Millennium Ecosystem Assessment

Global threats to human water security and river biodiversity

Vörösmarty, C. J., McIntyre, P. B., Gessner, M. O., Dudgeon, D., Prusevich, A., Green, P., Glidden, S., Bunn, S. E., Sullivan, C. A., Liermann, C. R., et al. (2010) · Nature · doi:10.1038/nature09440 · Cited by 7,582

Transformation of the Nitrogen Cycle: Recent Trends, Questions, and Potential Solutions

Galloway, J. N., Townsend, A. R., Erisman, J. W., Bekunda, M., Cai, Z., Freney, J. R., Martinelli, L. A., Seitzinger, S. P., & Sutton, M. A. (2008) · Science · doi:10.1126/science.1136674 · Cited by 6,995

The next generation of scenarios for climate change research and assessment

Moss, R. H., Edmonds, J. A., Hibbard, K. A., Manning, M. R., Rose, S. K., van Vuuren, D. P., Carter, T. R., Emori, S., Kainuma, M., Kram, T., et al. (2010) · Nature · doi:10.1038/nature08823 · Cited by 6,467

High-resolution mapping of global surface water and its long-term changes

Pekel, J.-F., Cottam, A., Gorelick, N., & Belward, A. S. (2016) · Nature · doi:10.1038/nature20584 · Cited by 5,513

Early-warning signals for critical transitions

Scheffer, M., Bascompte, J., Brock, W. A., Brovkin, V., Carpenter, S. R., Dakos, V., Held, H., van Nes, E. H., Rietkerk, M., & Sugihara, G. (2009) · Nature · doi:10.1038/nature08227 · Cited by 4,854

Global effects of land use on local terrestrial biodiversity

Newbold, T., Hudson, L. N., Hill, S. L. L., Contu, S., Lysenko, I., Senior, R. A., Börger, L., Bennett, D. J., Choimes, A., Collen, B., et al. (2015) · Nature · doi:10.1038/nature14324 · Cited by 4,352

Beyond species: functional diversity and the maintenance of ecological processes and services

Cadotte, M. W., Carscadden, K., & Mirotchnick, N. (2011) · Journal of Applied Ecology · doi:10.1111/j.1365-2664.2011.02048.x · Cited by 2,396

The Anthropocene: conceptual and historical perspectives

Steffen, W., Grinevald, J., Crutzen, P., & McNeill, J. (2011) · Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences · doi:10.1098/rsta.2010.0327 · Cited by 2,411

Science for managing ecosystem services: Beyond the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment

Carpenter, S. R., Mooney, H. A., Agard, J., Capistrano, D., DeFries, R. S., Díaz, S., Dietz, T., Duraiappah, A. K., Oteng-Yeboah, A., Pereira, H. M., et al. (2009) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · doi:10.1073/pnas.0808772106 · Cited by 2,257

How much wetland has the world lost? Long-term and recent trends in global wetland area

Davidson, N. C. (2014) · Marine and Freshwater Research · doi:10.1071/mf14173 · Cited by 2,177

Landscape moderation of biodiversity patterns and processes ‐ eight hypotheses

Tscharntke, T., Tylianakis, J. M., Rand, T. A., Didham, R. K., Fahrig, L., Batáry, P., Bengtsson, J., Clough, Y., Crist, T. O., Dormann, C. F., et al. (2012) · Biological Reviews · doi:10.1111/j.1469-185x.2011.00216.x · Cited by 2,134

Novel ecosystems: implications for conservation and restoration

Hobbs, R. J., Higgs, E., & Harris, J. A. (2009) · Trends in Ecology & Evolution · doi:10.1016/j.tree.2009.05.012 · Cited by 2,008

Climate Change Vulnerability Assessments: An Evolution of Conceptual Thinking

Füssel, H.-M., & Klein, R. J. T. (2006) · Climatic Change · doi:10.1007/s10584-006-0329-3 · Cited by 1,994

Effects of biodiversity on the functioning of trophic groups and ecosystems

Cardinale, B. J., Srivastava, D. S., Emmett Duffy, J., Wright, J. P., Downing, A. L., Sankaran, M., & Jouseau, C. (2006) · Nature · doi:10.1038/nature05202 · Cited by 1,871

Incorporating plant functional diversity effects in ecosystem service assessments

Díaz, S., Lavorel, S., de Bello, F., Quétier, F., Grigulis, K., & Robson, T. M. (2007) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · doi:10.1073/pnas.0704716104 · Cited by 1,658

Soil invertebrates and ecosystem services

Lavelle, P., Decaëns, T., Aubert, M., Barot, S., Blouin, M., Bureau, F., Margerie, P., Mora, P., & Rossi, J.-P. (2006) · European Journal of Soil Biology · doi:10.1016/j.ejsobi.2006.10.002 · Cited by 1,606

