The Functional Consequences of Biodiversity : Empirical Progress and Theoretical Extensions (MPB-33) /

Does biodiversity influence how ecosystems function? Might diversity loss affect the ability of ecosystems to deliver services of benefit to humankind? Ecosystems provide food, fuel, fiber, and drinkable water, regulate local and regional climate, and recycle needed nutrients, among other things. An...

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Other Authors: Tilman, David, 1949-, Pacala, Stephen W., Kinzig, Ann P. (Ann Patricia)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2001.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Ökosystem.
Biodiversität.
Aufsatzsammlung.
Écologie.
Écosysteme.
Biodiversite
Biodiversiteit.
Populatiedynamica.
Ökosystem
Biodiversität
Aufsatzsammlung
Biodiversity.
Ecology.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Biology.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Ecology.
SCIENCE > Environmental Science.
NATURE > Ecosystems & Habitats > Wilderness.
NATURE > Ecology.
ecology.
Biodiversite.
Ecology
Biodiversity
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Opening remarks / Ann P. Kinzig. Biodiversity, composition, and ecosystem processes: theory and concepts / David Tilman and Clarence Lehman. Experimental and observational studies of diversity, productivity, and stability / David Tilman [and others]. Biodiversity and the functioning of grassland ecosystems: multi-site comparisons / Andy Hector. Autotrophic-heterotrophic interactions and their impacts on biodiversity and ecosystem functioning / Shahid Naeem. Empirical evidence for biodiversity-ecosystem functioning relationships / Bernhard Schmid, Jasmin Joshi, and Felix Schläpfer
  • The transition from sampling to complementarity / Stephen Pacala and David Tilman.

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