Estimates of local biodiversity change over time stand up to scrutiny
Mark Vellend, Maria Dornelas, Lander Baeten, Robin Beausejour, Carissa Brown, Pieter De Frenne, Sarah Elmendorf, Nicholas Gotelli, Faye Moyes, Isla Myers-Smith, Anne Magurran, Brian McGill, Hideyasu Shimadzu, Caya Sievers
The paper responds to a critique of two meta-analyses on local biodiversity change by demonstrating flaws in the critique's methodology and showing that longer-duration studies do not necessarily show local diversity decline.
Ecology · Jan 9, 2017Peer-reviewedEcology