ArticleNature ecology & evolution2025
Widespread ecological novelty across the terrestrial biosphere.
Article in Nature ecology & evolution, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Predator-prey temporal niche partitioning under human disturbance: a meta-analysis.Nature communications · 2026Pooled it
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- Many pasts, many futures: Navigating the complexities of species reshuffling to help prevent extinctions.Cambridge prisms. Extinction · 2026Review
- Non-Native Plants Attain Native Levels of Microherbivory Richness With Time and Range Expansion.Ecology letters · 2025Article
- Sound science.Nature ecology & evolution · 2025Article
- Many non-native plant species are threatened in parts of their native range.The New phytologist · 2025Article
- Ecological novelty is the new norm on our planet.Nature ecology & evolution · 2025Article
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Abstract
Human activities have transformed many wild and semiwild ecosystems into novel states without historical precedent. Without knowing the current distribution of what drives the emergence of such novelty, predicting future ecosystem states and informing conservation and restoration policies remain difficult. Here we construct global maps of three key drivers generating novel conditions-climate change, defaunation and floristic disruption-and summarize them to a measure of total novelty exposure. We show that the terrestrial biosphere is widely exposed to novel conditions, with 58% of the total area exposed to high levels of total novelty. All climatic regions and biomes are exposed to substantial levels of novelty. Relative contributions of individual drivers vary between climatic regions, with climate changes and defaunation the largest contributors globally. Protected areas and key biodiversity areas, whether formally protected or not, have similar exposure, with high total novelty experienced in 58% of cells inside protected areas and 56% inside key biodiversity areas. Our results highlight the importance of investigating ecosystem and biodiversity responses to rising ecological novelty for informing actions towards biosphere stewardship.
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