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Gorshkov V.V., Gorshkov V.G., Danilov-Danil'yan V.I., Losev K.S., Makar'eva A.M. (1999) Biotic control of the environment. Russian Journal of Ecology, 30(2), 87-96. Full text (PDF, 240 Kb).

Abstract

Anthropogenically undisturbed natural communities of species in the global biota represent a unique mechanism for maintaining the environmental conditions appropriate for life on a local and global scale. The stability of the present-day climate may be accounted for by the functioning of the natural biota. Information on functions of the biota that are necessary and sufficient for stabilizing the environment is stored in the genomes of species comprising natural communities. Utilization and transformation of the biota by man leads to the distortion and loss of this information. After the disturbance and exploitation of natural communities cease, the biota restores its ability to form and maintain the optimal environment in several decades.