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Urban Biodiversity and Climate Change

, 2014
Urban biodiversity refers to the variety and variability among living organisms found in a city and the ecological systems in which they occur. Overall, urban biodiversity responds to a combination of biogeographic and anthropogenic factors, with a ...
Moreno Penaranda, Raquel, Balaban, Osman, Puppim De Oliveira, Jose Antonio; id_orcid, Christopher N. H. Doll, Doll, Christopher, Moreno-Peñaranda, Raquel, Doll, Christopher N.H., Jose Antonio Puppim de Oliveira, Puppim De Oliveira, Jose Antonio, Raquel Moreno-Peñaranda, Osman Balaban   +10 more
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Selection and Biodiversity change [PDF]

Theoretical Ecology, 2019
Abstract There is a great need to understand how and why biodiversity, which we define as the variety of organisms found in a given place, changes over time. Current estimates suggest strikingly slow change in traditional measures of biodiversity. These estimates seem to contradict rapid shifts in the abundance of individual species and
William Godsoe, Katherine E. Eisen, Daniel Stanton, Katherine M. Sirianni   +3 more
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The changing form of Antarctic biodiversity [PDF]

Nature, 2015
Antarctic biodiversity is much more extensive, ecologically diverse and biogeographically structured than previously thought. Understanding of how this diversity is distributed in marine and terrestrial systems, the mechanisms underlying its spatial variation, and the significance of the microbiota is growing rapidly.
Chown, Steven L., Clarke, Andrew, Fraser, Ceridwen I., Cary, S. Craig, Moon, Katherine L., McGeoch, Melodie A.   +5 more
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Integrating Ecology and Economics in Agent-Based Models to Support Agricultural Policy. [PDF]

Adv Sci (Weinh)
Agent‐based models are valuable tools for studying social‐ecological systems in agriculture. This review maps how existing agent‐based models represent the human and natural domains of agriculture, and discusses developments in economic and ecological agent‐based modeling.
Vedder D, Rakowski JJ, Kolb LD, Theilen-Loges GS, Lakner S, Pe'er G.   +5 more
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Cryptic biodiversity in a changing world [PDF]

Journal of Biology, 2007
DNA studies are revealing the extent of hidden, or cryptic, biodiversity. Two new studies challenge paradigms about cryptic biodiversity and highlight the importance of adding a historical and biogeographic dimension to biodiversity research.
Beheregaray, Luciano Bellagamba, Caccone, Adalgisa   +1 more
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Quantifying temporal change in biodiversity : challenges and opportunities [PDF]

, 2012
Growing concern about biodiversity loss underscores the need to quantify and understand temporal change. Here, we review the opportunities presented by biodiversity time series, and address three related issues: (i) recognizing the characteristics of ...
Gaston, Kevin J, Kosnik, M A, Morlon, H, Øvreås, L, Kosnik, Matthew A, McGill, B, Gaston, Kevin J., Colwell, Robert K., Gotelli, Nicholas J., Buckland, Stephen Terrence, Chao, Anne, Gotelli, N J, Buckland, Stephen T., Gaston, K J, Vellend, M, Ovreås, Lise, Chazdon, Robin L, Studeny, Angelika, Curtis, Tom, Kosnik, Matthew A., Buckland, S T, McCune, Jenny L, Mumby, P J, Mumby, Peter J., Morlon, Hélène, Gotelli, Nicolas J, Mumby, Peter J, Studeny, A, Curtis, T, Dornelas, Maria, McCune, J L, Dornelas, M, Colwell, R K, Chazdon, Robin L., McGill, Brian, Colwell, Robert K, Vellend, Mark, Magurran, Anne, Magurran, Anne E., Chao, A, Øvreås, Lise, Magurran, A E, McCune, Jenny L., Magurran, Anne; id_orcid, Buckland, Stephen Terrence; id_orcid   +44 more
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Has climate change taken prominence over biodiversity conservation? [PDF]

, 2014
The growing prominence of climate change has led to concerns that other important environmental issues, such as biodiversity loss, are being overshadowed.
Veríssimo, Diogo, Smith, Robert J., MacMillan, Douglas C., Davies, Zoe G., Crees, Jennifer   +4 more
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Disturbance and change in biodiversity [PDF]

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 2010
Understanding how disturbance affects biodiversity is important for both fundamental and applied reasons. Here, I investigate how disturbances with different ecological effects change biodiversity metrics. I define three main types of disturbance effects: D disturbance (shifts in mortality ...
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Biodiversity matters in a changing world [PDF]

Biology Letters, 2010
It is now widely accepted that the climate of our planet is changing, but it is still hard to predict the consequences of these changes on ecosystems. The impact is worst at the poles, with scientists concerned that impacts at lower latitudes will follow suit.
Carole, Di Poi, Guillaume, Diss, Luca, Freschi   +2 more
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Consequences of changing biodiversity

Nature, 2000
(Uploaded by Plazi for the Bat Literature Project) No abstract provided.
Chapin III, F. Stuart, Zavaleta, Erika S., Eviner, Valerie T., Naylor, Rosamond L., Vitousek, Peter M., Reynolds, Heather L., Hooper, David U., Lavorel, Sandra, Sala, Osvaldo Esteban, Hobbie, Sarah E., Mack, Michelle C., Díaz, Sandra Myrna   +11 more
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