Resumen
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.
Idioma original | Inglés |
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Número de artículo | aaf8957 |
Publicación | Science |
Volumen | 354 |
N.º | 6309 |
DOI | |
Estado | Publicada - 14 oct. 2016 |
Nota bibliográfica
Publisher Copyright:© 2016, American Association for the Advancement of Science. All rights reserved.
Financiación
Financiadores | Número del financiador |
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Fundación Biodiversidad | |
CENAREST | |
Polish State Forest National Holding | |
Centre National pour la Recherche Scientifique et Technique | |
IF-EF | |
Natural Environment Research Council | |
Institut Centrafricain de Recherche Agronomique | |
University of Minnesota Department of Forest Resources and Institute on the Environment | |
Instituto de Conservação da Natureza e das Florestas | |
University of Bangui | |
Bayerische Staatsforsten AöR | |
Architecture and Environment Department of Italcementi Group, Bergamo | |
Agence Française de Développement | |
Bavarian State Ministry for Nutrition, Agriculture, and Forestry | |
MultiFUNGtionality Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship | |
Wildlife Conservation Society | |
Leverhulme Trust | |
Ministère des Forêts, de la Faune et des Parcs | |
Ministerie van Economische Zaken | |
Seoul National University | |
School of Natural Resources and Agricultural Sciences, University of Alaska Fairbanks | |
Italian and Friuli Venezia Giulia Forest Services | |
U.S. Geological Survey | |
Queensland Herbarium | |
Ministère des Affaires Etrangères | |
National Vegetation Survey Databank | |
Smithsonian Institution | |
Forestry Commission of New South Wales | |
West Virginia University | |
Centre de coopération internationale en recherche agronomique pour le développement | |
U.S. Forest Service | |
SCAC | |
Ministère de l'Environnement | |
Polish State Forest Holding | |
Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional para el Desarrollo | |
EU H2020 Simwood | |
Ministerio del Ambiente, Agua y Transición Ecológica | |
Seventh Framework Programme | |
Société Centrafricaine de Déroulage | |
Service de Coopération et d'Actions Culturelles | |
Institut de Recherche en Ecologie Tropicale | |
MEDDEFCP | |
Agricultural Research Foundation | |
EU H2020 | |
Conservation International | |
Ministry of Environment - Saskatchewan | |
Bavarian State Forest Enterprise | |
Royal Society | |
U.S. government | |
Seoul National University Forest | |
BEF-China | |
Horizon 2020 | |
Alberta Department of Agriculture and Forestry | |
Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation | |
Thünen Institute of Forest Ecosystems | |
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia | UID/AGR/04033/2013 |
State Forest National Holding | V13W29 |
National Science Foundation | 1234162, 1522054, 1026415 |
European Commission | 291585 |
Korea Forest Service | S111215L020110, S111415L080120, S211315L020120 |
Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa e Inovação do Estado de Santa Catarina | 2013/TR441 |
State Forest National Holding DB | 1/07, OR/2717/3/11 |
Seventh Framework Programme | 613762 |
National Research Foundation of Korea | NRF-2015R1C1A1A02037721 |
Horizon 2020 Framework Programme | 633814, 657569, 265171, 655815 |
12th Five-Year Science and Technology Support Project | 2012BAD22B02 |
European Cooperation in Science and Technology | POCI-01-0145-FEDER-006958 |
Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung | 147092, 166457, 310030B-147092 |
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft | FOR891, PR 292/12-1 |
Narodowe Centrum Nauki | 2011/02/A/NZ9/00108 |
Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico | 312075/2013 |
UK Research and Innovation | 53706 |
Fondo Nacional de Desarrollo Científico y Tecnológico | 1151495, 11110270 |
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada | RGPIN-2014-04181 |
L'Agence Nationale de la Recherche | ANR-10-LABX-0025 |
U.S. Department of Agriculture | WVA00105, WVA00104 |