Enemy of Nature or Steward of Biodiversity?: The Role of Human Disturbance in Fostering Biodiversity
INTRODUCTION Today as never before, humans dominate the planet. We number in the billions and enjoy longer and more prosperous lives than in any time in our 200,000-year history. The global economy and communications networks connect us in ways that were unimaginable to earlier generations. Yet melting ice caps, growing deserts, rising temperatures and increasingly…