Abstract
Ecosystems around the world are already threatened by land-use and land-cover change, extraction of natural resources, biological disturbances, and pollution. These environmental stressors have been the primary source of ecosystem degradation to date, and climate change is now exacerbating some of their effects. Ecosystems already under stress are likely to have more rapid and acute reactions to climate change; it is therefore useful to understand how multiple stresses will interact, especially as the magnitude of climate change increases. Understanding these interactions could be critically important in the design of climate adaptation strategies, especially because actions taken by other sectors (eg energy, agriculture, transportation) to address climate change may create new ecosystem stresses.
Date of this Version
11-2013
DOI
10.1890/120275
Recommended Citation
Staudt, Amanda; Leidner, Allison K.; Howard, Jennifer; Brauman, Kate A.; Dukes, Jeffrey; Hansen, Lara J.; Paukert, Craig; Sabo, John; and Solórzano, Luis A., "The Added Complications of Climate Change: Understanding and Managing Biodiversity, Ecosystems, and Ecosystem Services Under Multiple Stressors." (2013). Department of Forestry & Natural Resources Faculty Publications. Paper 9.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/120275
Comments
Copyright by the Ecological Society of America, Staudt, A., Leidner, A.K., Howard, J., Brauman, K.A., Dukes, J.S., Hansen, L., Paukert, C., Sabo, J., Solórzano, L.A. 2013. The added complications of climate change: understanding and managing biodiversity, ecosystems, and ecosystem services under multiple stressors. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 11: 494-501.