A function-based typology for Earth’s ecosystems
NSW Department of Planning and Environment · UNSW Sydney · +42 more institutions
Abstract
Abstract As the United Nations develops a post-2020 global biodiversity framework for the Convention on Biological Diversity, attention is focusing on how new goals and targets for ecosystem conservation might serve its vision of ‘living in harmony with nature’ 1,2 . Advancing dual imperatives to conserve biodiversity and sustain ecosystem services requires reliable and resilient generalizations and predictions about ecosystem responses to environmental change and management 3 . Ecosystems vary in their biota 4 , service provision 5 and relative exposure to risks 6 , yet there is no globally consistent classification of ecosystems that reflects functional responses to change and management. This hampers…
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 32.50
- Percentile
- 100%
- References
- 48
Authors
41- DADavid A. KeithCorresponding
NSW Department of Planning and Environment, UNSW Sydney, International Union for Conservation of Nature
- JRJosé R. Ferrer‐Paris
UNSW Sydney, International Union for Conservation of Nature
- ENEmily Nicholson
Deakin University, International Union for Conservation of Nature
- MJMelanie J. Bishop
Macquarie University
- BPBeth Polidoro
Arizona State University
Topics & keywords
- Ecosystem services
- Environmental resource management
- Convention on Biological Diversity
- Ecosystem management
- Total human ecosystem
- Ecosystem
- Biodiversity
- Natural capital