Linking the influence and dependence of people on biodiversity across scales

Nature

Volumn 546, Issue 7656, 2017, Pages 65-72

  Isbell, Forest ^a   Gonzalez, Andrew ^b   Loreau, Michel ^c   Cowles, Jane ^a   Díaz, Sandra ^d   Hector, Andy ^e   MacE, Georgina M ^f   Wardle, David A ^g,h   O'Connor, Mary I ⁱ   Duffy, J Emmett ^j   Turnbull, Lindsay A ^e   Thompson, Patrick L ⁱ   Larigauderie, Anne ^k  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^g SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^h NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^j SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

^k UNITED NATIONS   (Germany)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ECOLOGICAL STABILITY; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FORAGE; FORESTRY PRODUCTION; GRASSLAND; MASS EXTINCTION; NATURE CONSERVATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WOOD;

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; HUMAN; MASS EXTINCTION; NATURAL SCIENCE; NONHUMAN; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TIME; ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES EXTINCTION;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; SPATIO-TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 85020216063     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature22899     Document Type: Review

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