Three decades of research have demonstrated that biodiversity can promote the functioning
of ecosystems. Yet, it is unclear whether the positive effects of biodiversity on ecosystem …

Estimating biodiversity change across the planet in the context of widespread human
modification is a critical challenge. Here, we review how biodiversity has changed in recent …

It is commonly thought that the biodiversity crisis includes widespread declines in the spatial
variation of species composition, called biotic homogenization. Using a typology relating …

Human activities are fundamentally altering biodiversity. Projections of declines at the global
scale are contrasted by highly variable trends at local scales, suggesting that biodiversity …

Although global assessments provide evidence of biodiversity decline, some have
questioned the strength of the evidence, with local assemblage studies often showing a …

The intensity of human activity, habitat loss and habitat degradation have significant impacts
on biodiversity. Habitat quality plays an important role in spatial dynamics when evaluating …

Long-term analyses of biodiversity data highlight a 'biodiversity conservation paradox':
biological communities show substantial species turnover over the past century,, but …

Global concern about human impact on biological diversity has triggered an intense
research agenda on drivers and consequences of biodiversity change in parallel with …

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 …

Land use and related pressures have reduced local terrestrial biodiversity, but it is unclear
how the magnitude of change relates to the recently proposed planetary boundary (“safe …