Estimating biodiversity changes in the Camargue wetlands: An expert knowledge approach.

ABSTRACT: Mediterranean wetlands are critical strongholds for biodiversity and the provision of ecosystem functions and services; yet, they are being severely degraded by a number of socio-economic drivers and pressures, including climate change. Moreover, we still lack comprehensive understanding of the extent to which biodiversity loss in Mediterranean wetlands will accelerate change in ecosystem processes. Here, we evaluate how changes in biodiversity can alter the ecosystem of the Camargue (southern France). We collected data on species presence/absence, trends and abundance over a 40-year period by combining observations from the scholarly literature with insights derived from expert knowledge. In total, we gathered more than 1500 estimates of presence/absence, over 1400 estimates of species ab

SUBMITTER: Fraixedas S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6812746 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature