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Regulatory Ecosystem Services and Supporting Ecosystem Functions
2020This chapter provides the analysis and assessment of ten regulatory and supporting ES: R1, air quality regulation; R2, water quality regulation; R3, erosion and natural hazard regulation; R4, water flow regulation; R5, local climate regulation; R6, global climate regulation/carbon sequestration; R7, biodiversity promotion; R8, life cycle maintenance ...
Ján Černecký +6 more
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Species diversity, functional diversity, and ecosystem functioning
2002Abstract Experiments assessing the effects of biodiversity on ecosystem functioning initially aimed at establishing whether such relationships exist (e.g. Naeem et al. 1995; Tilman et al. 1996; Jonsson and Malmqvist 2000; Engelhardt and Ritchie 2001).
Hooper, D. +12 more
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Biodiversity and Microbial Ecosystems Functioning
2014All ecosystems are composed of multiple species performing numerous functions. This plurality identified as biodiversity has become a research topic of general importance for understanding how ecosystems function. The word “biodiversity” has subsequently received different interpretations we aim to describe.
Normand, Philippe +4 more
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Defining Soil Quality For Ecosystems and Ecosystem Functioning
1993A number of approaches to defining soil quality have attempted to derive a single set of values based on uncontaminated or ‘undamaged’ soils (e.g. Lexmond et al 1986, Moen et al 1986). An ecological approach should be based on the soil requirements of the given soil biota system and the use/management aims of the system.
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1997
Successful conservation efforts require a consideration of ecosystem function. In this chapter, I present seven principles from ecosystem science to serve as a foundation for ecosystem conservation: 1. Ecosystems are open, which should lead to an emphasis on conserving the fluxes across ecosystem boundaries and linkages with surrounding ...
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Successful conservation efforts require a consideration of ecosystem function. In this chapter, I present seven principles from ecosystem science to serve as a foundation for ecosystem conservation: 1. Ecosystems are open, which should lead to an emphasis on conserving the fluxes across ecosystem boundaries and linkages with surrounding ...
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Functional traits explain ecosystem function through opposing mechanisms
Ecology Letters, 2017AbstractThe ability to explain why multispecies assemblages produce greater biomass compared to monocultures, has been a central goal in the quest to understand biodiversity effects on ecosystem function. Species contributions to ecosystem function can be driven by two processes: niche complementarity and a selection effect that is influenced by ...
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Ecosystem Function in Savannas
2010Savannas: Biogeographical and Ecological Perspectives Biogeography and Dynamics of Global Tropical and Subtropical Savannas: A Spatiotemporal View, M.J. Hill, M.O. Roman, and C.B. Schaaf Tree-Grass Interactions in Savannas: Paradigms, Contradictions, and Conceptual Models, N.P. Hanan and C.E.R.
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