What are the key research questions that need to be addressed to improve our ability to predict and manage biodiversity change in the face of global environmental change?

“Species diversity is defined as the number of different species present in an ecosystem and relative abundance of each of those species.” Diversity is greatest ... Jul 1, 2005 ... The interplay between environment and living organisms and between the organisms themselves play key roles in encouraging or discouraging diversity. Parker, John D., Duffy, J. Emmett, and Orth, Robert J. 2001. "Plant species diversity and composition: experimental effects on marine epifaunal assemblages. Apr 23, 2024 ... Our results highlight three mechanisms (complementarity, competitive dominance, and trait plasticity) by which nurse species could mitigate the loss of ... Sep 23, 2016 ... Species richness is the number of species in an area. It's merely a numerical characteristic of an ecosystem. Feb 27, 2025 ... Weekly surveys over three-months in the primary aquarium district documented 540 freshwater fish species from 73 families. We found that species ... Nov 1, 1974 ... Species Distribution Models: Ecological Explanation and Prediction Across Space and Time Jane Elith, and John R. Leathwick Vol. 40 (2009), pp. 677–697 ... diversity analysis has been carried out for Chinese bays. In this study, national-scale species diversity patterns of coastal bays were examined on the ... Apr 1, 2024 ... ... species diversity in African Corypha larks (Aves: Alaudidae)'. Together they form a unique fingerprint. African Agricultural and Biological ... The rotifers from Mexico represent 27 families and 75 genera. Molecular analysis showed about 20 cryptic taxa from species complexes. The genera Lecane, ...