A global synthesis reveals biodiversity loss as a major driver of ecosystem change

Nature

Volumn 486, Issue 7401, 2012, Pages 105-108

  Hooper, David U ^a   Adair, E Carol ^b,c   Cardinale, Bradley J ^d   Byrnes, Jarrett E K ^b   Hungate, Bruce A ^e   Matulich, Kristin L ^f   Gonzalez, Andrew ^g   Duffy, J Emmett ^h   Gamfeldt, Lars ⁱ   Connor, Mary I ^b,j  

^a WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^e NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^h VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^j UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; NITROGEN; OZONE;

ACIDIFICATION; BIODIVERSITY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; EXTINCTION; GLOBAL CHANGE; GLOBAL WARMING; HABITAT LOSS; META-ANALYSIS; NITROGEN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REMEDIATION; SUSTAINABILITY;

ACIDIFICATION; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; DECOMPOSITION; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; PLANT YIELD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; SPECIES EXTINCTION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84861946973     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature11118     Document Type: Article

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