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time, from which changes in hot spots (highs) and cold spots (lows) of biodiversity
may indicate shifts in ecosystem functions and services.
Contemporary strategies for addressing and managing biodiversity loss align
with a metaphor developed by G. Evelyn Hutchinson in his book The Ecological
Theater and the Evolutionary Play from Shakespeare’s As You Like It (Hutchinson
1965). In Act II, Scene VII, of As You Like It, Shakespeare wrote, “All the world’s a
stage, and all the men and women merely players. They have their exits and their
entrances.” In Hutchinson’s metaphor, the world’s biota comprises the players, and
the script is an evolutionary play. More recently, the metaphor has been extended to
consider the Earth’s abiotic setting as the stage (Beier et al. 2015).
Conservation efforts often emphasize management plans for the actors [e.g.,
Essential Biodiversity Variables (EBVs)] (Fernandez and Pereira, Chap. 18).
S. L. Malone
Department of Biological Sciences, Florida International University, Miami, FL, USA
K. D. Gaddis
National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Washington, D.C., USA
J. M. Grady
Department of Biology, Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, PA, USA
Ecology, Evolutionary Biology, and Behavior Program, Michigan State University,
East Lansing, MI, USA
Department of Integrative Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA
J. Costanza
Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources, NC State University,
Research Triangle Park, NC, USA
M. L. Hobi
Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Birmensdorf, Switzerland
SILVIS Lab, Department of Forest and Wildlife Ecology, University of Wisconsin-Madison,
Madison, WI, USA
A. M. Latimer
Department of Plant Sciences, UC Davis, Davis, CA, USA
S. Pau
Department of Geography, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA
A. M. Wilson
Geography Department, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA
S. V. Ollinger
Department of Natural Resources and the Environment, University of New Hampshire,
Durham, NH, USA
A. O. Finley
Department of Geography, Environment, & Spatial Sciences, Michigan State University,
East Lansing, MI, USA
Department of Forestry, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA
E. Hestir
School of Engineering, University of California, Merced, CA, USA
S. Record et al.
time, from which changes in hot spots (highs) and cold spots (lows) of biodiversity
may indicate shifts in ecosystem functions and services.
Contemporary strategies for addressing and managing biodiversity loss align
with a metaphor developed by G. Evelyn Hutchinson in his book The Ecological
Theater and the Evolutionary Play from Shakespeare’s As You Like It (Hutchinson
1965). In Act II, Scene VII, of As You Like It, Shakespeare wrote, “All the world’s a
stage, and all the men and women merely players. They have their exits and their
entrances.” In Hutchinson’s metaphor, the world’s biota comprises the players, and
the script is an evolutionary play. More recently, the metaphor has been extended to
consider the Earth’s abiotic setting as the stage (Beier et al. 2015).
Conservation efforts often emphasize management plans for the actors [e.g.,
Essential Biodiversity Variables (EBVs)] (Fernandez and Pereira, Chap. 18).
S. L. Malone
Department of Biological Sciences, Florida International University, Miami, FL, USA
K. D. Gaddis
National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Washington, D.C., USA
J. M. Grady
Department of Biology, Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, PA, USA
Ecology, Evolutionary Biology, and Behavior Program, Michigan State University,
East Lansing, MI, USA
Department of Integrative Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA
J. Costanza
Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources, NC State University,
Research Triangle Park, NC, USA
M. L. Hobi
Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Birmensdorf, Switzerland
SILVIS Lab, Department of Forest and Wildlife Ecology, University of Wisconsin-Madison,
Madison, WI, USA
A. M. Latimer
Department of Plant Sciences, UC Davis, Davis, CA, USA
S. Pau
Department of Geography, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA
A. M. Wilson
Geography Department, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA
S. V. Ollinger
Department of Natural Resources and the Environment, University of New Hampshire,
Durham, NH, USA
A. O. Finley
Department of Geography, Environment, & Spatial Sciences, Michigan State University,
East Lansing, MI, USA
Department of Forestry, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA
E. Hestir
School of Engineering, University of California, Merced, CA, USA
S. Record et al.