The Functional Consequences of Biodiversity : Empirical Progress and Theoretical Extensions
Saved in:
| Title: | The Functional Consequences of Biodiversity : Empirical Progress and Theoretical Extensions |
|---|---|
| Description: | 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 volume, written by top researchers, synthesizes empirical studies on the relationship between biodiversity and ecosystem functioning and extends that knowledge using a novel and coordinated set of models and theoretical approaches. These experimental and theoretical analyses demonstrate that functioning usually increases with biodiversity, but also reveals when and under what circumstances other relationships between biodiversity and ecosystem functioning might occur. It also accounts for apparent changes in diversity-functioning relationships that emerge over time in disturbed ecosystems, thereby addressing a major controversy in the field. The volume concludes with a blueprint for moving beyond small-scale studies to regional ones--a move of enormous significance for policy and conservation but one that will entail tackling some of the most fundamental challenges in ecology. In addition to the editors, the contributors are Juan Armesto, Claudia Neuhauser, Andy Hector, Clarence Lehman, Peter Kareiva, Sharon Lawler, Peter Chesson, Teri Balser, Mary K. Firestone, Robert Holt, Michel Loreau, Johannes Knops, David Wedin, Peter Reich, Shahid Naeem, Bernhard Schmid, Jasmin Joshi, and Felix Schläpfer. |
| Authors: | Ann P. Kinzig, Stephen W. Pacala, David Tilman |
| Resource Type: | eBook. |
| Subjects: | Biodiversity, Ecology |
| Categories: | SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Biology |
| Database: | eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) |
| FullText | Links: – Type: ebook-pdf Text: Availability: 0 |
|---|---|
| Header | DbId: nlebk DbLabel: eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) An: 529482 RelevancyScore: 972 AccessLevel: 6 PubType: eBook PubTypeId: ebook PreciseRelevancyScore: 972.249633789063 |
| IllustrationInfo | |
| ImageInfo | – Size: thumb Target: https://rps2images.ebscohost.com/rpsweb/othumb?id=NL$529482$PDF&s=r – Size: medium Target: https://rps2images.ebscohost.com/rpsweb/othumb?id=NL$529482$PDF&s=d |
| Items | – Name: Title Label: Title Group: Ti Data: The Functional Consequences of Biodiversity : Empirical Progress and Theoretical Extensions – Name: Abstract Label: Description Group: Ab Data: 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 volume, written by top researchers, synthesizes empirical studies on the relationship between biodiversity and ecosystem functioning and extends that knowledge using a novel and coordinated set of models and theoretical approaches. These experimental and theoretical analyses demonstrate that functioning usually increases with biodiversity, but also reveals when and under what circumstances other relationships between biodiversity and ecosystem functioning might occur. It also accounts for apparent changes in diversity-functioning relationships that emerge over time in disturbed ecosystems, thereby addressing a major controversy in the field. The volume concludes with a blueprint for moving beyond small-scale studies to regional ones--a move of enormous significance for policy and conservation but one that will entail tackling some of the most fundamental challenges in ecology. In addition to the editors, the contributors are Juan Armesto, Claudia Neuhauser, Andy Hector, Clarence Lehman, Peter Kareiva, Sharon Lawler, Peter Chesson, Teri Balser, Mary K. Firestone, Robert Holt, Michel Loreau, Johannes Knops, David Wedin, Peter Reich, Shahid Naeem, Bernhard Schmid, Jasmin Joshi, and Felix Schläpfer. – Name: Author Label: Authors Group: Au Data: <searchLink fieldCode="AR" term="%22Ann+P%2E+Kinzig%22">Ann P. Kinzig</searchLink><br /><searchLink fieldCode="AR" term="%22Stephen+W%2E+Pacala%22">Stephen W. Pacala</searchLink><br /><searchLink fieldCode="AR" term="%22David+Tilman%22">David Tilman</searchLink> – Name: TypePub Label: Resource Type Group: TypPub Data: eBook. – Name: Subject Label: Subjects Group: Su Data: <searchLink fieldCode="DE" term="%22Biodiversity%22">Biodiversity</searchLink><br /><searchLink fieldCode="DE" term="%22Ecology%22">Ecology</searchLink> – Name: SubjectBISAC Label: Categories Group: Su Data: <searchLink fieldCode="ZK" term="%22SCIENCE+%2F+Life+Sciences+%2F+Biology%22">SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Biology</searchLink> |
| PLink | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=nlebk&AN=529482 |
| RecordInfo | BibRecord: BibEntity: Classifications: – Code: 577 Scheme: ddc Type: prePub Languages: – Code: eng Text: English Subjects: – SubjectFull: Biodiversity Type: general – SubjectFull: Ecology Type: general Titles: – TitleFull: The Functional Consequences of Biodiversity : Empirical Progress and Theoretical Extensions Type: main BibRelationships: HasContributorRelationships: – PersonEntity: Name: NameFull: Ann P. Kinzig – PersonEntity: Name: NameFull: Stephen W. Pacala – PersonEntity: Name: NameFull: David Tilman – PersonEntity: Name: NameFull: Ann P. Kinzig – PersonEntity: Name: NameFull: Stephen W. Pacala – PersonEntity: Name: NameFull: David Tilman IsPartOfRelationships: – BibEntity: Dates: – D: 01 M: 01 Type: published Y: 2001 – D: 04 M: 02 Type: profile Y: 2014 Identifiers: – Type: isbn-print Value: 9780691088228 – Type: isbn-print Value: 9780691088211 – Type: isbn-electronic Value: 9781400847303 Numbering: – Type: volume Value: 00033 Titles: – TitleFull: The Functional Consequences of Biodiversity : Empirical Progress and Theoretical Extensions Type: main |
| ResultId | 1 |
