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Several scales of biodiversity affect ecosystem multifunctionality [PDF]

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2013
Society values landscapes that reliably provide many ecosystem functions. As the study of ecosystem functioning expands to include more locations, time spans, and functions, the functional importance of individual species is becoming more apparent. However, the functional importance of individual species does not necessarily translate to the functional
Jae R, Pasari, Taal, Levi, Erika S, Zavaleta, David, Tilman   +3 more
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Precipitation preferences alter the relative importance of herbaceous plant diversity for multifunctionality in the drylands of China

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2023
BackgroundMultiple components of biodiversity are excellent predictors of precipitation-induced changes in ecosystem function. However, the importance of differing scales (alpha versus beta) is usually overlooked in biodiversity–ecosystem ...
Hao Guo, Hao Guo, Xiaobing Zhou, Xiaobing Zhou, Ye Tao, Ye Tao, Jinfei Yin, Jinfei Yin, Lan Zhang, Lan Zhang, Xing Guo, Xing Guo, Chaohong Liu, Yajun Lin, Yajun Lin, Yuanming Zhang, Yuanming Zhang   +16 more
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Multifunctionality of an Urbanized Coastal Marine Ecosystem [PDF]

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2020
Coastal marine ecosystems provide numerous invaluable services and benefits to humankind. However, urbanization of coastal areas has homogenized and reduced the biodiversity of the surrounding marine environment and the sustainability of the multiple ecosystem services it provides.
Anand Archana, David Michael Baker
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Biodiversity and ecosystem multifunctionality

Nature, 2007
Biodiversity loss can affect ecosystem functions and services. Individual ecosystem functions generally show a positive asymptotic relationship with increasing biodiversity, suggesting that some species are redundant. However, ecosystems are managed and conserved for multiple functions, which may require greater biodiversity.
Hector, A, Bagchi, R
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Assessing Ecosystem Services and Multifunctionality for Vineyard Systems [PDF]

Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2017
Vineyards shape important economic, cultural, and ecological systems in many temperate biomes. Like other agricultural systems, they can be multifunctional landscapes that not only produce grapes, but also for example serve as wildlife habitat, sequester carbon, and are places of rich traditions.
Klara J. Winkler, Klara J. Winkler, Joshua H. Viers, Kimberly A. Nicholas   +3 more
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Higher biodiversity is required to sustain multiple ecosystem processes across temperature regimes [PDF]

, 2015
The authors thank the Natural Environment Research Council for financial support awarded to G. W. (Grant reference: NE/D013305/1) that funded D. M. P.'s research. Accepted 11 July 2014.Biodiversity loss is occurring rapidly worldwide, yet it is uncertain
Lars Gamfeldt, Perkins, D. M., Perkins, DM, Matteo Dossena, Bailey, R.A., Dossena, M., Trimmer, Mark, Reiss, Julia; id_orcid, Guy Woodward, R. A. Bailey, Woodward, G, Dossena, M, Gamfeldt, Lars, Julia Reiss, Trimmer, M., Woodward, Guy, Gamfeldt, Lars,, Woodward, G., Daniel M. Perkins, Gamfeldt, L., Bailey, RA, Reiss, J, Perkins, Daniel; id_orcid, Bailey, R. A., Perkins, D.M., Reiss, J., Trimmer, M, Mark Trimmer, Gamfeldt, L, Dossena, Matteo   +29 more
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Drivers and Mechanisms of Ecosystem Multifunctionality in Secondary Tropical Forests. [PDF]

Ecosystems
Abstract Tropical forests provide vital ecosystem functions and services, yet global change is intensifying disturbance regimes and expanding the extent of young secondary forests. The question is to what extent these young forests recover ecosystem multifunctionality and under which conditions recovery proceeds faster.
Matsuo T, Amissah L, van der Sande MT, der Plas FV, Kok J, Abdul SM, Chojnacki L, Kuzee T, Khulpu L, Poorter L.   +9 more
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A niche for ecosystem multifunctionality in global change research [PDF]

Global Change Biology, 2018
AbstractConcern about human modification of Earth's ecosystems has recently motivated ecologists to address how global change drivers will impact the simultaneous provisioning of multiple functions, termed ecosystem multifunctionality (EMF). However, metrics of EMF have often been applied in global change studies with little consideration of the ...
Darren P. Giling, Léa Beaumelle, Helen R. P. Phillips, Simone Cesarz, Nico Eisenhauer, Olga Ferlian, Felix Gottschall, Carlos Guerra, Jes Hines, Agnieszka Sendek, Julia Siebert, Madhav P. Thakur, Andrew D. Barnes   +12 more
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Microbial diversity drives multifunctionality in terrestrial ecosystems [PDF]

Nature Communications, 2016
AbstractDespite the importance of microbial communities for ecosystem services and human welfare, the relationship between microbial diversity and multiple ecosystem functions and services (that is, multifunctionality) at the global scale has yet to be evaluated.
Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo, Fernando T. Maestre, Peter B. Reich, Thomas C. Jeffries, Juan J. Gaitan, Daniel Encinar, Miguel Berdugo, Colin D. Campbell, Brajesh K. Singh   +8 more
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Data underlying publication: Seagrass ecosystem multifunctionality under the rise of a flagship marine megaherbivore [PDF]

, 2022
This dataset contains the data collected from field experiments that assessed the effects of experimentally simulated grazing intensity scenarios on ecosystem functions and multifunctionality in a tropical Caribbean seagrass ecosystem.
Netherlands Institute of Ecology, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Palsbøll, Per J.; id_orcid, Bouma, Tjeerd J., de Smit, Jaco C., Bakker, Elisabeth S., Wageningen University & Research, Smulders, Fee O. H., Center for Coastal Studies, Becking, Leontine E., Utrecht University, Marine Biology, University of Amsterdam, STINAPA, Bonaire National Parks Foundation, James, Rebecca K., Palsbøll lab, Vonk, Jan Arie, NIOZ Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, Palsbøll, Per J., Christianen, Marjolijn J. A., Engel, Sabine M., van der Zee, Jurjan P.   +21 more
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