vol.110 (48), p.19456-19459
Hauptverfasser:	Vellend, Mark, Baeten, Lander, Myers-Smith, Isla H., Elmendorf, Sarah C., Beauséjour, Robin, Brown, Carissa D., De Frenne, Pieter, Verheyen, Kris, Wipf, Sonja
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	aesthetics Animal and plant ecology Animal, plant and microbial ecology Biodiversity Biodiversity conservation Biodiversity loss Biological and medical sciences Biological Sciences Conservation Conservation of Natural Resources - statistics & numerical data Datasets Ecological function Ecosystem Ecosystems ethics Flowers & plants Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology grasslands History, 20th Century History, 21st Century Meta-analysis motivation natural resources conservation Plant biodiversity plant communities plantations Plants Plants - genetics population dynamics Species Species diversity Synecology temporal variation Terrestrial ecosystems Vegetation
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