TY  - JOUR
A1  - Olden, Julian D.
A1  - Comte, Lise
A1  - Giam, Xingli
T1  - The Homogocene: a research prospectus for the study of biotic homogenisation
T2  - NeoBiota
N2  - In an era of global change, the process of biotic homogenisation by which regional biotas become more similar through time has attracted considerable attention from ecologists. Here, a retrospective look at the literature is taken and the question asked how comprehensive is the understanding of this global phenomenon? The goal is to identify potential areas for additional and future enquiries to advance this research frontier and best ensure the long-term preservation of biological diversity across the world. Six propositions are presented here to; (1) broaden our geographic and taxonomic understanding, (2) diversify the spatial and temporal scales of inquiry, (3) reconcile past and embrace new approaches to quantification, (4) improve our knowledge of the underlying drivers, (5) reveal the conservation implications and (6) forecast future homogenisation. It is argued that significant progress in the understanding of the causes, consequences and conservation implication of biotic homogenisation will come by integrating concepts and approaches from ecology, evolution and conservation across a hierarchy of spatial and temporal scales.
KW  - beta-diversity
KW  - biodiversity conservation
KW  - species introductions
KW  - urbanisation
KW  - taxonomic
KW  - functional
KW  - phylogenetic similarity
Y1  - 2018
UR  - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/47320
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-473200
VL  - 2018
IS  - 37
SP  - 23
EP  - 36
ER  -