Biodiversity Loss Threatens Human Well-Being

At least among species within the same trophic level (e.g., plants), rarer species are likely to have small effects at any given point in time. [...]in natural systems, if we are to preserve the services that ecosystems provide to humans, we should focus on preserving or restoring their biotic integ...

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Vydáno v:	PLoS biology Ročník 4; číslo 8; s. e277
Hlavní autoři:	Díaz, Sandra, Fargione, Joseph, Chapin, F. Stuart, Tilman, David
Médium:	Journal Article
Jazyk:	angličtina
Vydáno:	United States Public Library of Science 01.08.2006 Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Témata:	Animals Biodiversity Biodiversity loss Biological diversity Conservation of Natural Resources Drinking water Ecology Ecosystem services Ecosystems Environmental aspects Food Genetic diversity Greenhouse Effect Human settlements Humans Nutrient cycles Nutrient retention Poverty Quality of Life Relative abundance Retention Soil fertility Species composition Sustainable development Trophic levels United States Animals Poverty Humans Greenhouse Effect Quality of Life Conservation of Natural Resources Biodiversity
ISSN:	1545-7885, 1544-9173, 1545-7885
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Shrnutí:	At least among species within the same trophic level (e.g., plants), rarer species are likely to have small effects at any given point in time. [...]in natural systems, if we are to preserve the services that ecosystems provide to humans, we should focus on preserving or restoring their biotic integrity in terms of species composition, relative abundance, functional organization, and species numbers (whether inherently species-poor or species-rich), rather than on simply maximizing the number of species present.\n Ecosystem services are the benefits provided by ecosystems that contribute to making human life both possible and worth living. [...]the service of formation, retention, and sustained fertility of soils necessary for the production of plants and animals considered important by different human societies depends on the ecosystem processes of decomposition, nutrient cycling by soil microbiota, and the retention of water and soil particles by a well-developed root network (Figure 1, path 2 and top sub-box in red of Ecosystem Services box).
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ISSN:	1545-7885 1544-9173 1545-7885
DOI:	10.1371/journal.pbio.0040277