How will biodiversity loss affect ecosystem functioning, ecosystem services, and human well-
being? In an age of accelerating biodiversity loss, this timely and critical volume summarizes …

Does biodiversity influence how ecosystems function? Might diversity loss affect the ability of
ecosystems to deliver services of benefit to humankind? Ecosystems provide food, fuel, fiber …

Human well-being relies critically on ecosystem services provided by nature. Examples
include water and air quality regulation, nutrient cycling and decomposition, plant pollination …

Achieving sustainability, ie, meeting the needs of current populations without compromising
the needs of future generations, is the major challenge facing global society in the 21st …

If economic arguments could make such a strong case for early action and policy change to
address the threat of climate change, then could the same be possible for biodiversity loss …

The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (2005b) has fundamentally changed the way in
which scientists are thinking about the value of ecosystems. By harnessing recent results on …

2. Background Human activities have become so extensive that all ecosystems on the planet
have been altered by them to some extent (Cronin et al., 1996, Vitousek et al., 1997). These …

It has become essential in policy and decision‐making circles to think about the economic
benefits (in addition to moral and scientific motivations) humans derive from well‐functioning …

While there have been rapid advances in assessments of biodiversity and ecosystem
services (BES), a critical remaining challenge is how to move from scientific knowledge to …

Linking biophysical aspects of ecosystems with human benefits through the notion of
ecosystem services is essential to assess the trade-offs (ecological, socio-cultural, economic …