Delayed biodiversity change: no time to waste

Abstract

Delayed biodiversity responses to environmental forcing mean that rates of contemporary biodiversity changes are underestimated, yet these delays are rarely addressed in conservation policies. Here, we identify mechanisms that lead to such time lags, discuss shifting human perceptions, and propose how these phenomena should be addressed in biodiversity management and science.National Research Foundation (South Africa

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Last time updated on 12/07/2018

This paper was published in National Research Foundation.

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