The Functional Consequences of Biodiversity Empirical Progress and Theoretical Extensions 1st Edition by Ann Kinzig, Stephen Pacala, David Tilman 9781400847303 1400847303
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Author: Ann P. Kinzig, Stephen Pacala, David Tilman
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.
Table of contents:
CHAPTER 1 Opening Remarks
CHAPTER 2 Biodiversity, Composition, and Ecosystem Processes: Theory and Concepts
CHAPTER 3 Experimental and Observational Studies of Diversity, Productivity, and Stability
CHAPTER 4 Biodiversity and the Functioning of Grassland Ecosystems: Multi-Site Comparisons
CHAPTER 5 Autotrophic-Heterotrophic Interactions and Their Impacts on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning
CHAPTER 6 Empirical Evidence for Biodiversity–Ecosystem Functioning Relationships
CHAPTER 7 The Transition from Sampling to Complementarity
CHAPTER 8 Introduction to Theory and the Common Ecosystem Model
CHAPTER 9 Successional Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning
CHAPTER 10 Environmental Niches and Ecosystem Functioning
CHAPTER 11 Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning: The Role of Trophic Interactions and the Importance of S
CHAPTER 12 Linking Soil Microbial Communities and Ecosystem Functioning
CHAPTER 13 How Relevant to Conservation Are Studies Linking Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning?
CHAPTER 14 Looking Back and Peering Forward
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