| Literature DB >> 28183912 |
Anthony D Barnosky1,2, Elizabeth A Hadly3, Patrick Gonzalez4,5, Jason Head6, P David Polly7, A Michelle Lawing8, Jussi T Eronen9,10, David D Ackerly11, Ken Alex12, Eric Biber13, Jessica Blois14, Justin Brashares5, Gerardo Ceballos15, Edward Davis16, Gregory P Dietl17,18, Rodolfo Dirzo19, Holly Doremus20, Mikael Fortelius21,22, Harry W Greene23, Jessica Hellmann24, Thomas Hickler25, Stephen T Jackson26, Melissa Kemp27, Paul L Koch28, Claire Kremen29, Emily L Lindsey30, Cindy Looy31, Charles R Marshall30, Chase Mendenhall32,33, Andreas Mulch34,35, Alexis M Mychajliw19, Carsten Nowak36, Uma Ramakrishnan37, Jan Schnitzler38,39, Kashish Das Shrestha40, Katherine Solari19, Lynn Stegner41, M Allison Stegner42, Nils Chr Stenseth43, Marvalee H Wake44, Zhibin Zhang45.
Abstract
Conservation of species and ecosystems is increasingly difficult because anthropogenic impacts are pervasive and accelerating. Under this rapid global change, maximizing conservation success requires a paradigm shift from maintaining ecosystems in idealized past states toward facilitating their adaptive and functional capacities, even as species ebb and flow individually. Developing effective strategies under this new paradigm will require deeper understanding of the long-term dynamics that govern ecosystem persistence and reconciliation of conflicts among approaches to conserving historical versus novel ecosystems. Integrating emerging information from conservation biology, paleobiology, and the Earth sciences is an important step forward on the path to success. Maintaining nature in all its aspects will also entail immediately addressing the overarching threats of growing human population, overconsumption, pollution, and climate change.Entities:
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Year: 2017 PMID： 28183912 DOI： 10.1126/science.aah4787
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Science ISSN： 0036-8075 Impact factor: 47.728