Linking biodiversity and ecosystem services: Current uncertainties and the necessary next steps

BioScience

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 49-57

  Balvanera, Patricia ^a   Siddique, Ilyas ^b,c   Dee, Laura ^d   Paquette, Alain ^e   Isbell, Forest ^f   Gonzalez, Andrew ^g   Byrnes, Jarrett ^h,i   O'Connor, Mary I ^j   Hungate, Bruce A ^k   Griffin, John N ^l  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN ECOSISTEMAS Y SUSTENTABILIDAD   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^g MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^k NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^l SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

biodiversity effects; experiment; IPBES; management; meta analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84898953615     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: 15253244     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/biosci/bit003     Document Type: Review

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