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Experiments suggest that biodiversity enhances the ability of ecosystems to maintain multiple functions, such as carbon storage, productivity, and the buil... FT Maestre,JL Quero,NJ Gotelli,... - 《Science》 被引量: 822发表: 2012年 The Functions of Biological Diversity in an Age of Extinction...
Soil fauna in arid ecosystems: Their role and functions in organic matter cycling 来自 ResearchGate 喜欢 0 阅读量: 36 作者: Y Steinberger 摘要: Soil biota activity, which utilizes the organic matter for biosynthesis and maintenance at different levels of organization, has a considerable effect on ...
Despite the important role of ecosystem services, their study and associated monetary value is limited mostly to terrestrial, estuarine and coastal systems, with few studies undertaken in open marine waters and deep water systems. In addition, human activities are degrading marine ecosystems and the ...
As an example of how the information contained in the ESVD may be used for conducting meta-analyses to estimate value functions, we present a meta-analysis of the value data for inland wetlands. The data used in this analysis is based on the ESVD and has been supplemented with additional va...
Regarding long-term strategies, we recommend that policy-makers devote more consideration to a new conceptual approach for transforming grasslands through shifting the focus from the grasslands traditional production functions to their ecological functions. Applying this concept, adaptive countermeasures should...
Mapping and assessment of forest ecosystems and their services - Applications and guidance for decision making in the framework of MAES Mapping and assessment of forest ecosystems and their services-Applications and guidance for decision making in the framework of MAES. Barredo JI,Bastrup-... BCJ ...
The extent to which reefs possess these functional groups is central to their capacity to resist phase shifts, regenerate and retain critical functions in the face of disturbance. A key element in resisting phase shifts to degraded alternate states is the maintenance of successful larval colonization...
(1) ecosystem functions and ecological processes; (2) their characteristic biota; (3) conceptual consistency throughout the whole biosphere; (4) a scalable structure; (5) spatially explicit units; and (6) descriptive detail and minimal complexity (see Supplementary Information, Appendix1and ...
Ecosystems contribute to economic development through the supply of ecosystem services such as food and fresh water. Information on ecosystems and their services is required to support policy making, but this information is not captured in economic statistics. Ecosystem accounting has been developed to ...