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...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
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
Description
Summary: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 ecosyste's ability to sustain functioning may depend on the number of species residing in the ecosystem--its biological diversity--but this has been a controversial hypothesis. There are many unanswered questions about how and why changes in biodiversity could alter ecosystem functioning. This v.
Physical Description:1 online resource (392 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9781400847303

Similar Items