Biodiversity and Ecosystem Function. (= Ecological Studies, Volume 99).

Schulze, Ernst-Detlef and Harold A. Mooney:

ISBN 10: 3540558047 / ISBN 13: 9783540558040

Published by Springer, Berlin, 1993

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XXVII, 525 Seiten Einband etwas berieben, Bibl.Ex., innen guter und sauberer Zustand 9783540558040 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 982.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Biodiversity and Ecosystem Function. (= Ecological Studies, Volume 99).
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Publication Date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3540558047
• ISBN 13: 9783540558040
• Binding: 8° , Hardcover/Pappeinband
• Edition: 1.Auflage,.
• Weight: 982 grams
• Seller catalogs:
  • Naturwissenschaften

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Synopsis

With the accelerating loss of biodiversity there is increasing concern about how this loss may be affecting ecosystem processes, or services, that are of benefit to human well being. The limited studies that address the principal question directly, species numbers versus system function, are evaluated. Moreover, the degree of redundancy within systems, the ubiquity of keystone species, the tightness of species interactions from mutualisms to food webs, the resilience of systems to perturbation, the interactions of landscape units are explored, as is also how policy decisions are driven in this research area.
This book brings together the disciplines of population biology and ecoysystem science, both directed toward evaluating the consequences of human-driven disruptions of natural systems.