The fossil record suggests that
ecological diversity did not fully recover until several million years after the main pulse of the extinction.
Not exact matches
However, there is one thing he
does not doubt: as well as bringing wide
ecological advantages, species
diversity also makes easier pest control.
However, it is clear that in the world dominated by humans certain
ecological «rules,» such as the correlation between large mammal
diversity and plant biomass, no longer apply in the same way as they used to
do for millions of years.
A team from the US reports in the journal
Ecological Economics that they went beyond simple analysis of canopy loss in the Ecuadorian region of the Amazon basin to find out what compensation payments to landowners
did for the
diversity of species in the forests.