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Does Biodiversity–Ecosystem Function Literature Neglect Tropical Ecosystems?
Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 2017Current evidence suggests that there is a positive relationship between biodiversity and ecosystem functioning, but few studies have addressed tropical ecosystems where the highest levels of biodiversity occur. We develop two hypotheses for the implications of generalizing from temperate studies to tropical ecosystems, and discuss the need for more ...
Clarke, David A. +3 more
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Spatial Pattern of Ecosystem Function and Ecosystem Conservation
Environmental Management, 2003The spatial pattern of ecosystem function can affect ecosystem conservation. Ecosystem functions are often heterogeneous spatially due to physical and biological factors. We can influence ecosystem functions by changing the spatial patterns of the physical and biological elements of an ecosystem and regulating their combinations. The variation-position
Zhongwei, Guo, Yaling, Gan, Yiming, Li
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Ecosystem Function and Ecosystem Management
1997Surely the most sobering, if not daunting, lesson to emerge from millennia of natural resource use and a century of ecological study is that the laws of conservation of mass and energy apply to the ecological systems we depend upon for natural resources and to the environmental conditions that shape the quality of our lives.
Norman L. Christensen, Jerry F. Franklin
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2010
In the face of decreasing biodiversity and ongoing global changes, maintaining ecosystem functioning is seen both as a means to preserve biological diversity as well as for safeguarding human well-being by securing the services ecosystems provide. The concept today is prominent in many fields of ecology and conservation biology, such as biodiversity ...
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In the face of decreasing biodiversity and ongoing global changes, maintaining ecosystem functioning is seen both as a means to preserve biological diversity as well as for safeguarding human well-being by securing the services ecosystems provide. The concept today is prominent in many fields of ecology and conservation biology, such as biodiversity ...
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Ecosystem Functions and Ecosystem Values
1997Our understanding of how ecosystems function has expanded enormously since the term was first defined as a dynamical system consisting of a biological entity, typically a regional biota (community), together with its environment by Alfred George Tansley in 1935.
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Biodiversity and ecosystem function in constructed ecosystems.
CABI Reviews, 2008Abstract Constructed ecosystems are engineered to perform functions, such as bioremediation of contaminants, and are increasingly viewed as green alternatives to conventional technologies. Augmenting biodiversity of managed systems such as agroecosystems has been shown to improve yields and other functions such as nutrient uptake, but ...
M. Ranalli, J. Lundholm
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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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