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Managing estuaries for ecosystem function [PDF]

Global Ecology and Conservation, 2020
Estuary management is limited by lack of consensus on operational tools for handling multiple conflicting management objectives. One critical step to this goal is a shift from individual problems to a focus on maintaining ecosystem functions that benefit
R.S. Fulford, M. Russell, J.D. Hagy, III, D. Breitburg   +3 more
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A Conceptual Framework to Integrate Biodiversity, Ecosystem Function, and Ecosystem Service Models. [PDF]

Bioscience, 2022
Global biodiversity and ecosystem service models typically operate independently. Ecosystem service projections may therefore be overly optimistic because they do not always account for the role of biodiversity in maintaining ecological functions.
Weiskopf SR, Myers BJE, Arce-Plata MI, Blanchard JL, Ferrier S, Fulton EA, Harfoot M, Isbell F, Johnson JA, Mori AS, Weng E, HarmáCˇková ZV, Londoño-Murcia MC, Miller BW, Pereira LM, Rosa IMD.   +15 more
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The three major axes of terrestrial ecosystem function. [PDF]

Nature, 2021
The leaf economics spectrum1,2 and the global spectrum of plant forms and functions3 revealed fundamental axes of variation in plant traits, which represent different ecological strategies that are shaped by the evolutionary development of plant species2.
Migliavacca M, Musavi T, Mahecha MD, Nelson JA, Knauer J, Baldocchi DD, Perez-Priego O, Christiansen R, Peters J, Anderson K, Bahn M, Black TA, Blanken PD, Bonal D, Buchmann N, Caldararu S, Carrara A, Carvalhais N, Cescatti A, Chen J, Cleverly J, Cremonese E, Desai AR, El-Madany TS, Farella MM, Fernández-Martínez M, Filippa G, Forkel M, Galvagno M, Gomarasca U, Gough CM, Göckede M, Ibrom A, Ikawa H, Janssens IA, Jung M, Kattge J, Keenan TF, Knohl A, Kobayashi H, Kraemer G, Law BE, Liddell MJ, Ma X, Mammarella I, Martini D, Macfarlane C, Matteucci G, Montagnani L, Pabon-Moreno DE, Panigada C, Papale D, Pendall E, Penuelas J, Phillips RP, Reich PB, Rossini M, Rotenberg E, Scott RL, Stahl C, Weber U, Wohlfahrt G, Wolf S, Wright IJ, Yakir D, Zaehle S, Reichstein M.   +66 more
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Consistent effects of pesticides on community structure and ecosystem function in freshwater systems. [PDF]

Nat Commun, 2020
Predicting ecological effects of contaminants remains challenging because of the sheer number of chemicals and their ambiguous role in biodiversity-ecosystem function relationships.
Rumschlag SL, Mahon MB, Hoverman JT, Raffel TR, Carrick HJ, Hudson PJ, Rohr JR.   +6 more
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Blind spots in global soil biodiversity and ecosystem function research. [PDF]

Nat Commun, 2020
Soils harbor a substantial fraction of the world’s biodiversity, contributing to many crucial ecosystem functions. It is thus essential to identify general macroecological patterns related to the distribution and functioning of soil organisms to support ...
Guerra CA, Heintz-Buschart A, Sikorski J, Chatzinotas A, Guerrero-Ramírez N, Cesarz S, Beaumelle L, Rillig MC, Maestre FT, Delgado-Baquerizo M, Buscot F, Overmann J, Patoine G, Phillips HRP, Winter M, Wubet T, Küsel K, Bardgett RD, Cameron EK, Cowan D, Grebenc T, Marín C, Orgiazzi A, Singh BK, Wall DH, Eisenhauer N.   +25 more
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Individual behavior drives ecosystem function and the impacts of harvest. [PDF]

Sci Adv, 2020
Individual fish behavior has large and unpredictable impacts on ecosystem nutrient dynamics with implications for species harvest. Current approaches for biodiversity conservation and management focus on sustaining high levels of diversity among species ...
Allgeier JE, Cline TJ, Walsworth TE, Wathen G, Layman CA, Schindler DE.   +5 more
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Response of grassland ecosystem function to plant functional traits under different vegetation restoration models in areas of karst desertification [PDF]

Frontiers in Plant Science, 2023
Plant functional traits serve as a bridge between plants, the environment, and ecosystem function, playing an important role in predicting the changes in ecosystem function that occur during ecological restoration.
Shuzhen Song, Kangning Xiong, Yongkuan Chi, Yongkuan Chi   +3 more
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Using SWAP to Study the Changes in Nonpoint Source Pollution in Burhatong River Basin

Guan'gai paishui xuebao, 2021
【Background】 Nonpoint source pollution can cause eutrophication and biodiversity loss in rivers and lakes. In China, nonpoint source pollution from agriculture has become an environmental concern and understanding its composition and spatial distribution
SHI Jinhao, ZHU Weihong, TIAN Le, JIN Ri
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Precipitation Variability Affects Aboveground Biomass Directly and Indirectly via Plant Functional Traits in the Desert Steppe of Inner Mongolia, Northern China

Frontiers in Plant Science, 2021
Clarifying the response of community and dominance species to climate change is crucial for disentangling the mechanism of the ecosystem evolution and predicting the prospective dynamics of communities under the global climate scenario.
Huan Cheng, Huan Cheng, Yuanbo Gong, Xiaoan Zuo   +3 more
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Managing Grazing to Restore Soil Health, Ecosystem Function, and Ecosystem Services

Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2020
Ruminants including domestic livestock, have been accused of causing damaging impacts on the global environment and human well-being. However, with appropriate management, ruminant livestock can play a significant role in efforts to reverse environmental
R. Teague, U. Kreuter
semanticscholar   +1 more source