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Response to ‘Evidence against linking the biodiversity crisis to ecosystem collapse’
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  • Philipp Brun,
  • Cyrille Violle,
  • David Mouillot,
  • Nicolas Mouquet,
  • François Munoz,
  • Annette Ostling,
  • Niklaus Zimmermann,
  • Wilfried Thuiller
Philipp Brun
Swiss Federal Institute for Forest Snow and Landscape Research

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Cyrille Violle
CNRS
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David Mouillot
Université Montpellier-CNRS-IFREMER
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Nicolas Mouquet
CNRS
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François Munoz
Université Grenoble Alpes
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Annette Ostling
The University of Texas at Austin
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Niklaus Zimmermann
Swiss Federal Resarch Institute WSL
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Wilfried Thuiller
Laboratoire d'Ecologie Alpine
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Abstract

Re-analyzing data from our study, Bruun & Ejrnaes (2022) show that key species to productivity are more abundant than species threatened by extinction. They therefore conclude that biodiversity loss hardly hampers ecosystem processes. Acknowledging the validity of the findings, we clarify why we believe their conclusions are drawn too far.