Biodiversity loss threatens human well-being

Díaz, S., Fargione, J., Chapin, F. S., & Tilman, D. (2006) · PLoS Biology · doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0040277 · Cited by 1,544

Scaling environmental change through the community‐level: a trait‐based response‐and‐effect framework for plants

SUDING, K. N., LAVOREL, S., CHAPIN, F. S., CORNELISSEN, J. H. C., DÍAZ, S., GARNIER, E., GOLDBERG, D., HOOPER, D. U., JACKSON, S. T., & NAVAS, M. (2008) · Global Change Biology · doi:10.1111/j.1365-2486.2008.01557.x · Cited by 1,285

Harmonization of land-use scenarios for the period 1500–2100: 600 years of global gridded annual land-use transitions, wood harvest, and resulting secondary lands

Hurtt, G. C., Chini, L. P., Frolking, S., Betts, R. A., Feddema, J., Fischer, G., Fisk, J. P., Hibbard, K., Houghton, R. A., Janetos, A., et al. (2011) · Climatic Change · doi:10.1007/s10584-011-0153-2 · Cited by 1,284

What are the benefits of interacting with nature?

Keniger, L., Gaston, K., Irvine, K., & Fuller, R. (2013) · International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health · doi:10.3390/ijerph10030913 · Cited by 1,204

Ecological Thresholds: The Key to Successful Environmental Management or an Important Concept with No Practical Application?

Groffman, P. M., Baron, J. S., Blett, T., Gold, A. J., Goodman, I., Gunderson, L. H., Levinson, B. M., Palmer, M. A., Paerl, H. W., Peterson, G. D., et al. (2006) · Ecosystems · doi:10.1007/s10021-003-0142-z · Cited by 1,207

Exploring connections among nature, biodiversity, ecosystem services, and human health and well-being: Opportunities to enhance health and biodiversity conservation

Sandifer, P. A., Sutton-Grier, A. E., & Ward, B. P. (2015) · Ecosystem Services · doi:10.1016/j.ecoser.2014.12.007 · Cited by 1,014

Biodiversity enhances ecosystem multifunctionality across trophic levels and habitats

Lefcheck, J. S., Byrnes, J. E. K., Isbell, F., Gamfeldt, L., Griffin, J. N., Eisenhauer, N., Hensel, M. J. S., Hector, A., Cardinale, B. J., & Duffy, J. E. (2015) · Nature Communications · doi:10.1038/ncomms7936 · Cited by 840

Can DNA-Based Ecosystem Assessments Quantify Species Abundance? Testing Primer Bias and Biomass—Sequence Relationships with an Innovative Metabarcoding Protocol

Elbrecht, V., & Leese, F. (2015) · PLOS ONE · doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0130324 · Cited by 765

Regulation of the immune system by biodiversity from the natural environment: An ecosystem service essential to health

Rook, G. A. (2013) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · doi:10.1073/pnas.1313731110 · Cited by 760

Nutrient enrichment, biodiversity loss, and consequent declines in ecosystem productivity

Isbell, F., Reich, P. B., Tilman, D., Hobbie, S. E., Polasky, S., & Binder, S. (2013) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · doi:10.1073/pnas.1310880110 · Cited by 712

Global human appropriation of net primary production doubled in the 20th century

Krausmann, F., Erb, K.-H., Gingrich, S., Haberl, H., Bondeau, A., Gaube, V., Lauk, C., Plutzar, C., & Searchinger, T. D. (2013) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · doi:10.1073/pnas.1211349110 · Cited by 666

Biodiversity, Ecosystem Functioning, and Human Wellbeing: An Ecological and Economic Perspective

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Brazilian wetlands: Their definition, delineation, and classification for research, sustainable management, and protection

Junk, W. J., Piedade, M. T. F., Lourival, R., Wittmann, F., Kandus, P., Lacerda, L. D., Bozelli, R. L., Esteves, F. A., Nunes da Cunha, C., Maltchik, L., et al. (2014) · Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems · doi:10.1002/aqc.2386 · Cited by 580

Trade-offs across value-domains in ecosystem services assessment

Martín-López, B., Gómez-Baggethun, E., García-Llorente, M., & Montes, C. (2014) · Ecological Indicators · doi:10.1016/j.ecolind.2013.03.003 · Cited by 569

Infectious diseases following natural disasters: prevention and control measures

Kouadio, I. K., Aljunid, S., Kamigaki, T., Hammad, K., & Oshitani, H. (2012) · Expert Review of Anti-infective Therapy · doi:10.1586/eri.11.155 · Cited by 546

