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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Autres auteurs: Tilman, David, 1949-, Pacala, Stephen W., Kinzig, Ann P. (Ann Patricia)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2001.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
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.
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Résumé: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.
Description matérielle:1 online resource (392 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9781400847303

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