The rise of novelty in ecosystems

Rapid and ongoing change creates novelty in ecosystems everywhere, both when comparing contemporary systems to their historical baselines, and predicted future systems to the present. However, the level of novelty varies greatly among places. Here we propose a formal and quantifiable definition of a...

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Published in:	Ecological applications Vol. 25; no. 8; pp. 2051 - 2068
Main Authors:	Radeloff, Volker C, Williams, John W, Bateman, Brooke L, Burke, Kevin D, Carter, Sarah K, Childress, Evan S, Cromwell, Kara J, Gratton, Claudio, Hasley, Andrew O, Kraemer, Benjamin M, Latzka, Alexander W, Marin-Spiotta, Erika, Meine, Curt D, Munoz, Samuel E, Neeson, Thomas M, Pidgeon, Anna M, Rissman, Adena R, Rivera, Ricardo J, Szymanski, Laura M, Usinowicz, Jacob
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Ecological Society of America 01.12.2015
Subjects:	Adaptation, Physiological Animals Anthropocene Applied ecology biodiversity Biodiversity conservation Centennial Paper Climate Change conservation Conservation biology Conservation of Natural Resources Ecology Ecology - methods Ecosystem Ecosystems Environmental conservation ESA CENTENNIAL PAPER Freshwater ecosystems global change human population Humans Introduced Species issues and policy long term experiments Models, Biological nitrogen no-analog novel climates novel ecosystems novelty Plants Protected areas Species temperature Time Factors
ISSN:	1051-0761, 1939-5582
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