Ecosystem functioning /

"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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Jax, Kurt, 1958-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.
Colección:Ecology, biodiversity, and conservation.
Temas:
Biotic communities.
Ecosystem management.
Écosystèmes > Gestion.
NATURE > Ecology.
NATURE > Ecosystems & Habitats > Wilderness.
SCIENCE > Environmental Science.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Ecology.
Ecosystèmes.
Biodiversité.
Recherche écologique.
Biotic communities
Ecosystem management
Ökosystem > Artenreichtum.
Artenreichtum > Ökosystem.
Ökosystem.
Biodiversität.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Setting the scene : the context of investigating ecosystem functioning
  • What do we need for a functioning ecosystem? The debate on biodiversity and ecosystem functioning
  • Becoming general : what is ecosystem functioning?
  • Ecosystem functioning : science meets society
  • Assessing ecosystem functioning : some existing approaches
  • Putting ecosystem functioning concepts into practice : a classification and some guidelines.

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