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Functional ecology's non-selectionist understanding of function

Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C: Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, 2018
This paper reinforces the current consensus against the applicability of the selected effect theory of function in ecology. It does so by presenting an argument which, in contrast with the usual argument invoked in support of this consensus, is not based on claims about whether ecosystems are customary units of natural selection.
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Functional Plant Ecology

2007
Methods in Comparative Functional Ecology C.M. Duarte Opportunistic Growth and Desiccation Tolerance: The Ecological Success of Poikilohydrous Autotrophs L. Kappen and F. Valladares Ecological Significance of Inherent Variation in Relative Growth Rate H. Poorter and E.
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Ecological function zoning based on ecosystem service bundles and trade-offs: a study of Dongjiang Lake Basin, China

Environmental science and pollution research international, 2023
Wenbo Mo, Yunlin Zhao, Nan Yang, Zhenggang Xu   +3 more
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Ecological function zoning of Nansi Lake Basin in China based on ecosystem service bundles

Environmental science and pollution research international, 2023
Yingchun Liu, Yande Jing, Shanmei Han
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Ecological Function Analysis: Incorporating Species Roles into Conservation.

Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 2018
Effective conservation strategies must ensure that species remain not just extant, but able to maintain key roles in species interactions and in the maintenance of communities and ecosystems.
J. Brodie, K. Redford, D. Doak
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Functionalizing ecological integrity: using functional ecology to monitor animal communities

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment
Ecological integrity—the degree to which an ecosystem supports ecological structure, composition, diversity, function, and connectivity typical of natural conditions—has been a guiding principle in ecosystem monitoring around the world. However, in terrestrial ecosystems, integrity‐based monitoring often excludes animal communities, even though they ...
Ana Miller‐ter Kuile, Jamie S Sanderlin, Jessalyn Ayars, Helen E Chmura, Melissa Dressen, Jessie D Golding, Gavin M Jones, Rebecca Kirby, Kari EA Norman, Zachary L Steel, Valerie Stein Foster   +10 more
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Ecological Functions of Landscapes

Eurasian Soil Science, 2018
Ecological functions of landscapes are considered a system of processes ensuring the development, preservation, and evolution of ecosystems and the biosphere as a whole. The concept of biogeocenosis can be considered a model that integrates biotic and environmental functions.
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Functional Genomics Requires Ecology

2006
Publisher Summary This chapter focuses on model organisms as yeast, Drosophila, C. elegans, and mice because the tools to generate genetic mutations and gene disruptions to study specific gene function are already available. However, the principles are general and can be applied to similar enterprises in any species.
Lara S. Carroll, Wayne K. Potts
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Functions in Ecosystem Ecology

Philosophical Topics, 2019
In this essay, I argue that the selected effects approach to ecosystem functions is inadequate and defend the adequacy of the systemic capacity account. I additionally argue that rival persistence enhancing and organizational approaches face serious problems when applied to ecosystem ecology. Lastly, I explore how the systemic capacity approach applies
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Toward ecological function zoning and comparison to the Ecological Redline Policy: a case study in the Poyang Lake Region, China

Environmental science and pollution research international, 2021
chencgehng xu, Guishan Yang, R. Wan, Weixin Ou, Peng-cheng Wang   +4 more
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