Protected areas reduced poverty in Costa Rica and Thailand

Andam, K. S., Ferraro, P. J., Sims, K. R. E., Healy, A., & Holland, M. B. (2010) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · doi:10.1073/pnas.0914177107 · Cited by 486

Competition for land

Smith, P., Gregory, P. J., van Vuuren, D., Obersteiner, M., Havlík, P., Rounsevell, M., Woods, J., Stehfest, E., & Bellarby, J. (2010) · Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences · doi:10.1098/rstb.2010.0127 · Cited by 487

Reconsideration of the planetary boundary for phosphorus

Carpenter, S. R., & Bennett, E. M. (2011) · Environmental Research Letters · doi:10.1088/1748-9326/6/1/014009 · Cited by 433

Multiple stressors on biotic interactions: how climate change and alien species interact to affect pollination

Schweiger, O., Biesmeijer, J. C., Bommarco, R., Hickler, T., Hulme, P. E., Klotz, S., Kühn, I., Moora, M., Nielsen, A., Ohlemüller, R., et al. (2010) · Biological Reviews · doi:10.1111/j.1469-185x.2010.00125.x · Cited by 431

How much land is needed for global food production under scenarios of dietary changes and livestock productivity increases in 2030?

Wirsenius, S., Azar, C., & Berndes, G. (2010) · Agricultural Systems · doi:10.1016/j.agsy.2010.07.005 · Cited by 405

Benefits of wildlife consumption to child nutrition in a biodiversity hotspot

Golden, C. D., Fernald, L. C. H., Brashares, J. S., Rasolofoniaina, B. J. R., & Kremen, C. (2011) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · doi:10.1073/pnas.1112586108 · Cited by 358

Divergent ecosystem responses within a benthic marine community to ocean acidification

Kroeker, K. J., Micheli, F., Gambi, M. C., & Martz, T. R. (2011) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · doi:10.1073/pnas.1107789108 · Cited by 352

Spatial covariance between biodiversity and other ecosystem service priorities

Anderson, B. J., Armsworth, P. R., Eigenbrod, F., Thomas, C. D., Gillings, S., Heinemeyer, A., Roy, D. B., & Gaston, K. J. (2009) · Journal of Applied Ecology · doi:10.1111/j.1365-2664.2009.01666.x · Cited by 348

Human impacts on the rates of recent, present, and future bird extinctions

Pimm, S., Raven, P., Peterson, A., Şekercioğlu, Ç. H., & Ehrlich, P. R. (2006) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · doi:10.1073/pnas.0604181103 · Cited by 342

The decline of moths in Great Britain: a review of possible causes

FOX, R. (2013) · Insect Conservation and Diversity · doi:10.1111/j.1752-4598.2012.00186.x · Cited by 302

Marine biodiversity and ecosystem functioning: what's known and what's next?

Gamfeldt, L., Lefcheck, J. S., Byrnes, J. E. K., Cardinale, B. J., Duffy, J. E., & Griffin, J. N. (2015) · Oikos · doi:10.1111/oik.01549 · Cited by 297

Several scales of biodiversity affect ecosystem multifunctionality

Pasari, J. R., Levi, T., Zavaleta, E. S., & Tilman, D. (2013) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · doi:10.1073/pnas.1220333110 · Cited by 289

A Rosetta Stone for Nature’s Benefits to People

Díaz, S., Demissew, S., Joly, C., Lonsdale, W. M., & Larigauderie, A. (2015) · PLOS Biology · doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.1002040 · Cited by 247

A systematic review of the health and well-being benefits of biodiverse environments.

Lovell, R., Wheeler, B. W., Higgins, S. L., Irvine, K. N., & Depledge, M. H. (2014) · Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health, Part B · doi:10.1080/10937404.2013.856361 · Cited by 221

The policy challenges for green economy and sustainable economic development

Barbier, E. (2011) · Natural Resources Forum · doi:10.1111/j.1477-8947.2011.01397.x · Cited by 218

FORUM: Sharing or sparing? How should we grow the world's cities?

Lin, B. B., & Fuller, R. A. (2013) · Journal of Applied Ecology · doi:10.1111/1365-2664.12118 · Cited by 197

Oil palm plantations in Colombia: A model of future expansion

Castiblanco, C., Etter, A., & Aide, T. M. (2013) · Environmental Science & Policy · doi:10.1016/j.envsci.2013.01.003 · Cited by 196

Regime shifts in the anthropocene: drivers, risks, and resilience

Rocha, J. C., Peterson, G. D., & Biggs, R. (2015) · PLOS ONE · doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0134639 · Cited by 181

Untitled work

(2010) · Journal of Cosmology · Cited by 179

Operationalising ecosystem service approaches for governance: Do measuring, mapping and valuing integrate sector-specific knowledge systems?

