We are in the midst of a global environmental crisis, of a magnitude unknown since humans
first populated the planet. Species and genetic diversity are being lost at record paces …

The current rate of biodiversity loss threatens to disrupt greatly the functioning of
ecosystems, with potentially significant consequences for humanity. The magnitude of the …

Given the rapidity of global environmental change and the growing ambiguity of the
termbiodiversity', I argue that there is an urgent need to move away from a narrow focus on …

How biodiversity is changing in our time represents a major concern for all organismal
biologists. Anthropogenic changes to our planet are decreasing species diversity through …

As the biodiversity question becomes more prominent among scientists and the public, it
becomes more challenging. It is turning out to be a rich complex of interacting factors (did …

Biodiversity-or biological diversity-is a term now so familiar that politicians use it to persuade
us that they really care about the natural world. Many papers, and indeed entire journals, are …

We are witnessing the start of a mass extinction of species that will, if allowed to run its
course, leave a deeply depauperised biosphere for at least 5 million years-a period twenty …

The biotic crisis overtaking our planet is likely to precipitate a major extinction of species.
That much is well known. Not so well known but probably more significant in the long term is …

Biodiversity—a contraction of biological diversity—appears at first sight to be a simple
concept, ie the total sum of biotic variation, ranging from the genetic level to ecosystems. On …

Maintaining the natural diversity of the countless species on Earth is of fundamental
importance for the continued existence of life on this planet. Nevertheless, ecosystems are …