Global human footprint on the linkage between biodiversity and ecosystem functioning in reef fishes.

Mora, Camilo; Aburto-Oropeza, Octavio; Ayala Bocos, Arturo; M Ayotte, Paula; Banks, Stuart; G Bauman, Andrew; Beger, Maria; Bessudo, Sandra; J Booth, David; Brokovich, Eran; Brooks, Andrew; Chabanet, Pascale; E Cinner, Joshua; Cortés, Jorge; J Cruz-Motta, Juan; Cupul Magaña, Amilcar; E Demartini, Edward; J Edgar, Graham; A Feary, David; C A Ferse, Sebastian; M Friedlander, Alan; J Gaston, Kevin; Gough, Charlotte; A J Graham, Nicholas; Green, Alison; Guzman, Hector; Hardt, Marah; Kulbicki, Michel; Letourneur, Yves; López Pérez, Andres; Loreau, Michel; Loya, Yossi; Martinez, Camilo; Mascareñas-Osorio, Ismael; Morove, Tau; Nadon, Marc-Olivier; Nakamura, Yohei; Paredes, Gustavo; V C Polunin, Nicholas; S Pratchett, Morgan; Reyes Bonilla, Héctor; Rivera, Fernando; Sala, Enric; A Sandin, Stuart; Soler, German; Stuart-Smith, Rick; Tessier, Emmanuel; P Tittensor, Derek; Tupper, Mark; Usseglio, Paolo

doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.1000606

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Global human footprint on the linkage between biodiversity and ecosystem functioning in reef fishes.

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Authors:

Camilo Mora

Octavio Aburto-Oropeza

Arturo Ayala Bocos

Abstract

Difficulties in scaling up theoretical and experimental results have raised controversy over the consequences of biodiversity loss for the functioning of natural ecosystems. Using a global survey of reef fish assemblages, we show that in contrast to previous theoretical and experimental studies, eco...

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