The rise of novelty in ecosystems

Ecological Applications

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 2051-2068

  Radeloff, Volker C ^a   Williams, John W ^a   Bateman, Brooke L ^a   Burke, Kevin D ^a   Carter, Sarah K ^a   Childress, Evan S ^a   Cromwell, Kara J ^a   Gratton, Claudio ^a   Hasley, Andrew O ^a   Kraemer, Benjamin M ^a   Latzka, Alexander W ^a   Marin Spiotta, Erika ^a   Meine, Curt D ^b,c   Munoz, Samuel E ^a   Neeson, Thomas M ^a   Pidgeon, Anna M ^a   Rissman, Adena R ^a   Rivera, Ricardo J ^a   Szymanski, Laura M ^a   Usinowicz, Jacob ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b Aldo Leopold Foundation   (United States)

^c Center for Humans and Nature   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropocene; Biodiversity; Centennial Paper; Conservation; Global change; No analog; Novel climates; Novel ecosystems; Novelty

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOCENE; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ECOSYSTEM APPROACH; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GLOBAL CHANGE; NATURAL ANALOG; RESEARCH WORK;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HUMAN; INTRODUCED SPECIES; PLANT; PROCEDURES; TIME FACTOR;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; HUMANS; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84959337601     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19395582     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/14-1781.1     Document Type: Article

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