Global change is eroding life on Earth at an unprecedented speed and scale. In the past few decades, the extinction of species has accelerated, and with it comes the loss of the functions and services they provide to human society.
A common assumption is that the current loss of global biodiversity is accompanied by a decline in ecosystem resilience. Therefore, maintaining the resilience of the ecosystem has become a major conservation goal.
Now researchers are University of Bristol Has studied how species respond to rising environmental pressures, which was published today in Eco ExpressThe global scale of human impact on wildlife is also accelerating the loss of resilience of vertebrates worldwide. This work was funded by Leverhulme and NERC.
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Dr. Pol Capdevila of School of Biological Sciences Said: “Before our research, there was no global assessment of how the resilience of vertebrate species has changed in the past few decades, which makes the hypothesis of global resilience loss untested.
“In this study, we evaluated the resilience of vertebrate populations, including mammals, birds, amphibians, reptiles, and fish all over the world, how they have changed over time. We also tested what might be accelerating globally The main factor behind the potential decline in resilience.
“Our research reveals the loss of global resilience of marine, freshwater, and terrestrial ecosystems. Most importantly, we find that the cumulative effects of human-made threats such as climate change, invasive species, habitat loss, pollution or development are accelerating resilience. Lost.”