Primmer, E., & Furman, E. (2012) · Ecosystem Services · doi:10.1016/j.ecoser.2012.07.008 · Cited by 178

Harvesting the Biosphere: The Human Impact

Smil, V. (2011) · Population and Development Review · doi:10.1111/j.1728-4457.2011.00450.x · Cited by 134

Prescribed fire and its impacts on ecosystem services in the UK

Harper, A. R., Doerr, S. H., Santin, C., Froyd, C. A., & Sinnadurai, P. (2018) · Science of The Total Environment · doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.12.161 · Cited by 134

Climate Change and Human Health: Estimating Avoidable Deaths and Disease

Kovats, R. S., Campbell‐Lendrum, D., & Matthies, F. (2005) · Risk Analysis · doi:10.1111/j.1539-6924.2005.00688.x · Cited by 124

Projecting trends in plant invasions in Europe under different scenarios of future land‐use change

Chytrý, M., Wild, J., Pyšek, P., Jarošík, V., Dendoncker, N., Reginster, I., Pino, J., Maskell, L. C., Vilà, M., Pergl, J., et al. (2012) · Global Ecology and Biogeography · doi:10.1111/j.1466-8238.2010.00573.x · Cited by 120

Governing the Provision of Ecosystem Services

(2013) · Studies in Ecological Economics · doi:10.1007/978-94-007-5176-7 · Cited by 97

HR managers and environmental sustainability: strategic leaders or passive observers?

Harris, C., & Tregidga, H. (2012) · The International Journal of Human Resource Management · doi:10.1080/09585192.2011.561221 · Cited by 88

Food-web structure and ecosystem services: insights from the Serengeti

Dobson, A. (2009) · Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences · doi:10.1098/rstb.2008.0287 · Cited by 81

A social–ecological analysis of ecosystem services in two different farming systems

Andersson, E., Nykvist, B., Malinga, R., Jaramillo, F., & Lindborg, R. (2015) · AMBIO · doi:10.1007/s13280-014-0603-y · Cited by 76

Current role of social benefits in ecosystem service assessments

Schmidt, K., Sachse, R., & Walz, A. (2016) · Landscape and Urban Planning · doi:10.1016/j.landurbplan.2016.01.005 · Cited by 73

Considering only first-order effects? How simplifications lead to unrealistic technology optimism in climate change mitigation

Arvesen, A., Bright, R. M., & Hertwich, E. G. (2011) · Energy Policy · doi:10.1016/j.enpol.2011.09.013 · Cited by 67

War and deforestation in Sierra Leone

Burgess, R., Miguel, E., & Stanton, C. (2015) · Environmental Research Letters · doi:10.1088/1748-9326/10/9/095014 · Cited by 62

Ten lessons for the conservation of African savannah ecosystems

Beale, C. M., Rensberg, S. V., Bond, W. J., Coughenour, M., Fynn, R., Gaylard, A., Grant, R., Harris, B., Jones, T., Mduma, S., et al. (2013) · Biological Conservation · doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2013.08.025 · Cited by 57

Linking global drivers with local and regional change: a social-ecological system approach in Chilika Lagoon, Bay of Bengal.

Nayak, P. K., & Berkes, F. (2014) · Regional Environmental Change · doi:10.1007/s10113-012-0369-3 · Cited by 54

Freshwaters in the Public Eye: Understanding the Role of Images and Media in Aquatic Conservation

Monroe, J. B., Baxter, C. V., Olden, J. D., & Angermeier, P. L. (2009) · Fisheries · doi:10.1577/1548-8446-34.12.581 · Cited by 44

Which components or attributes of biodiversity influence which dimensions of poverty?

Roe, D., Fancourt, M., Sandbrook, C., Sibanda, M., Giuliani, A., & Gordon-Maclean, A. (2014) · Environmental Evidence · doi:10.1186/2047-2382-3-3 · Cited by 38

Linking Spatial Pattern and Ecological Responses in Human‐Modified Landscapes: The Effects of Deforestation and Forest Fragmentation on Biodiversity

Kupfer, J. A., & Franklin, S. B. (2009) · Geography Compass · doi:10.1111/j.1749-8198.2009.00245.x · Cited by 31

A framework for monitoring social process and outcomes in environmental programs

Chapman, S. (2014) · Evaluation and Program Planning · doi:10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2014.07.004 · Cited by 19

Wetlands as Settings for Human Health—the Benefits and the Paradox

Finlayson, C. M., & Horwitz, P. (2015) · Wetlands: Ecology, Conservation and Management · doi:10.1007/978-94-017-9609-5_1 · Cited by 16