title: Local diversity stays about the same, regional diversity increases, and global diversity declines.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, University of York, York YO10 5DD, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Chris D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Thomas
mesh_terms: D044822:Biodiversity; D003247:Conservation of Natural Resources / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D017753:Ecosystem; D010944:Plants / Q000235:genetics*