Biodiversity and Resilience of Ecosystem Functions

Tom H. Oliver; Matthew S. Heard; Nick J.B. Isaac; David B. Roy; Deborah Procter; Felix Eigenbrod; Rob Freckleton; Andy Hector; C. David L. Orme; Owen L. Petchey; Vânia Proença; David Raffaelli; K. Blake Suttle; Georgina M. Mace; Berta Martín-López; Ben A. Woodcock; James M. Bullock

doi:10.1016/j.tree.2015.08.009

Biodiversity and Resilience of Ecosystem Functions

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Biodiversity and Resilience of Ecosystem Functions. / Oliver, Tom H.; Heard, Matthew S.; Isaac, Nick J.B. et al.
In: Trends in Ecology & Evolution, Vol. 30, No. 11, 11.2015, p. 673-684.

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Harvard

Oliver, TH, Heard, MS, Isaac, NJB, Roy, DB, Procter, D, Eigenbrod, F, Freckleton, R, Hector, A, Orme, CDL, Petchey, OL, Proença, V, Raffaelli, D, Suttle, KB, Mace, GM, Martín-López, B, Woodcock, BA & Bullock, JM 2015, 'Biodiversity and Resilience of Ecosystem Functions', Trends in Ecology & Evolution, vol. 30, no. 11, pp. 673-684. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2015.08.009

APA

Oliver, T. H., Heard, M. S., Isaac, N. J. B., Roy, D. B., Procter, D., Eigenbrod, F., Freckleton, R., Hector, A., Orme, C. D. L., Petchey, O. L., Proença, V., Raffaelli, D., Suttle, K. B., Mace, G. M., Martín-López, B., Woodcock, B. A., & Bullock, J. M. (2015). Biodiversity and Resilience of Ecosystem Functions. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 30(11), 673-684. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2015.08.009

Vancouver

Oliver TH, Heard MS, Isaac NJB, Roy DB, Procter D, Eigenbrod F et al. Biodiversity and Resilience of Ecosystem Functions. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 2015 Nov;30(11):673-684. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2015.08.009

Bibtex

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title = "Biodiversity and Resilience of Ecosystem Functions",

abstract = "Accelerating rates of environmental change and the continued loss of global biodiversity threaten functions and services delivered by ecosystems. Much ecosystem monitoring and management is focused on the provision of ecosystem functions and services under current environmental conditions, yet this could lead to inappropriate management guidance and undervaluation of the importance of biodiversity. The maintenance of ecosystem functions and services under substantial predicted future environmental change (i.e., their {\textquoteleft}resilience{\textquoteright}) is crucial. Here we identify a range of mechanisms underpinning the resilience of ecosystem functions across three ecological scales. Although potentially less important in the short term, biodiversity, encompassing variation from within species to across landscapes, may be crucial for the longer-term resilience of ecosystem functions and the services that they underpin.",

keywords = "ecosystem services, functional diversity, recovery, redundancy, resistance, risk",

author = "Oliver, {Tom H.} and Heard, {Matthew S.} and Isaac, {Nick J.B.} and Roy, {David B.} and Deborah Procter and Felix Eigenbrod and Rob Freckleton and Andy Hector and Orme, {C. David L.} and Petchey, {Owen L.} and V{\^a}nia Proen{\c c}a and David Raffaelli and Suttle, {K. Blake} and Mace, {Georgina M.} and Berta Mart{\'i}n-L{\'o}pez and Woodcock, {Ben A.} and Bullock, {James M.}",

year = "2015",

month = nov,

doi = "10.1016/j.tree.2015.08.009",

language = "English",

volume = "30",

pages = "673--684",

journal = "Trends in Ecology & Evolution",

issn = "0169-5347",

publisher = "Elsevier B.V.",

number = "11",

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T1 - Biodiversity and Resilience of Ecosystem Functions

AU - Oliver, Tom H.

AU - Heard, Matthew S.

AU - Isaac, Nick J.B.

AU - Roy, David B.

AU - Procter, Deborah

AU - Eigenbrod, Felix

AU - Freckleton, Rob

AU - Hector, Andy

AU - Orme, C. David L.

AU - Petchey, Owen L.

AU - Proença, Vânia

AU - Raffaelli, David

AU - Suttle, K. Blake

AU - Mace, Georgina M.

AU - Martín-López, Berta

AU - Woodcock, Ben A.

AU - Bullock, James M.

PY - 2015/11

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N2 - Accelerating rates of environmental change and the continued loss of global biodiversity threaten functions and services delivered by ecosystems. Much ecosystem monitoring and management is focused on the provision of ecosystem functions and services under current environmental conditions, yet this could lead to inappropriate management guidance and undervaluation of the importance of biodiversity. The maintenance of ecosystem functions and services under substantial predicted future environmental change (i.e., their ‘resilience’) is crucial. Here we identify a range of mechanisms underpinning the resilience of ecosystem functions across three ecological scales. Although potentially less important in the short term, biodiversity, encompassing variation from within species to across landscapes, may be crucial for the longer-term resilience of ecosystem functions and the services that they underpin.

AB - Accelerating rates of environmental change and the continued loss of global biodiversity threaten functions and services delivered by ecosystems. Much ecosystem monitoring and management is focused on the provision of ecosystem functions and services under current environmental conditions, yet this could lead to inappropriate management guidance and undervaluation of the importance of biodiversity. The maintenance of ecosystem functions and services under substantial predicted future environmental change (i.e., their ‘resilience’) is crucial. Here we identify a range of mechanisms underpinning the resilience of ecosystem functions across three ecological scales. Although potentially less important in the short term, biodiversity, encompassing variation from within species to across landscapes, may be crucial for the longer-term resilience of ecosystem functions and the services that they underpin.

KW - ecosystem services

KW - functional diversity

KW - recovery

KW - redundancy

KW - resistance

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