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Biodiversity loss and its impact on humanity

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  • Bradley J. Cardinale

    (School of Natural Resources and Environment, University of Michigan)

  • J. Emmett Duffy

    (Virginia Institute of Marine Science, The College of William and Mary)

  • Andrew Gonzalez

    (McGill University, Montreal, Quebec H3A 1B1, Canada)

  • David U. Hooper

    (Western Washington University)

  • Charles Perrings

    (School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University)

  • Patrick Venail

    (School of Natural Resources and Environment, University of Michigan)

  • Anita Narwani

    (School of Natural Resources and Environment, University of Michigan)

  • Georgina M. Mace

    (Centre for Population Biology, Imperial College London, Silwood Park SL5 7PY, UK)

  • David Tilman

    (Evolution & Behavior, University of Minnesota)

  • David A. Wardle

    (Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, S- 901 83 Umeå, Sweden)

  • Ann P. Kinzig

    (School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University)

  • Gretchen C. Daily

    (Stanford University)

  • Michel Loreau

    (Station d’Ecologie Expérimentale, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 09200 Moulis, France)

  • James B. Grace

    (US Geological Survey, National Wetlands Research Center)

  • Anne Larigauderie

    (Museum National d’Histoire Naturelle, 57, Rue Cuvier, CP 41 75231, Paris Cedex 05, France)

  • Diane S. Srivastava

    (University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z4, Canada)

  • Shahid Naeem

    (Evolution, and Environmental Biology, Columbia University)

Abstract

Two decades ago the first Earth Summit raised the question of how biological diversity loss alters ecosystem functioning and affects humanity; this Review looks at the progress made towards answering this question.

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  • Bradley J. Cardinale & J. Emmett Duffy & Andrew Gonzalez & David U. Hooper & Charles Perrings & Patrick Venail & Anita Narwani & Georgina M. Mace & David Tilman & David A. Wardle & Ann P. Kinzig & Gre, 2012. "Biodiversity loss and its impact on humanity," Nature, Nature, vol. 486(7401), pages 59-67, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:486:y:2012:i:7401:d:10.1038_nature11148
    DOI: 10.1038/nature11148
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