@article {Riede1994Die,
	title = {Die Erhaltung tropischer Diversit{\"a}t - ein verlorener Kampf?},
	volume = {7},
	year = {1994},
	pages = {2{\textendash}7},
	abstract = {Der Begriff der "biodiversity" geht zur{\"u}ck auf ein im Jahr 1986 von der US-amerikanischen National Academy of Sciences in Washington veranstaltetes "National Forum on BioDiversity" (Wilson 1988). Mit transatlantischer Verz{\"o}gerung wird "Biodiversit{\"a}t" ungef{\"a}hr seit der deutschen {\"U}bersetzung des Sammelbandes von Wilson (1992) auch im deutschen Sprachraum verwendet. Am ehesten l{\"a}{\ss}t sich der Begriff mit "biologischer Vielfalt" {\"u}bersetzen. Biodiversit{\"a}t umfa{\ss}t ganz unterschiedliche Organisatonsstufen des Lebendigen; zun{\"a}chst die genetische Variation innerhalb einer Art, dann die Mannigfaltigkeit der Arten selber, bis schlie{\ss}lich hin zur Vielfalt unterschiedlicher Landschafts- und Lebensraumtypen. Der Begriff ist so weit gefa{\ss}t, da{\ss} man auch die Vielfalt s{\"a}mtlicher Lebens{\"a}u{\ss}erungen, ja sogar menschliche, kulturelle und ethnische Vielfalt unter diesem Begriff zusammenfassen k{\"o}nnte. Eine exakte wissenschaftliche Definition wurde bewu{\ss}t vermieden, was meines Erachtens die Integration unterschiedlichster Forschungsans{\"a}tze f{\"o}rdert. Die weite Verwendung und der Erfolg des Begriffs der Biodiversit{\"a}t sowohl bei Wissenschaftlern als auch Politikern h{\"a}ngt m{\"o}glicherweise mit der traurigen Tatsache zusammen, da{\ss} biologische Vielfalt gegenw{\"a}rtig auf allen genannten Ebenen schwer bedroht ist. Hierzu gibt es inzwischen zahlreiche umfangreiche Studien, auf die ich hier nur verweisen kann; der interessierte Leser findet in den jeweiligen neuen Arbeiten auch umfangreiche weiterf{\"u}hrende Literatur (ARA 1990; Wilson 1992).Im folgenden Artikel m{\"o}chte ich die Besonderheiten tropischer Biodiversit{\"a}t zusammenfassen, einige bisher unber{\"u}cksichtigt gebliebene Aspekte herausarbeiten und eine pers{\"o}nliche Beurteilung der gegenw{\"a}rtigen Situation abgeben.},
	keywords = {outreach, rainforest, regenwald, save, the},
	url = {http://www.groms.de/data/zoology/riede/ecocid.html},
	author = {Riede, K.}
}
@article {Benayas2009Enhancement,
	title = {Enhancement of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services by Ecological Restoration: A Meta-Analysis},
	journal = {Science},
	volume = {325},
	number = {5944},
	year = {2009},
	month = {August},
	pages = {1121{\textendash}1124},
	abstract = {Ecological restoration is widely used to reverse the environmental degradation caused by human activities. However, the effectiveness of restoration actions in increasing provision of both biodiversity and ecosystem services has not been evaluated systematically. A meta-analysis of 89 restoration assessments in a wide range of ecosystem types across the globe indicates that ecological restoration increased provision of biodiversity and ecosystem services by 44 and 25\%, respectively. However, values of both remained lower in restored versus intact reference ecosystems. Increases in biodiversity and ecosystem service measures after restoration were positively correlated. Results indicate that restoration actions focused on enhancing biodiversity should support increased provision of ecosystem services, particularly in tropical terrestrial biomes. 10.1126/science.1172460},
	keywords = {conservation, rainforest, restoration},
	doi = {10.1126/science.1172460},
	url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1172460},
	author = {Benayas, Jose M. and Newton, Adrian C. and Diaz, Anita and Bullock, James M.}
}
@article {Barlow2007Quantifying,
	title = {Quantifying the biodiversity value of tropical primary, secondary, and plantation forests},
	journal = {Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences},
	volume = {104},
	number = {47},
	year = {2007},
	month = {November},
	pages = {18555{\textendash}18560},
	abstract = {10.1073/pnas.0703333104 Biodiversity loss from deforestation may be partly offset by the expansion of secondary forests and plantation forestry in the tropics. However, our current knowledge of the value of these habitats for biodiversity conservation is limited to very few taxa, and many studies are severely confounded by methodological shortcomings. We examined the conservation value of tropical primary, secondary, and plantation forests for 15 taxonomic groups using a robust and replicated sample design that minimized edge effects. Different taxa varied markedly in their response to patterns of land use in terms of species richness and the percentage of species restricted to primary forest (varying from 5\% to 57\%), yet almost all between-forest comparisons showed marked differences in community structure and composition. Cross-taxon congruence in response patterns was very weak when evaluated using abundance or species richness data, but much stronger when using metrics based upon community similarity. Our results show that, whereas the biodiversity indicator group concept may hold some validity for several taxa that are frequently sampled (such as birds and fruit-feeding butterflies), it fails for those exhibiting highly idiosyncratic responses to tropical land-use change (including highly vagile species groups such as bats and orchid bees), highlighting the problems associated with quantifying the biodiversity value of anthropogenic habitats. Finally, although we show that areas of native regeneration and exotic tree plantations can provide complementary conservation services, we also provide clear empirical evidence demonstrating the irreplaceable value of primary forests.},
	keywords = {biodiversity, course, monitoring, rainforest, tropi, tropical-ecology, tropics},
	doi = {10.1073/pnas.0703333104},
	url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0703333104},
	author = {Barlow, J. and Gardner, T. A. and Araujo, I. S. and {\'A}vila-Pires, T. C. and Bonaldo, A. B. and Costa, J. E. and Esposito, M. C. and Ferreira, L. V. and Hawes, J. and Hernandez, M. I. M. and Hoogmoed, M. S. and Leite, R. N. and Lo-Man-Hung, N. F. and Malcolm, J. R. and Martins, M. B. and Mestre, L. A. M. and Miranda-Santos, R. and Nunes-Gutjahr, A. L. and Overal, W. L. and Parry, L. and Peters, S. L. and Ribeiro-Junior, M. A. and da Silva, M. N. F. and da Silva Motta, C. and Peres, C. A.}
}
