The Effect of Human Presence on Dark Diversity

Natural ecosystems are formed by groups of species capable of living in specific conditions. However, if we visit a particular natural space, we will not find all the species able to live in it. The proportion of species that could live in a specific place, but that do not, is known as dark diversity, a concept coined in 2011 by researchers from the University of Tartu (Estonia). A research in which the University of the Basque Country participa…