Premium
The added complications of climate change: understanding and managing biodiversity and ecosystems
Author(s) -
Staudt Amanda,
Leidner Allison K,
Howard Jennifer,
Brauman Kate A,
Dukes Jeffrey S,
Hansen Lara J,
Paukert Craig,
Sabo John,
Solórzano Luis A
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
frontiers in ecology and the environment
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.918
H-Index - 164
eISSN - 1540-9309
pISSN - 1540-9295
DOI - 10.1890/120275
Subject(s) - climate change , threatened species , ecosystem , biodiversity , environmental resource management , environmental science , ecology , habitat , biology
Ecosystems around the world are already threatened by land‐use and land‐cover change, extraction of natural resources, biological disturbances, and pollution. These environmental stressors have been the primary source of ecosystem degradation to date, and climate change is now exacerbating some of their effects. Ecosystems already under stress are likely to have more rapid and acute reactions to climate change; it is therefore useful to understand how multiple stresses will interact, especially as the magnitude of climate change increases. Understanding these interactions could be critically important in the design of climate adaptation strategies, especially because actions taken by other sectors (eg energy, agriculture, transportation) to address climate change may create new ecosystem stresses.