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University of California - Santa Barbara
Scientists warn that species extinction could reduce productivity of plants on Earth by half
November 20th, 2007
An international team of scientists has published a new analysis showing that as plant species around the world go extinct, natural habitats become less productive and contain fewer total plants –– a situation that could ultimately compromise important benefits that humans get from nature. The article is to appear in the online issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences the week of Nov. 5. "The process by which plants grow and produce more plant biomass is one of the most fundamental biological processes on the planet," said Bradley Cardinale, lead author of the paper and assistant professor of biology at the University of...
Source: Science Letter (2007-11-20)
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