The Functional Consequences of Biodiversity: Empirical Progress and Theoretical Extensions

Verlag: Princeton University Press, Princeton, N.J.

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The book has been covered in contact, has an ownership signature on the front end paper and is bumped at the tgail, else solid and unmarked. Monographs in Population Biology No. 33 edited by Simon A. Levin and Henry S Horn. xvii 365 pages. "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 Schlapfer." (back cover) CONTENTS: Opening remarks / Ann P. Kinzig. Biodiversity, composition, and ecosystem processes: theory and concepts / David Tilman and Clarence Lehman. Experimental and observational studies of diversity, productivity, and stability /? David Tilman . [et al.]. Biodiversity and the functioning of grassland ecosystems: multi-site comparisons / Andy Hector. Autotrophic-heterotrophic interactions and their impacts on biodiversity and ecosystem functioning / Shahid Naeem. Empirical evidence for biodiversity-ecosystem functioning relationships / Bernhard Schmid, Jasmin Joshi, and Felix Schla¨pfer The transition from sampling to complementarity /Stephen Pacala and David Tilman. pt. 1. Empirical progress pt. 2. Theoretical extensions pt. 3. Applications and future directions.

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Titel
The Functional Consequences of Biodiversity: Empirical Progress and Theoretical Extensions
Autor
Kinzig, Ann P.; Pacala, Stephen W. And Tilman, David
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Princeton University Press, Princeton, N.J.
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8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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