LEADER 04167nam 2200721 a 450 001 9910462587103321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-299-05148-0 010 $a1-4008-4730-3 024 7 $a10.1515/9781400847303 035 $a(CKB)2670000000330881 035 $a(EBL)1113397 035 $a(OCoLC)828794192 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000971173 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11553535 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000971173 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10945709 035 $a(PQKB)11508401 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1113397 035 $a(OCoLC)827948854 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse37131 035 $a(DE-B1597)447304 035 $a(OCoLC)922683359 035 $a(OCoLC)999360319 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781400847303 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1113397 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10654367 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL436398 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000330881 100 $a20011016d2001 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|||||||nn|n 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 04$aThe functional consequences of biodiversity$b[electronic resource] $eempirical progress and theoretical extensions /$fAnn P. Kinzig, Stephen W. Pacala, and David Tilman, editors 205 $aCore Textbook 210 $aPrinceton $cPrinceton University Press$d2001 215 $a1 online resource (393 p.) 225 0 $aMonographs in Population Biology ;$v33 225 0$aMonographs in population biology ;$v33 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-691-08821-7 311 $a0-691-08822-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 331-357) and index. 327 $apt. 1. Empirical progress -- pt. 2. Theoretical extensions -- pt. 3. Applications and future directions. 330 $aDoes biodiversity influence how ecosystems function? Might diversity loss affect the ability of ecosystems to deliver services of benefit to humankind? Ecosystems provide food, fuel, fiber, and drinkable water, regulate local and regional climate, and recycle needed nutrients, among other things. An ecosyste's ability to sustain functioning may depend on the number of species residing in the ecosystem--its biological diversity--but this has been a controversial hypothesis. There are many unanswered questions about how and why changes in biodiversity could alter ecosystem functioning. This volume, written by top researchers, synthesizes empirical studies on the relationship between biodiversity and ecosystem functioning and extends that knowledge using a novel and coordinated set of models and theoretical approaches. These experimental and theoretical analyses demonstrate that functioning usually increases with biodiversity, but also reveals when and under what circumstances other relationships between biodiversity and ecosystem functioning might occur. It also accounts for apparent changes in diversity-functioning relationships that emerge over time in disturbed ecosystems, thereby addressing a major controversy in the field. The volume concludes with a blueprint for moving beyond small-scale studies to regional ones--a move of enormous significance for policy and conservation but one that will entail tackling some of the most fundamental challenges in ecology. In addition to the editors, the contributors are Juan Armesto, Claudia Neuhauser, Andy Hector, Clarence Lehman, Peter Kareiva, Sharon Lawler, Peter Chesson, Teri Balser, Mary K. Firestone, Robert Holt, Michel Loreau, Johannes Knops, David Wedin, Peter Reich, Shahid Naeem, Bernhard Schmid, Jasmin Joshi, and Felix Schläpfer. 410 0$aMonographs in Population Biology 606 $aBiodiversity 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aBiodiversity. 676 $a577 686 $aWI 2000$2rvk 701 $aKinzig$b Ann P$g(Ann Patricia)$01046356 701 $aPacala$b Stephen W$01046357 701 $aTilman$b David$f1949-$065114 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910462587103321 996 $aThe functional consequences of biodiversity$92473196 997 $aUNINA