Biodiversity, ecosystem functioning, and human wellbeing [electronic resource] : an ecological and economic perspective / edited by Shahid Naeem [and others].
- Published:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2009.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (384 pages) : illustrations (some color)
- Additional Creators:
- Naeem, Shahid
- Access Online:
- ezaccess.libraries.psu.edu
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: Pt. 1 Introduction, background, and meta-analyses -- 1.Introduction: the ecological and social implications of changing biodiversity. An overview of a decade of biodiversity and ecosystem functioning research / Shahid Naeem / Daniel E. Bunker / Andy Hector / Michel Loreau / Charles Perrings -- 2.Consequences of species loss for ecosystem functioning: meta-analyses of data from biodiversity experiments / Bernhard Schmid / Patricia Balvanera / Bradley J. Cardinale / Jasmin Godbold / Andrea B. Pfisterer / David Raffaelli / Martin Solan / Diane S. Srivastava -- 3.Biodiversity-ecosystem function research and biodiversity futures: early bird catches the worm or a day late and a dollar short? / Martin Solan / Jasmin A. Godbold / Amy Symstad / Dan F. B. Flynn / Daniel E. Bunker -- Pt. 2 Natural science foundations -- 4.A functional guide to functional diversity measures / Owen L. Petchey / Eoin J. O'Gorman / Dan F. B. Flynn -- 5.Forecasting decline in ecosystem services under realistic scenarios of extinction / J. Emmett Duffy / Diane S. Srivastava / Jennie McLaren / Mahesh Sanknran / Martin Solan / John Griffin / Mark Emmerson / Kate E. Jones -- 6.Biodiversity and the stability of ecosystem functioning / John N. Griffin / Eoin J. O'Gonnan / Mark C. Emmerson / Stuart R. Jenkins / Alexandra-Maria Klein / Michel Loreau / Amy Symstad -- 7.The analysis of biodiversity experiments: from pattern toward mechanism / Andy Hector / Thomas Bell / John Connolly / John Finn / Jeremy Fox / Laura Kirwan / Michel Loreau / Jennie McLaren / Bernhard Schmid / Alexandra Weigelt -- 8.Towards a food web perspective on biodiversity and ecosystem functioning / Bradley Cardinale / Emmett Duffy / Diane Srivastava / Michel Lareau / Matt Thomas / Mark Emmerson -- 9.Microbial biodiversity and ecosystem functioning under controlled conditions and in the wild / Thomas Bell / Mark O. Gessner / Robert I. Griffiths / Jennie McLaren / Peter J. Morin / Marcel van der Heijden / Wim van der Putten -- 10.Biodiversity as spatial insurance: the effects of habitat fragmentation and dispersal on ecosystem functioning / Andrew Gonzalez / Nicolas Mouquet / Michel Loreau -- Pt. 3 Ecosystem services and human wellbeing -- 11.Incorporating biodiversity in climate change mitigation initiatives / Sandra Diaz / David A. Wardle / Andy Hector -- 12.Restoring biodiversity and ecosystem function: will an integrated approach improve results? / Justin Wright / Amy Symstad / James M. Bullock / Katharina Engelhardt / Louise Jackson / Emily Bernhardt -- 13.Managed ecosystems: biodiversity and ecosystem functions in landscapes modified by human use / Louise Jackson / Todd Rosenstock / Matthew Thomas / Justin Wright / Amy Symstad -- 14.Understanding the role of species richness for crop pollination services / Alexandra-Maria Klein / Christine Muller / Patrick Hoehn / Claire Kremen -- 15.Biodiversity and ecosystem function: perspectives on disease / Richard S. Ostfeld / Matthew Thomas / Felicia Keesing -- 16.Opening communities to colonization - the impacts of invaders on biodiversity and ecosystem functioning / Anne-Helene Prieur-Richard / Matthew Thomas / Daniel E. Bunker / Katharina Engelhardt / Amy Symstad -- 17.The economics of biodiversity and ecosystem services / Anantha Duraiappah / Ann P. Kinzig / Unai Pascual / Christopher Costello / Marc Conte / Kanchan Chopra / William A. Brock / Stefan Baumgartner / Charles Perrings / Stephen Polasky / Anastasios Xepapadeas / John Tschirhart -- 18.The valuation of ecosystem services / Markus Lehman / Ann P. Kinzig / Rashid Hassan / Anantha Duraiappuh / Christopher Costello / Kanchan Chopra / Stefan Baumgartner / Edward B. Barbier / Unai Pascual / Charles Perrings / Stephen Polasky -- 19.Modelling biodiversity and ecosystem services in coupled ecological-economic systems / Anastasios Xepapadeas / John Tschirhart / Charles Perrings / William A. Brock / David Finnoff / Ann P. Kinzig / Unai Pascual -- Pt. 4 Summary and synthesis -- 20.TraitNet: furthering biodiversity research through the curation, discovery, and sharing of species trait data / Daniel E. Bunker / Shahid Naeem -- 21.Can we predict the effects of global change on biodiversity loss and ecosystem functioning? / Michel Loreau / Charles Perrings / Shahid Naeem / Daniel E. Bunker / Andy Hector.
- Summary:
- Biodiversity change is one of the most controversial and high profile areas of ecological research. This text provides an in-depth evaluation of the science and its implications and applications to some of the most pressing environmental issues facing humans today.
- Subject(s):
- ISBN:
- 9780191720345 (ebook)
- Bibliography Note:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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