Nature Communications (Jul 2018)

Taxonomic and functional diversity change is scale dependent

  • Marta A. Jarzyna,
  • Walter Jetz

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-04889-z
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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The evidence for and implications of biodiversity change remain widely debated. Jarzyna and Jetz demonstrate a strong and varying scale dependence of avian taxonomic and functional diversity, highlighting the importance of scale when assessing biodiversity change.