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ArticleThe Science of the total environment2020

On biological evolution and environmental solutions.

Blake Matthews, Jukka Jokela, Anita Narwani, Katja Räsänen, Francesco Pomati, Florian Altermatt, Piet Spaak, Christopher T Robinson, Christoph Vorburger

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Article in The Science of the total environment, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Blake MatthewsEAWAG, Department of Fish Ecology and Evolution, Center for Ecology, Evolution, and Biogeochemistry, Seestrasse 79, 6047 Kastanienbaum, Switzerland; EAWAG, Department of Aquatic Ecology, Überlandstr. 133, 8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland; Institute of Integrative Biology, ETH-Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland. Electronic address: Blake.Matthews@eawag.ch.
Jukka JokelaEAWAG, Department of Aquatic Ecology, Überlandstr. 133, 8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland; Institute of Integrative Biology, ETH-Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Anita NarwaniEAWAG, Department of Aquatic Ecology, Überlandstr. 133, 8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland; Institute of Integrative Biology, ETH-Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Katja RäsänenEAWAG, Department of Aquatic Ecology, Überlandstr. 133, 8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland; Institute of Integrative Biology, ETH-Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Francesco PomatiEAWAG, Department of Aquatic Ecology, Überlandstr. 133, 8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland; Institute of Integrative Biology, ETH-Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Florian AltermattEAWAG, Department of Aquatic Ecology, Überlandstr. 133, 8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland; Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Piet SpaakEAWAG, Department of Aquatic Ecology, Überlandstr. 133, 8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland; Institute of Integrative Biology, ETH-Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Christopher T RobinsonEAWAG, Department of Aquatic Ecology, Überlandstr. 133, 8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland.
Christoph VorburgerEAWAG, Department of Aquatic Ecology, Überlandstr. 133, 8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland; Institute of Integrative Biology, ETH-Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland. Electronic address: Christoph.Vorburger@eawag.ch.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Drawing insights from multiple disciplines is essential for finding integrative solutions that are required to tackle complex environmental problems. Human activities are causing unprecedented influence on global ecosystems, culminating in the loss of species and fundamental changes in the selective environments of organisms across the tree of life. Our collective understanding about biological evolution can help identify and mitigate many of the environmental problems in the Anthropocene. To this end, we propose a stronger integration of environmental sciences with evolutionary biology.

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Biological EvolutionEcosystemHumansBiofuelsBiological evolutionDiseaseEnvironmental scienceHarmful algal bloomsPollution

Identifiers

PMID32251887
PMCPMC7118648

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