Evolution: Biodiversity in the Anthropocene

Erle C Ellis

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2019.07.073

Evolution: Biodiversity in the Anthropocene

Curr Biol. 2019 Sep 9;29(17):R831-R833. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2019.07.073.

Author

Erle C Ellis¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Geography & Environmental Systems, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD 21250, USA. Electronic address: [email protected].

PMID: 31505180
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2019.07.073

Abstract

Human influences are reshaping plant communities around the world through both extinctions and species gains. New work relating biodiversity shifts to rapid changes in climate and land use highlights the need for new biogeographic frameworks to understand evolutionary change in the Anthropocene.

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MeSH terms

Biodiversity*
Biological Evolution
Climate Change*
Humans
Plants