The phrase "above biodiversity" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts discussing topics or concepts that are related to or transcend biodiversity, such as environmental policies or ecological studies.
Example: "The new conservation strategy focuses on issues that are above biodiversity, emphasizing the importance of ecosystem services."
Alternatives: "beyond biodiversity" or "surpassing biodiversity".
Regionally, the same pattern holds; adding South America or Asia keywords to the above biodiversity-climate change search yielded 95 and 141 articles, respectively easily surpassing the 5 (South America) and 6 (Asia) articles at the nexus of biofuels, biodiversity, and these regions.
These shifts can occur due to climate change, land use change, fertilization, or above-ground biodiversity decline.
But as with above-ground biodiversity, there is evidence that below-ground diversity has a significant impact on ecosystem functioning.
The above-ground biodiversity of forests also comprises fauna with important ecosystem services that include pollination, pest control and seed dispersal.
The idea is that business pays land managers for the value of the services they can provide from nature (eg carbon, clean water and biodiversity), above and beyond what normal markets would pay, so that these services can be maintained and enhanced.
Habitat loss has been long recognized as a major driver of the current species extinction crisis, but to date few studies have estimated deforestation thresholds above which biodiversity negatively respond to the changes in landscape configuration.
We thus argue that our approach should be applied as cautionary measure in cases where the a priori evidence for anthropogenic introduction is poor or nonexistent before attributing the status of invasiveness with the above-mentioned consequences for biodiversity management and applied research.
#ecoaudit pic.twitter.com/dUlOkuJuaB November 12, 2013 Habitat comparable to the 8 units of biodiversity required in the above example would be created at the expense of the developer.
Woods are rich with biodiversity and, above all, places of trees and light that spangles a thousand greens through the leaves.
Such a shift in AMF diversity may potentially have significant influence on both above- and belowground biodiversity.
"It's your usual story - it's people putting their national interests far above the importance of biodiversity".
