Positive biodiversity-productivity relationship predominant in global forests
The biodiversity-productivity relationship (BPR) is foundational to our understanding of the global extinction crisis and its impacts on ecosystem functioning. Understanding BPR is critical for the accurate valuation and effective conservation of biodiversity. Using ground-sourced data from 777,126...
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| author | Liang, Jingjing Crowther, Thomas W. Picard, Nicolas Wiser, Susan Zhou, Mo Alberti, Giorgio Schulze, Ernst-Detlef McGuire, A. David Bozzato, Fabio Pretzsch, Hans Peri, Pablo Luis Reich, Peter B. |
| author_browse | Alberti, Giorgio Bozzato, Fabio Crowther, Thomas W. Liang, Jingjing McGuire, A. David Peri, Pablo Luis Picard, Nicolas Pretzsch, Hans Reich, Peter B. Schulze, Ernst-Detlef Wiser, Susan Zhou, Mo |
| author_facet | Liang, Jingjing Crowther, Thomas W. Picard, Nicolas Wiser, Susan Zhou, Mo Alberti, Giorgio Schulze, Ernst-Detlef McGuire, A. David Bozzato, Fabio Pretzsch, Hans Peri, Pablo Luis Reich, Peter B. |
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| description | The biodiversity-productivity relationship (BPR) is foundational to our understanding of the global extinction crisis and its impacts on ecosystem functioning. Understanding BPR is critical for the accurate valuation and effective conservation of biodiversity. Using ground-sourced data from 777,126 permanent plots, spanning 44 countries and most terrestrial biomes, we reveal a globally consistent positive concave-down BPR, showing that continued biodiversity loss would result in an accelerating decline in forest productivity worldwide. The value of biodiversity in maintaining commercial forest productivity alone—US$166 billion to 490 billion per year according to our estimation—is more than twice what it would cost to implement effective global conservation. This highlights the need for a worldwide reassessment of biodiversity values, forest management strategies, and conservation priorities. |
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| spelling | INTA98272021-07-16T12:31:51Z Positive biodiversity-productivity relationship predominant in global forests Liang, Jingjing Crowther, Thomas W. Picard, Nicolas Wiser, Susan Zhou, Mo Alberti, Giorgio Schulze, Ernst-Detlef McGuire, A. David Bozzato, Fabio Pretzsch, Hans Peri, Pablo Luis Reich, Peter B. Biodiversity Production Ecology Forest Ecosystems Deforestation Climate Change Conservation Forest Management Forestry Operations Biodiversidad Producción Ecología Ecosistemas Forestales Deforestación Cambio Climático Conservación Manejo Forestal Operaciones Forestales Socioeconomic Development Global Scale Desarrollo Socioeconómico Escala Global The biodiversity-productivity relationship (BPR) is foundational to our understanding of the global extinction crisis and its impacts on ecosystem functioning. Understanding BPR is critical for the accurate valuation and effective conservation of biodiversity. Using ground-sourced data from 777,126 permanent plots, spanning 44 countries and most terrestrial biomes, we reveal a globally consistent positive concave-down BPR, showing that continued biodiversity loss would result in an accelerating decline in forest productivity worldwide. The value of biodiversity in maintaining commercial forest productivity alone—US$166 billion to 490 billion per year according to our estimation—is more than twice what it would cost to implement effective global conservation. This highlights the need for a worldwide reassessment of biodiversity values, forest management strategies, and conservation priorities. EEA Santa Cruz Fil: Liang, Jingjing. West Virginia University. School of Natural Resources; Estados Unidos Fil: Crowther, Thomas W. Netherlands Institute of Ecology; Países Bajos Fil: Crowther, Thomas W. Yale University. Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies; Estados Unidos Fil: Picard, Nicolas. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Forestry Department; Italia Fil: Wiser, Susan. Landcare Research; Nueva Zelanda Fil: Zhou, Mo. West Virginia University. School of Natural Resources; Estados Unido Fil: Alberti, Giorgio. University of Udine via delle Scienze. Department of Agri-Food, Animal and Environmental Sciences; Italia. Fil: Schulze, Ernst-Detlef. Max-Planck Institut für Biogeochemie; Alemania Fil: McGuire, A. David. University of Alaska. U.S. Geological Survey, Alaska Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit; Estados Unidos Fil: Bozzato, Fabio. Architecture and Environment Department. Italcementi Group; Italia. Fil: Pretzsch, Hans. Technical University of Munich. Institute of Forest Growth and Yield Science, School of Life Sciences; Alemania Fil: Peri, Pablo Luis. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Santa Cruz; Argentina. Fil: Peri, Pablo Luis. Universidad Nacional de la Patagonia Austral; Argentina. Fil: Peri, Pablo Luis. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Fil: Reich, Peter B. Western Sydney University. Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment; Australia. Fil: Reich, Peter B. University of Minnesota. Department of Forest Resources; Estados Unidos 2021-07-16T12:14:07Z 2021-07-16T12:14:07Z 2016-10-14 info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/9827 https://science.sciencemag.org/content/354/6309/aaf8957 0036-8075 (print) 1095-9203 (on line) https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aaf8957 eng info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) application/pdf American Association for the Advancement of Science Science 354 (6309) : aaf8957 (October 2016) |
| spellingShingle | Biodiversity Production Ecology Forest Ecosystems Deforestation Climate Change Conservation Forest Management Forestry Operations Biodiversidad Producción Ecología Ecosistemas Forestales Deforestación Cambio Climático Conservación Manejo Forestal Operaciones Forestales Socioeconomic Development Global Scale Desarrollo Socioeconómico Escala Global Liang, Jingjing Crowther, Thomas W. Picard, Nicolas Wiser, Susan Zhou, Mo Alberti, Giorgio Schulze, Ernst-Detlef McGuire, A. David Bozzato, Fabio Pretzsch, Hans Peri, Pablo Luis Reich, Peter B. Positive biodiversity-productivity relationship predominant in global forests |
| title | Positive biodiversity-productivity relationship predominant in global forests |
| title_full | Positive biodiversity-productivity relationship predominant in global forests |
| title_fullStr | Positive biodiversity-productivity relationship predominant in global forests |
| title_full_unstemmed | Positive biodiversity-productivity relationship predominant in global forests |
| title_short | Positive biodiversity-productivity relationship predominant in global forests |
| title_sort | positive biodiversity productivity relationship predominant in global forests |
| topic | Biodiversity Production Ecology Forest Ecosystems Deforestation Climate Change Conservation Forest Management Forestry Operations Biodiversidad Producción Ecología Ecosistemas Forestales Deforestación Cambio Climático Conservación Manejo Forestal Operaciones Forestales Socioeconomic Development Global Scale Desarrollo Socioeconómico Escala Global |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/9827 https://science.sciencemag.org/content/354/6309/aaf8957 https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aaf8957 |
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