| Title | Scientists' Warning on the Conservation of Subterranean Ecosystems |
| Abstract | In light of recent alarming trends in human population growth, climate change, and other environmental modifications, a Warning to humanity manifesto was published in BioScience in 2017. This call reiterated most of the ideas originally expressed by the Union of Concerned Scientists in 1992, including the fear that we are pushing Earth's ecosystems beyond their capacities to support the web of life. As subterranean biologists, we take this opportunity to emphasize the global importance and the conservation challenges associated with subterranean ecosystems. They likely represent the most widespread nonmarine environments on Earth, but specialized subterranean organisms remain among the least documented and studied. Largely overlooked in conservation policies, subterranean habitats play a critical role in the function of the web of life and provide important ecosystem services. We highlight the main threats to subterranean ecosystems and propose a set of effective actions to protect this globally important natural heritage. |
| Source | Bioscience (Print) 69 (8), pp. 641–650 |
| Keywords | biodiversity crisiscavesextinction riskgroundwaternature conservation |
| Journal | Bioscience (Print) |
| Editor | American Institute of Biological Sciences,, [Washington, D.C.], Stati Uniti d'America |
| Year | 2019 |
| Type | Rassegna della letteratura scientifica in rivista (Literature review) |
| DOI | 10.1093/biosci/biz064 |
| Authors | Mammola, Stefano; Cardoso, Pedro; Culver, David C.; Deharveng, Louis; Ferreira, Rodrigo L.; Flser, Cene; Galassi, Diana M. P.; Griebler, Christian; Halse, Stuart; Humphreys, William F.; Isaia, Marco; Malard, Florian; Martinez, Alejandro; Moldovan, Oana T.; Niemiller, Matthew L.; Pavlek, Martina; Reboleira, Ana Sofia P. S.; Souza-Silva, Marconi; Teeling, Emma C.; Wynne, J. Judson; Zagmajster, Maja |
| Text | 412021 2019 10.1093/biosci/biz064 ISI Web of Science WOS 000481419100009 biodiversity crisis caves extinction risk groundwater nature conservation Scientists Warning on the Conservation of Subterranean Ecosystems Mammola, Stefano; Cardoso, Pedro; Culver, David C.; Deharveng, Louis; Ferreira, Rodrigo L.; Flser, Cene; Galassi, Diana M. P.; Griebler, Christian; Halse, Stuart; Humphreys, William F.; Isaia, Marco; Malard, Florian; Martinez, Alejandro; Moldovan, Oana T.; Niemiller, Matthew L.; Pavlek, Martina; Reboleira, Ana Sofia P. S.; Souza Silva, Marconi; Teeling, Emma C.; Wynne, J. Judson; Zagmajster, Maja Univ Turin; Univ Helsinki; IUCN SSC Spider Scorp Specialist Grp; Amer Univ; Sorbonne Univ; Univ Fed Lavras; Univ Ljubljana; Univ Aquila; Helmholtz Zentrum Munchen; Univ Vienna; Bennelongia Environm Consultants; Univ Western Australia; Univ Claude Bernard Lyon 1; CNR; Emil Racovitza Inst Speleol; Univ Alabama; Univ Barcelona; Univ Barcelona; Croatian Biospeleol Soc; Nat Hist Museum Denmark; Univ Copenhagen; Univ Coll Dublin; No Arizona Univ In light of recent alarming trends in human population growth, climate change, and other environmental modifications, a Warning to humanity manifesto was published in BioScience in 2017. This call reiterated most of the ideas originally expressed by the Union of Concerned Scientists in 1992, including the fear that we are pushing Earth s ecosystems beyond their capacities to support the web of life. As subterranean biologists, we take this opportunity to emphasize the global importance and the conservation challenges associated with subterranean ecosystems. They likely represent the most widespread nonmarine environments on Earth, but specialized subterranean organisms remain among the least documented and studied. Largely overlooked in conservation policies, subterranean habitats play a critical role in the function of the web of life and provide important ecosystem services. We highlight the main threats to subterranean ecosystems and propose a set of effective actions to protect this globally important natural heritage. 69 Published version Rassegna della letteratura scientifica in rivista Literature review American Institute of Biological Sciences, 0006 3568 Bioscience Print Bioscience Print Bioscience Print BioScience. Print stefano.mammola MAMMOLA STEFANO alejandro.martinezgarcia MARTINEZ GARCIA ALEJANDRO |
