Publication Date:
2007-06-30
Description:
Like all species, humans have exercised their impulse to perpetuate and propagate themselves. In doing so, we have domesticated landscapes and ecosystems in ways that enhance our food supplies, reduce exposure to predators and natural dangers, and promote commerce. On average, the net benefits to humankind of domesticated nature have been positive. We have, of course, made mistakes, causing unforeseen changes in ecosystem attributes, while leaving few, if any, truly wild places on Earth. Going into the future, scientists can help humanity to domesticate nature more wisely by quantifying the tradeoffs among ecosystem services, such as how increasing the provision of one service may decrease ecosystem resilience and the provision of other services.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Kareiva, Peter -- Watts, Sean -- McDonald, Robert -- Boucher, Tim -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2007 Jun 29;316(5833):1866-9.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Nature Conservancy, 4245 North Fairfax Drive, Suite 100, Arlington, VA 22203, USA. pkareiva@tnc.org〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17600209" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
*Agriculture
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Animal Husbandry
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Animals
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Animals, Domestic
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Cities
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Commerce
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*Conservation of Natural Resources
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Crops, Agricultural
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Disasters
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*Ecosystem
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Fisheries
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*Human Activities
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Humans
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Trees
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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