Article

A millennium of increasing ecosystem diversity until the mid-20 <sup>th</sup> century

2021-03-17

Abstract excerpt

Land-use change is widely regarded as a simplifying and homogenising force in nature. In contrast, analysing global land-use reconstructions from the 10 th to 20 th centuries, we found progressive increases in the number, evenness, and diversity of ecosystems (including human-modified land-use types) across the globe. Ecosystem diversity increased more rapidly after ∼1700CE, then slowed or partially reversed (de...

Topics

Open a Topic to create a Post that cites this publication.

Identifiers and source

Literature Corpus work: 7689401a-fefb-5d71-b324-879b0041b05e
DOI: 10.1101/2021.03.16.435590

Open publication

Related research

Semantic proximity does not establish scientific evidence.

Click a neighbor to travelStep 1 · 12 closest

A millennium of increasing ecosystem diversity until the mid-20 <sup>th</sup> centuryDOI 10.1101/2021.03.16.435590Read

Human pressure homogenises species and traits globallySemantic proximity Read

Recent global changes have decoupled species richness from specialization patterns in North American birdsSemantic proximity Read

The underpinnings of land-use history: three centuries of global gridded land-use transitions, wood-harvest activity, and resulting secondary landsSemantic proximity Read

Global extent and change in human modification of terrestrial ecosystems from 1990 to 2022Semantic proximity Read

Processes, Rates and Patterns of Land Cover/Use Change and Human Footprint on Biodiversity in the Megalopolis of Mexico CitySemantic proximity Read

The human handprint in shaping plant diversity in urban environmentsSemantic proximity Read

Assessing the multidimensional complexity of biodiversity using a globally standardized approachSemantic proximity Read

Integrating plant richness in forest patches can rescue overall biodiversity in human-modified landscapesSemantic proximity Read

Towards the development of general rules describing landscape heterogeneity–multifunctionality relationshipsSemantic proximity Read

A global assessment of amphibian and reptile responses to land-use changesSemantic proximity Read

Biotic homogenisation in bird communities leads to large-scale changes in species associationsSemantic proximity Read

Nature-dependent lifeways are widely exposed to ecological noveltySemantic proximity Read