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The Use of Global-Change Scenarios to Determine Changes in Species and Habitats

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Part of the book series: Ecological Studies ((ECOLSTUD,volume 152))

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Abstract

The alarming decline of the world’s biological diversity, or biodiversity, is perceived by many as an irreversible process that could eventually obliterate the very foundation of human existence. Humans strongly depend on biological resources for food, construction materials, medicine, and energy. Humans currently directly or indirectly use most of the available biospheric resources (Vitousek et al. 1997). These resources are in principle renewable. With proper management, they can be used sustainably; unfortunately, human use often exceeds the renewal capacity, after which the biological resource base becomes degraded. Resource management ultimately thus defines the fate of biodiversity. Such degradation could also increase the vulnerability of biodiversity to other stresses (e.g., environmental change).

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  1. Institute of Arctic Biology, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK, 99775, USA

    F. Stuart Chapin III

  2. Department of Ecology and IFEVA Faculty of Agronomy, University of Buenos Aires and CONICET, Buenos Aisres, 1417, Argentina

    Osvaldo E. Sala

  3. Departmento de Ingeniería Ambiental y Manejo de Recursos Naturales, Instituto Potosino de Investigaciones Científicas y Tecnológicas, San Luis Potosí, SLP, México

    Elisabeth Huber-Sannwald

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Leemans, R. (2001). The Use of Global-Change Scenarios to Determine Changes in Species and Habitats. In: Chapin, F.S., Sala, O.E., Huber-Sannwald, E. (eds) Global Biodiversity in a Changing Environment. Ecological Studies, vol 152. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-0157-8_3

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