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Enlazar la influencia y la dependencia de las personas en la biodiversidad a través de escalas

Forest Isbell¹, Andrew Gonzalez², Michel Loreau³

¹Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, Minnesota 55108, USA.

|June 2, 2017

Resumen

Las actividades humanas están causando extinciones masivas, disminuyendo los beneficios de la naturaleza como la regulación del clima y la producción de recursos. Esta pérdida de biodiversidad tiene un impacto en los servicios ecosistémicos, especialmente en grandes escalas relevantes para la política de conservación.

Área de la Ciencia:

Ecología
Ciencias del medio ambiente
Biología de la conservación

Sus antecedentes:

La biodiversidad es la base de los servicios críticos de los ecosistemas, como la regulación del clima y la provisión de recursos.
Las actividades humanas están impulsando el sexto evento de extinción masiva.
Comprender las interacciones entre el ser humano y la biodiversidad es crucial para una conservación efectiva.

Objetivo del estudio:

Sintetizar los conocimientos actuales sobre las relaciones a escala múltiple entre la dependencia humana y la influencia en la biodiversidad.
Resaltar cómo la pérdida de biodiversidad afecta a los servicios ecosistémicos en las escalas de política y conservación pertinentes.

Principales métodos:

Revisión y síntesis de la literatura científica existente.
Análisis de la dependencia humana y su influencia en la biodiversidad a través de diferentes escalas espaciales y temporales.
Evaluación del impacto de la pérdida de biodiversidad en el funcionamiento y la estabilidad de los ecosistemas.

Principales resultados:

La pérdida de biodiversidad perjudica significativamente los servicios ecosistémicos, incluida la regulación del clima y la producción de recursos.
Las actividades humanas son los principales impulsores del evento de extinción actual.
Los análisis a múltiples escalas están revelando vínculos complejos entre los impactos humanos y la biodiversidad.

Conclusiones:

La pérdida de biodiversidad tiene profundas consecuencias negativas para los servicios ecosistémicos esenciales para el bienestar humano.
Las estrategias efectivas de conservación deben tener en cuenta las grandes escalas temporales y espaciales del cambio en la biodiversidad y el impacto humano.

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