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Global synergies and trade-offs between multiple dimensions of biodiversity and ecosystem services

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Girardello, Marco, Santangeli, Andrea, Mori, Emiliano, Chapman, Anna, Fattorini, Simone, Naidoo, Robin, Bertolino, Sandro, Svenning, Jens-Christian·2019·Scientific Reports

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Ensuring the persistence of biodiversity and ecosystem services represents a global challenge that need to be addressed with high urgency. Global priority areas can only be identified by means of an integrated prioritization approach that would not only preserve species numbers and ecosystem services, but also the evolutionary and functional components of diversity. In this study we combine global datasets on the distribution of mammals and birds with species traits and phylogenetic data and we identify conservation priorities for taxonomic, functional and phylogenetic diversity, as well as for three ecosystem services, including potential for carbon sequestration, pollination potential and groundwater recharge. We show that, when priority areas are identified based only on individual, e.g. functional diversity, or any combination of the three biodiversity components, these areas do not allow a sufficient protection of the three ecosystem services. However, an integrated approach whereby prioritization is based on all biodiversity components and ecosystem services would allow to identify areas that maximize protection of all ecosystem services with a minimal loss in biodiversity coverage. Our results highlight the need for an integrated conservation planning framework in order to optimally allocate resources and achieve the long-term preservation of the multiple dimensions of biodiversity and ecosystems services.

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Authors
Girardello, M., Santangeli, A., Mori, E., Chapman, A., Fattorini, S., Naidoo, R., Bertolino, S., & Svenning, J.-C.
Affiliations
  • Aarhus University (DK)
  • University of Helsinki (FI)
  • University of Turin (IT)
  • National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (GR)
  • University of L'Aquila (IT)
  • World Wildlife Fund (US)
Corresponding author
Girardello, Marco
Venue
Scientific Reports
Published
2019-04-04
Volume
9
Issue
1
Pages
5636-5636
ISSN
2045-2322 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2934614478
Cited by
74
References
35
Citations by year
2026: 12 · 2025: 12 · 2024: 8 · 2023: 13 · 2022: 13 · 2021: 10 · 2020: 4 · 2019: 2
FWCI
3.73
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Scientific Reports (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Institutional Research Information System University of Turin (University of Turin) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion)
  • Työväentutkimus Vuosikirja (submittedVersion)
  • Scopus (Elsevier) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
  • Archivio Istituzionale della Ricerca - Università degli Studi dell Aquila (submittedVersion)
Funders
EC | European Research Council (ERC Starting Grant 310886 to J-C.S., ERC-2012-StG-310886-HISTFUNC)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Land Use and Ecosystem Services
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Nature and Landscape Conservation › Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
Keywords
conservation prioritization, functional diversity, phylogenetic diversity, taxonomic diversity, mammals, birds, species traits, carbon sequestration, groundwater recharge
MeSH terms
Agriculture, Animals, Birds, Conservation of Natural Resources, Biological Evolution, Geography, Health Resources, Humans, Mammals, Phenotype, Phylogeny, Ecosystem, Biodiversity, Pollination, Carbon Sequestration, Groundwater

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