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Biodiversity redistribution under climate change: Impacts on ecosystems and human well-being
Gretta T. Pecl ,
Miguel B. Araújo ,
Johann D. Bell ,
Julia Blanchard ,
Timothy C. Bonebrake ,
I-Ching Chen ,
Timothy D. Clark ,
Robert K. Colwell ,
Finn Danielsen ,
Birgitta Evengård ,
Lorena Falconi ,
Simon Ferrier ,
Stewart Frusher ,
Raquel A. Garcia ,
Roger B. Griffis ,
Alistair J. Hobday ,
Charlene Janion-Scheepers ,
Marta A. Jarzyna ,
Sarah Jennings ,
Jonathan Lenoir ,
Hlif I. Linnetved ,
Victoria Y. Martin ,
Phillipa C. McCormack ,
Jan McDonald ,
Nicola J. Mitchell ,
Tero Mustonen ,
John M. Pandolfi ,
Nathalie Pettorelli ,
Ekaterina Popova ,
Sharon A. Robinson ,
Brett R. Scheffers ,
Justine D. Shaw ,
Cascade J. B. Sorte ,
Jan M. Strugnell ,
Jennifer M. Sunday ,
Mao-Ning Tuanmu ,
Adriana Vergés ,
Cecilia Villanueva ,
Thomas Wernberg ,
Erik Wapstra ,
Stephen E. Williams
March 30 2017
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Abstract
<p class="first" id="d5435027e768">Distributions of Earth's species are changing at
accelerating rates, increasingly
driven by human-mediated climate change. Such changes are already altering the composition
of ecological communities, but beyond conservation of natural systems, how and why
does this matter? We review evidence that climate-driven species redistribution at
regional to global scales affects ecosystem functioning, human well-being, and the
dynamics of climate change itself. Production of natural resources required for food
security, patterns of disease transmission, and processes of carbon sequestration
are all altered by changes in species distribution. Consideration of these effects
of biodiversity redistribution is critical yet lacking in most mitigation and adaptation
strategies, including the United Nation's Sustainable Development Goals.
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