Biodiversity and ecosystem functions depend on environmental conditions and resources rather than the geodiversity of a tropical biodiversity hotspot

Biodiversity and ecosystem functions are highly threatened by global change. It has been proposed that geodiversity can be used as an easy-to-measure surrogate of biodiversity to guide conservation management. However, so far, there is mixed evidence to what extent geodiversity can predict biodivers...

• Main Author: Wallis, Christine (author)
• Other Authors: Tiede, Yvonne (author), Beck, Erwin (author), Bohning-Gaese, Katrin (author), Brandl, Roland (author), Donoso, David (author), Espinosa, Carlos (author), Fries, Andreas (author), Hommeier, Jurgen (author), Inclan, Diego (author), Leuschner, Christoph (author), Maraun, Mark (author)
• Format: article
• Language: eng
• Published: 2021
• Online Access: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-03488-1; https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14809/3157