Impacts of biodiversity-dependent ecosystem service debts on the safe operating space of social-ecological systems: a theoretical modelling study

Abstract

The rapid environmental changes of the Anthropocene create legacy effects that may shape future Earth system responses. One significant legacy effect is the species extinction debt caused by past habitat destruction. As biodiversity underpins ecosystem services vital to human societies, social-ecological systems may, in turn, be subjected to biodiversity-dependent ecosystem service debts. While biodiversity-dependent ecosystem service debts have been quantified with analytical approaches, less attention has been paid to their potentia Show more