Looking back on biodiversity change: lessons for the road ahead

M Dornelas, JM Chase, NJ Gotelli… - … of the Royal …, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
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 …

[HTML][HTML] Biodiversity indicators for result-based agri-environmental schemes–Current state and future prospects

N Elmiger, R Finger, J Ghazoul, S Schaub - Agricultural Systems, 2023 - Elsevier
CONTEXT Many agricultural policies target the conservation of biodiversity worldwide.
Result-based agri-environmental schemes can be more effective and efficient than the more …

Responses of plant diversity to precipitation change are strongest at local spatial scales and in drylands

L Korell, H Auge, JM Chase, WS Harpole… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Mitigating and adapting to climate change requires an understanding of the magnitude and
nature by which climate change will influence the diversity of plants across the world's …

Potential ecological impacts of climate intervention by reflecting sunlight to cool Earth

PL Zarnetske, J Gurevitch, J Franklin… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
As the effects of anthropogenic climate change become more severe, several approaches
for deliberate climate intervention to reduce or stabilize Earth's surface temperature have …

People, pollution and pathogens–Global change impacts in mountain freshwater ecosystems

DS Schmeller, A Loyau, K Bao, W Brack… - Science of the Total …, 2018 - Elsevier
Mountain catchments provide for the livelihood of more than half of humankind, and have
become a key destination for tourist and recreation activities globally. Mountain ecosystems …

Difficult decisions: Strategies for conservation prioritization when taxonomic, phylogenetic and functional diversity are not spatially congruent

MW Cadotte, CM Tucker - Biological conservation, 2018 - Elsevier
Preventing further loss of biodiversity is the most important challenge for conservation
biology. The loss of species and the functions and services they provide has negative …

A niche for ecosystem multifunctionality in global change research

DP Giling, L Beaumelle, HRP Phillips… - Global Change …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Concern about human modification of Earth's ecosystems has recently motivated ecologists
to address how global change drivers will impact the simultaneous provisioning of multiple …

Investigating the consequences of climate change under different land‐use regimes: a novel experimental infrastructure

M Schädler, F Buscot, S Klotz, T Reitz, W Durka… - …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Climate change and land‐use change are considered as the most important threats to
ecosystems. Both factors can be expected to have interacting influences on ecosystem …

Individual variation and interactions explain food web responses to global warming

A Gårdmark, M Huss - Philosophical Transactions of the …, 2020 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Understanding food web responses to global warming, and their consequences for
conservation and management, requires knowledge on how responses vary both among …

Phytoplankton biodiversity is more important for ecosystem functioning in highly variable thermal environments

E Bestion, B Haegeman… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
The 21st century has seen an acceleration of anthropogenic climate change and biodiversity
loss, with both stressors deemed to affect ecosystem functioning. However, we know little …