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dc.contributor.authorBøhn, Thomas
dc.contributor.authorAmundsen, Per-Arne
dc.date.accessioned2020-10-05T08:58:51Z
dc.date.available2020-10-05T08:58:51Z
dc.date.issued2004-09-01
dc.description.abstract<p>Organisms are shaped contemporaneously by ecological processes and over long periods of time by evolution, processes that have led to the diversification of life. But is the diversity of life all biodiversity is? We argue that biodiversity is the conclusion drawn both from the variety of life forms and from the variety of processes that have shaped them. One cannot talk about biodiversity in a scientifically meaningful way without going beyond taxonomic considerations. <p>Emphasizing taxonomic descriptions and ignoring process descriptions draws attention to genes and organisms rather than to the dynamic interactions between them. When environmental changes reduce the number of species, it is not just the list of present organisms that changes. Possibly unique interactions may also be lost forever, and with their loss, we may lose the potential for generation of a new diversity of life.en_US
dc.descriptionThis is a pre-copyedited, author-produced version of an article accepted for publication in <i>BioScience</i> following peer review. The version of record, Bøhn, T. & Amundsen, P.A. (2004). Ecological interactions and evolution: Forgotten parts of biodiversity? <i>BioScience, 54</i>(9), 804-805, is available online at: <a href=https://academic.oup.com/bioscience/article/54/9/804/252964>https://academic.oup.com/bioscience/article/54/9/804/252964</a>.en_US
dc.identifier.citationBøhn, T. & Amundsen, P.A. (2004). Ecological interactions and evolution: Forgotten parts of biodiversity? <i>BioScience, 54</i>(9), 804-805.en_US
dc.identifier.cristinIDFRIDAID 478479
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1641/0006-3568(2004)054[0804:EIAEFP]2.0.CO;2
dc.identifier.issn0006-3568
dc.identifier.issn1525-3244
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/19536
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherOxford University Pressen_US
dc.relation.journalBioScience
dc.rights.accessRightsopenAccessen_US
dc.rights.holderCopyright © 2004, Oxford University Pressen_US
dc.subjectVDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Zoology and botany: 480::Systematic zoology: 487en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Zoologiske og botaniske fag: 480::Systematisk zoologi: 487en_US
dc.titleEcological interactions and evolution: Forgotten parts of biodiversity?en_US
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dc.typeJournal articleen_US
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dc.typePeer revieweden_US


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