Nature Communications (Jul 2020)
Meta-analysis of multidecadal biodiversity trends in Europe
- Francesca Pilotto,
- Ingolf Kühn,
- Rita Adrian,
- Renate Alber,
- Audrey Alignier,
- Christopher Andrews,
- Jaana Bäck,
- Luc Barbaro,
- Deborah Beaumont,
- Natalie Beenaerts,
- Sue Benham,
- David S. Boukal,
- Vincent Bretagnolle,
- Elisa Camatti,
- Roberto Canullo,
- Patricia G. Cardoso,
- Bruno J. Ens,
- Gert Everaert,
- Vesela Evtimova,
- Heidrun Feuchtmayr,
- Ricardo García-González,
- Daniel Gómez García,
- Ulf Grandin,
- Jerzy M. Gutowski,
- Liat Hadar,
- Lubos Halada,
- Melinda Halassy,
- Herman Hummel,
- Kaisa-Leena Huttunen,
- Bogdan Jaroszewicz,
- Thomas C. Jensen,
- Henrik Kalivoda,
- Inger Kappel Schmidt,
- Ingrid Kröncke,
- Reima Leinonen,
- Filipe Martinho,
- Henning Meesenburg,
- Julia Meyer,
- Stefano Minerbi,
- Don Monteith,
- Boris P. Nikolov,
- Daniel Oro,
- Dāvis Ozoliņš,
- Bachisio M. Padedda,
- Denise Pallett,
- Marco Pansera,
- Miguel Ângelo Pardal,
- Bruno Petriccione,
- Tanja Pipan,
- Juha Pöyry,
- Stefanie M. Schäfer,
- Marcus Schaub,
- Susanne C. Schneider,
- Agnija Skuja,
- Karline Soetaert,
- Gunta Spriņģe,
- Radoslav Stanchev,
- Jenni A. Stockan,
- Stefan Stoll,
- Lisa Sundqvist,
- Anne Thimonier,
- Gert Van Hoey,
- Gunther Van Ryckegem,
- Marcel E. Visser,
- Samuel Vorhauser,
- Peter Haase
Affiliations
- Francesca Pilotto
- Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum Frankfurt
- Ingolf Kühn
- Department of Community Ecology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ
- Rita Adrian
- Department of Ecosystem Research, Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries & Department of Biology, Chemistry and Pharmacy, Freie Universität Berlin
- Renate Alber
- Biological Laboratory, Agency for Environment and Climate Protection
- Audrey Alignier
- UMR 0980 BAGAP, INRAE – Institut Agro – ESA
- Christopher Andrews
- UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
- Jaana Bäck
- Institute for Atmospheric and Earth system Research, Department of Forest Sciences, University of Helsinki
- Luc Barbaro
- Dynafor, INRAE, University of Toulouse, France & CESCO, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Sorbonne-Univ, Paris, France & LTSER Zone Atelier Pyrénées Garonne
- Deborah Beaumont
- Rothamsted Research, North Wyke, Okehampton
- Natalie Beenaerts
- Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University
- Sue Benham
- Forest Research
- David S. Boukal
- University of South Bohemia, Faculty of Science, Department of Ecosystem Biology & Soil and Water Research Infrastructure
- Vincent Bretagnolle
- CEBC, UMR7372, CNRS & La Rochelle University
- Elisa Camatti
- Institute of Marine Sciences, National Research Council
- Roberto Canullo
- School of Biosciences and Veterinary Medicine, unit Plant Diversity and Ecosystems Management, University of Camerino
- Patricia G. Cardoso
- CIIMAR, Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research of the University of Porto
- Bruno J. Ens
- Sovon Dutch Centre for Field Ornithology
- Gert Everaert
- Flanders Marine Institute
- Vesela Evtimova
- Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
- Heidrun Feuchtmayr
- UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Lancaster Environment Centre
- Ricardo García-González
- Instituto Pirenaico de Ecología (CSIC)
- Daniel Gómez García
- Instituto Pirenaico de Ecología (CSIC)
- Ulf Grandin
- Department of Aquatic Sciences and Assessment, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
- Jerzy M. Gutowski
- Department of Natural Forests, Forest Research Institute
- Liat Hadar
- Ramat Hanadiv
- Lubos Halada
- Institute of Landscape Ecology SAS
- Melinda Halassy
- MTA Centre for Ecological Research, Institute of Ecology and Botany
- Herman Hummel
- Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, and Utrecht University
- Kaisa-Leena Huttunen
- Department of Ecology and Genetics, University of Oulu
- Bogdan Jaroszewicz
- Białowieża Geobotanical Station, Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw
- Thomas C. Jensen
- Norwegian Institute for Nature Research
- Henrik Kalivoda
- Institute of Landscape Ecology SAS
- Inger Kappel Schmidt
- Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, University of Copenhagen
- Ingrid Kröncke
- Senckenberg am Meer, Marine Research Department
- Reima Leinonen
- Kainuu Centre for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment
- Filipe Martinho
- Centre For Functional Ecology (CFE), Department of Life Sciences, University of Coimbra
- Henning Meesenburg
- Northwest German Forest Research Institute
- Julia Meyer
- Senckenberg am Meer, Marine Research Department
- Stefano Minerbi
- Forest Services, Autonomous Province of Bolzano - South Tyrol
- Don Monteith
- UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Lancaster Environment Centre
- Boris P. Nikolov
- Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
- Daniel Oro
- CEAB (CSIC)
- Dāvis Ozoliņš
- Institute of Biology, University of Latvia
- Bachisio M. Padedda
- Dipartimento di Architettura, Design e Urbanistica, Università degli Studi di Sassari
- Denise Pallett
- UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
- Marco Pansera
- Institute of Marine Sciences, National Research Council
- Miguel Ângelo Pardal
- Centre For Functional Ecology (CFE), Department of Life Sciences, University of Coimbra
- Bruno Petriccione
- Carabinieri, Biodiversity and Park Protection Department, Castel di Sangro Biodiversity Unit
- Tanja Pipan
- ZRC SAZU Karst Research Institute, Ljubljana & UNESCO Chair on Karst Education University of Nova Gorica
- Juha Pöyry
- Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE), Biodiversity Centre
- Stefanie M. Schäfer
- UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
- Marcus Schaub
- Swiss Federal Institute for Forest Snow and Landscape Research WSL
- Susanne C. Schneider
- Norwegian Institute for Water Research
- Agnija Skuja
- Institute of Biology, University of Latvia
- Karline Soetaert
- Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, and Utrecht University
- Gunta Spriņģe
- Institute of Biology, University of Latvia
- Radoslav Stanchev
- Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
- Jenni A. Stockan
- Ecological Sciences, James Hutton Institute
- Stefan Stoll
- University of Applied Sciences Trier, Environmental Campus Birkenfeld
- Lisa Sundqvist
- Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute
- Anne Thimonier
- Swiss Federal Institute for Forest Snow and Landscape Research WSL
- Gert Van Hoey
- Flanders Research Institute for Agriculture, Fishery and Food
- Gunther Van Ryckegem
- Research Institute for Nature and Forest
- Marcel E. Visser
- Department of Animal Ecology, Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW)
- Samuel Vorhauser
- Biological Laboratory, Agency for Environment and Climate Protection
- Peter Haase
- Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum Frankfurt
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17171-y
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 11,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 11
Abstract
The global biodiversity decline might conceal complex local and group-specific trends. Here the authors report a quantitative synthesis of longterm biodiversity trends across Europe, showing how, despite overall increase in biodiversity metric and stability in abundance, trends differ between regions, ecosystem types, and taxa.
