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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"Biodiversity-ecosystem function"”.
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The Influence of Plant Diversity on Soil Physical Properties in Grasslands.
The scale of biodiversity loss facing our planet has prompted many scientists to explore the potential consequences for ecosystems, and the goods and services that they provide. A favoured approach for investigating such impacts of species loss is to experimentally address the result of a reduction …
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Linking plant traits and herbivory in grassland biodiversity-ecosystem functioning research
… the consequences of community disassembly for ecosystem functioning. In addition, there has also been a call for advancing the multitrophic view of biodiversity- ecosystem functioning. Here I propose a trait-based framework to merge plant-herbivore interactions with biodiversity-ecosystem …
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Exploring the relationship between restored ecosystem function and species composition: a meta-analysis
The idea that biodiversity confers higher levels of ecosystem functioning has been used as an argument for the conservation of biodiversity, and the relationship between these variables has been well researched. Ecosystem restoration often aims to restore former ecosystem functioning as well as …
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Response and resilience of estuarine benthic ecosystems to anthropogenic pressures
… and resilience of soft-sediment intertidal ecosystems to these two anthropogenic stressors. Increased SSC elevates water-column turbidity and reduces the light available for benthic primary producers that sustain estuarine food webs. In intertidal habitats, this turbidity stressor is removed …
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Toward improved assessment of freshwater salinization as a benthic macroinvertebrate stressor
… pollution can cause adverse effects to aquatic biodiversity, ecosystem function, ecosystem services, and human health. In many regions of the world, and in coal-mining-influenced streams of the temperate forests of Appalachia USA, specific conductance (SC), a surrogate measure for the dissolved …
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Functional analysis of secondary tropical dry forests in a region of the Colombia, Caribbean
… recognized for their role conserving biodiversity in agricultural landscapes and this role is especially important for seasonally dry tropical forests (SDTF), one of the most threatened tropical forested ecosystems. The conservation value of secondary forest is increased by its …
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Building A Mechanistic Understanding Of Biodiversity And Ecosystem Functioning In Forests
Biodiversity supports the productivity, resilience, and functioning of ecosystems over time. However, the underlying mechanisms of how biodiversity begets ecosystem function are still being uncovered. I sought to understand how tree diversity could influence local resource pools of light, water, …
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The functional ecology of Eastern Rûens Shale Renosterveld
Globally, ecosystems are under mounting pressure as biodiversity is lost at an ever increasing rate due to drivers such as habitat destruction and climate change. The systematic degradation of natural habitats witnessed today is often accompanied by a loss of ecosystem functioning and services …
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Biodiversity-ecosystem service relationships in degraded and recovering ecosystems.
Biodiversity loss is occurring at an unprecedented rate and most of this loss is due to human induced pressure. This loss in biodiversity had led to concerns that the provision of ecosystem services that humans depend upon might be negatively affected. As such much modern conservation science …
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Relationships between water quality, species composition, biodiversity and ecosystem function in lakes and flooded pits exposed to uranium mining activities in Northern Saskatechewan
… of multiple contaminants on species composition, biodiversity and ecosystem function in aquatic systems. This study uses a multivariate approach to look for relationships between water quality (24 variables), plankton species composition and abundance, biodiversity (richness and evenness) and …