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Ecosystem-Level Consequences of Species Additions and Deletions on Islands

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Human activities are changing natural communities and ecosystems at unprecedented rates and spatial scales. Two of the most alarming of these modifications are the exchange of biota among previously isolated regions (introductions) and the loss of native populations and entire species (extinctions). The abundance of species additions and deletions has led to growing concern about the relationship between biological diversity and the capacity of ecosystems to function and to provide the services on which humans depend (Ehrlich and Mooney 1983; Ehrlich and Wilson 1991; Kareiva et al. 1993; Lawton and Jones 1993; Schulze and Mooney 1993).

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  1. Department of Biology, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, California, 94928, USA

    J. Hall Cushman

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  1. Department of Biological Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA

    Peter M. Vitousek

  2. National Biological Survey, Haleakala National Park, 96768, Makawao, Maui, HI, 96768, USA

    Lloyd L. Loope

  3. Department of Plant Ecology, Botanical Institute, University of Copenhagen, Øster Farimagsgade 2D, DK 1353, Copenhagen K, Denmark

    Henning Adsersen

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Cushman, J.H. (1995). Ecosystem-Level Consequences of Species Additions and Deletions on Islands. In: Vitousek, P.M., Loope, L.L., Adsersen, H. (eds) Islands. Ecological Studies, vol 115. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-78963-2_11

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