A global synthesis reveals biodiversity loss as a major driver of ecosystem change
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Summary
The analyses clearly show that the ecosystem consequences of local species loss are as quantitatively significant as the direct effects of several global change stressors that have mobilized major international concern and remediation efforts.
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- review
- Published
- 2012-05-02
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- 2,284
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- 56
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Keywords
Biodiversity, Ecosystem, Environmental change, Global change, Ecosystem services
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