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The geography of biodiversity change in marine and terrestrial assemblages

Authors :: Faye Moyes
Shane A. Blowes
Isla H. Myers-Smith
Forest Isbell
Brian J. McGill
Holly P. Jones
Helge Bruelheide
Patrick L. Thompson
Laura H. Antão
Amanda E. Bates
Jes Hines
Anne E. Magurran
Marten Winter
Sarah R. Supp
Jonathan M. Chase
Maria Dornelas
Andrew Gonzalez
Mark Vellend
Anne D. Bjorkman
Laetitia M. Navarro
Conor Waldock
Jarrett E. K. Byrnes
Diana E. Bowler
Source :: Blowes, S A, Supp, S R, Antão, L H, Bates, A, Bruelheide, H, Chase, J M, Moyes, F, Magurran, A, Mcgill, B, Myers-smith, I H, Winter, M, Bjorkman, A D, Bowler, D E, Byrnes, J E K, Gonzalez, A, Hines, J, Isbell, F, Jones, H P, Navarro, L M, Thompson, P L, Vellend, M, Waldock, C & Dornelas, M 2019, ' The geography of biodiversity change in marine and terrestrial assemblages ', Science, vol. 366, no. 6463, pp. 339-345 . https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aaw1620
Publication Year :: 2019
Publisher :: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2019.
Abstract: Spatial structure of species change Biodiversity is undergoing rapid change driven by climate change and other human influences. Blowes et al. analyze the global patterns in temporal change in biodiversity using a large quantity of time-series data from different regions (see the Perspective by Eriksson and Hillebrand). Their findings reveal clear spatial patterns in richness and composition change, where marine taxa exhibit the highest rates of change. The marine tropics, in particular, emerge as hotspots of species richness losses. Given that human activities are affecting biodiversity in magnitudes and directions that differ across the planet, these findings will provide a much needed biogeographic understanding of biodiversity change that can help inform conservation prioritization. Science , this issue p. 339 ; see also p. 308