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Sandra Díaz was involved the ICSU-UNESCO-UNU report on Ecosystem Change and Human Well-being which synthesizes research and monitoring priorities based on the findings of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment. You can access the report here

Luck, G.W., Harington, R., Harrison, P.A. et al. (2009): Quantifying the Contribution of Organisms to the Provision of Ecosystem Services. Bioscience, in press.

Carpenter, S.R., Mooney, H.A., Agard, J. et al. (2009): Science for managing ecosystem services: Beyond the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 106: 1305-1312.

Pérez-Hargunideguy, N., Blundo, C.M., Gurvich. D.E., Diaz, S., & Cuevas, E. (2008): More than the sum of its parts? Assessing litter heterogeneity effects on the decomposition of litter mixtures through leaf chemistry. Plant and Soil 303: 151-159.

Zak, M., Cabido, M., Caceres, M., & Diaz, S. (2008): What drives accelerated land cover change in central Argentina? Synergistic consequences of climatic, socioeconomic, and technological factors. Environmental Management 42: 181-189 PDF

Peña-Claros, M., T. S. Fredericksen, A. Alarcón, G. M. Blate, U. Choque, C. Leaño, J. C. Licona, B. Mostacedo, W. Pariona, Z. Villegas, F. E. Putz. (2008): Beyond reduced-impact logging: silvicultural treatments to increase growth rates of tropical trees. Forest Ecology and Management, 7(20): 1458-1467.

Poorter, L. (2008): The importance of cell wall-, gas-, and water content of tree stems for the performance and life history variation of tropical trees. Annals of Botany, 102: 367-375.

Bret-Harte, M.S., Mack, M.C., Goldsmith, G.R., Sloan, D.B., DeMarco, J., Shaver, G.R., Ray, P.M., Biesinger, Z. and F.S. Chapin, III. (2008): Plant functional types do not predict biomass responses to removal and fertilization in Alaskan tussock tundra. Journal of Ecology 96: 713-726. PDF

Cornwell, W.K., Cornelissen, J.H.C., Amatangelo, K. et al. (2008): Plant species traits are the predominant control on litter decomposition rates within biomes worldwide. Ecology Letters 11: 1065-1071

Díaz, S., Lavorel, S., de Bello, F., Quétier, F. & Grigulis, K. (2007): Incorporating plant functional diversity effects in ecosystem service assessments. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science 104(52): 20684-20689). PDF - This paper was awarded the Cozzarelli Prize by the National Academy of Science of the USA.

Quétier, F., Tapella, E., Conti, G., Cáceres, D. & Díaz, S. (2007): Servicios ecosistémicos y actores sociales. Aspectos conceptuales y metodológicos para un estudio interdisciplinario. Gaceta Ecológica de México 84-85: 17-27. PDF

Martín-López, B., González, J.A., Díaz, S., Castro, I. & García-Llorente, M. (2007): Biodiversidad y bienestar humano: el papel de la diversidad funcional. Ecosistemas 2007/3. PDF. The paper is also available through the journal's website.

Vaieretti, M.V., Díaz S., Vile D. and Garnier E. (2007): Two measurement methods of leaf dry matter content produce similar results in a broad range of species. Annals of Botany 99: 955–958. PDF

Díaz, S., Lavorel, S., Chapin III, F.S., Tecco, P.A., Gurvich, D.E. & Grigulis, K. (2007): Functional Diversity – at the Crossroads between Ecosystem Functioning and Environmental Filters. In Canadell, J.G., Pataki, D. & Pitelka, L. (Eds): Terrestrial Ecosystems in a Changing World. The IGBP Series, Springer-Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg. pp. 81-91. PDF

Lavorel, S., Díaz, S., Cornelissen, J.H.C., Garnier, E., Harrison, S.P., McIntyre, S., Pausas, J.G., Pérez-Harguindeguy, N., Roumet, C. & Urcelay, C. (2007): Plant Functional Types: Are We Getting Any Closer to the Holy Grail? In Canadell, J.G., Pataki, D. & Pitelka, L. (Eds): Terrestrial Ecosystems in a Changing World. The IGBP Series, Springer-Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg. pp. 149-160. PDF

Díaz, S., Fargione, J., Chapin III, F.S. & Tilman, D. (2006): Biodiversity loss threatens human well-being. PLoS Biology 4(8): 1300-1305. PDF

Díaz, S. (2006): Biodiversity and ecosystem services. In Emmett Duffy J. (Ed) Encyclopedia of Earth. Environmental Information Coalition, National Council for Science and the Environment, WashingtonD.C. Accessible online.