The study, published today in the debut issue of Nature Reviews Biodiversity, shows that while the concept of Nature's Contributions to People (NCP) is well-established in science, business ...

with higher biodiversity have fewer species that depend on just one other for food, shelter and maintaining their environment. With the example above, puffins could also eat molluscs and worms.

The authors, including New York Botanical Garden (NYBG) Assistant Curator Evelyn Beaury, Ph.D., argue that policy makers and conservation officials should consider impacts on biodiversity when ...