A new article on ecosystem services valuation
This paper presents a methodology to estimate the environmental service value provided by trees in small farms in Chiapas, México, through the use of a Functional Value Index based on…
DiverSus in the IAI Newsletter
An article on the participation of DiverSus at the Convention on Biological Diversity was published in the IAI Newsletter. You can access the article here
Paper on functional diversity and carbon storage in a semiarid ecosystem
This recently accepted paper authored by DiverSus members Dr. Georgina Conti and Prof. Sandra Díaz, entitled "Plant functional diversity and carbon storage -an empirical test in semiarid forest ecosystems", explores…
DiverSus at the Convention on Biological Diversity
The IAI presented results of its collaborative research project DiverSus at the 11th Conference of the Parties of the Convention on Biological Diversity, held in Hyderabad, India on October 9th,…
Quantifying Functional Biodiversity
This book recently, published by DiverSus members Laura Pla, Fernando Casanoves and Julio Di Rienzo, synthesizes current methods used to quantify functional diversity, providing step-by-step examples for defining functional groups…
F-Diversity: a software package for the integrated analysis of functional diversity
DiverSus member Fernando Casanoves led a paper presenting the F-Diversity software, which has been recently published in Methods in Ecology and Evolution. You can access the article here. You can download…
Policy Brief: “Biodiversity and human well-being in Latin America and the Caribbean”
We have recently presented a Policy Brief on “Biodiversity and human well-being in Latin America and the Caribbean: A multi-sectorial contribution to the science-policy interface" to a diversity of Institutions, Policy Makers and Government…