Fifteen forms of biodiversity trend in the Anthropocene

摘要: Humans are transforming the biosphere in unprecedented ways, raising important question of how these impacts changing biodiversity. Here we argue that our understanding biodiversity trends Anthropocene, and ability to protect natural world, is impeded by a failure consider different types measured at spatial scales. We propose ecologists should recognize assess 15 distinct categories trend. summarize what known about each categories, identify major gaps current knowledge, recommend next steps required for better