Nature’s Portfolio: How Diversity Buffers Ecosystems Against Change
by the University of Guelph, Centre for Ecosystem Management
July 2, 2026
As climate change, habitat loss, invasive species, and overexploitation continue to reshape ecosystems worldwide, a central challenge for scientists and natural resource managers is understanding what makes ecosystems resilient—and how that resilience can be protected. In a new synthesis paper recently published in Frontiers in Ecology & the Environment, researchers from the CEM (including our own Drs. Hale, Fernandes, Bernhardt, Ward and McCann) – as well as scientists from the Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Cornell University, Great Lakes Fishery Commission, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry, and inSileco Inc. – examine the ecological structures and processes that help ecosystems withstand disturbances while continuing to provide the benefits that people and wildlife depend on.
Keep reading: https://www.ecosystemscience.ca/news/natures-portfolio-how-diversity-buffers-ecosystems-against-change
Read the Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment paper: https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/fee.70057