La riqueza de especies vegetales y la multifuncionalidad de los ecosistemas en las tierras secas globales

Fernando T Maestre1, José L Quero, Nicholas J Gotelli

  • 1Área de Biodiversidad y Conservación, Departamento de Biología y Geología, Escuela Superior de Ciencias Experimentales y Tecnología, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Calle Tulipán Sin Número, 28933 Móstoles, Spain. fernando.maestre@urjc.es

Science (New York, N.Y.)
|January 17, 2012
PubMed
Resumen

La biodiversidad aumenta la multifuncionalidad del ecosistema, manteniendo funciones vitales como el almacenamiento de carbono. La preservación de la riqueza de especies vegetales es clave para amortiguar los efectos del cambio climático y la desertificación en las tierras secas.

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