Integrating remote sensing with ecology and evolution to advance biodiversity conservation

J Cavender-Bares, FD Schneider, MJ Santos… - Nature Ecology & …, 2022 - nature.com
Remote sensing has transformed the monitoring of life on Earth by revealing spatial and
temporal dimensions of biological diversity through structural, compositional and functional …

Harnessing the microbiome to prevent global biodiversity loss

RS Peixoto, CR Voolstra, M Sweet, CM Duarte… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Global biodiversity loss and mass extinction of species are two of the most critical
environmental issues the world is currently facing, resulting in the disruption of various …

Agriculture and climate change are resha** insect biodiversity worldwide

CL Outhwaite, P McCann, T Newbold - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Several previous studies have investigated changes in insect biodiversity, with some
highlighting declines and others showing turnover in species composition without net …

Impacts of urban expansion on natural habitats in global drylands

Q Ren, C He, Q Huang, P Shi, D Zhang… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Urban regions across the world have expanded rapidly in recent decades, affecting fragile
natural habitats, including in drylands, and threatening the achievement of the UN …

The interplay of landscape composition and configuration: new pathways to manage functional biodiversity and agroecosystem services across Europe

EA Martin, M Dainese, Y Clough, A Báldi… - Ecology …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Managing agricultural landscapes to support biodiversity and ecosystem services is a key
aim of a sustainable agriculture. However, how the spatial arrangement of crop fields and …

Rewilding complex ecosystems

A Perino, HM Pereira, LM Navarro, N Fernández… - Science, 2019 - science.org
BACKGROUND Rapid global change is creating fundamental challenges for the persistence
of natural ecosystems and their biodiversity. Conservation efforts aimed at the protection of …

[HTML][HTML] Rapid global phaseout of animal agriculture has the potential to stabilize greenhouse gas levels for 30 years and offset 68 percent of CO2 emissions this …

MB Eisen, PO Brown - PLoS Climate, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Animal agriculture contributes significantly to global warming through ongoing emissions of
the potent greenhouse gases methane and nitrous oxide, and displacement of biomass …

Climate warming reduces the temporal stability of plant community biomass production

Z Ma, H Liu, Z Mi, Z Zhang, Y Wang, W Xu… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Anthropogenic climate change has emerged as a critical environmental problem, prompting
frequent investigations into its consequences for various ecological systems. Few studies …

A global synthesis of the effects of diversified farming systems on arthropod diversity within fields and across agricultural landscapes

EM Lichtenberg, CM Kennedy, C Kremen… - Global change …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Agricultural intensification is a leading cause of global biodiversity loss, which can reduce
the provisioning of ecosystem services in managed ecosystems. Organic farming and plant …

Key tropical crops at risk from pollinator loss due to climate change and land use

J Millard, CL Outhwaite, S Ceaușu, LG Carvalheiro… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Insect pollinator biodiversity is changing rapidly, with potential consequences for the
provision of crop pollination. However, the role of land use–climate interactions in pollinator …