The Interaction between Climate Change and Biodiversity Can Be Assessed from a Material Cycle Perspective

Ah Young Kim, Who Seung Lee, Yowhan Son

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Abstract

This study focused on understanding biodiversity variability in response to climate change as an environmental stressor from a carbon cycle perspective. As the frequency and magnitude of environmental stresses are expected to increase due to rising carbon concentrations, these changes may affect the variability in biodiversity. However, several studies have argued that conventional methods for biodiversity assessment, primarily based on arithmetic indices utilized in national policies, are inadequate for accurately assessing these interactions among species, abiotic changes, and material cycling. Here, we indicate that environmental stressors that occur at various scales and domains, from macroscopic to microscopic, and their effects on ecosystems are multi-dimensional. Furthermore, environmental stresses not only affect organisms inhabiting these ecosystems but these organisms, in return, influence the carbon cycle through life history changes resulting from these stresses. The results of our review suggest that these processes are sequentially interconnected, forming self-reinforcing feedback loops. Ultimately, an integrated approach is necessary to understand biodiversity variability in complex and open ecosystems. This approach should be capable of comprehending changes in the overall flow by considering ecosystem characteristics.

Original languageEnglish
Article number506
JournalDiversity
Volume16
Issue number8
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2024 Aug

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Keywords

  • biodiversity
  • carbon flow
  • climate change
  • environmental stress
  • material cycling
  • reactive oxygen species

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Ecology
  • Ecological Modelling
  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous)
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation

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