Authors
James S Sinclair, Ellen AR Welti, Florian Altermatt, Mario Álvarez-Cabria, Jukka Aroviita, Nathan J Baker, Libuše Barešová, José Barquín, Luca Bonacina, Núria Bonada, Miguel Cañedo-Argüelles, Zoltán Csabai, Elvira de Eyto, Alain Dohet, Gerald Dörflinger, Tor E Eriksen, Vesela Evtimova, Maria J Feio, Martial Ferréol, Mathieu Floury, Marie Anne Eurie Forio, Riccardo Fornaroli, Peter LM Goethals, Jani Heino, Daniel Hering, Kaisa-Leena Huttunen, Sonja C Jähnig, Richard K Johnson, Lenka Kuglerová, Benjamin Kupilas, Lionel L’Hoste, Aitor Larrañaga, Patrick Leitner, Armin W Lorenz, Brendan G McKie, Timo Muotka, Diana Osadčaja, Riku Paavola, Vaidas Palinauskas, Petr Pařil, Francesca Pilotto, Marek Polášek, Jes J Rasmussen, Ralf B Schäfer, Astrid Schmidt-Kloiber, Alberto Scotti, Agnija Skuja, Michal Straka, Rachel Stubbington, Henn Timm, Violeta Tyufekchieva, Iakovos Tziortzis, Rudy Vannevel, Gábor Várbíró, Gaute Velle, Ralf CM Verdonschot, Sarah Vray, Peter Haase
Publication date
2024/3
Journal
Nature ecology & evolution
Volume
8
Issue
3
Pages
430-441
Publisher
Nature Publishing Group UK
Description
Humans impact terrestrial, marine and freshwater ecosystems, yet many broad-scale studies have found no systematic, negative biodiversity changes (for example, decreasing abundance or taxon richness). Here we show that mixed biodiversity responses may arise because community metrics show variable responses to anthropogenic impacts across broad spatial scales. We first quantified temporal trends in anthropogenic impacts for 1,365 riverine invertebrate communities from 23 European countries, based on similarity to least-impacted reference communities. Reference comparisons provide necessary, but often missing, baselines for evaluating whether communities are negatively impacted or have improved (less or more similar, respectively). We then determined whether changing impacts were consistently reflected in metrics of community abundance, taxon richness, evenness and composition …
Total citations
20248
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