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Title:
The functional consequences of biodiversity : empirical progress and theoretical extensions
Author:
Kinzig, Ann P. (Ann Patricia)
ISBN:
9781400847303

9780691088228
Publication Information:
Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2001.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xxvi, 365 pages) : illustrations.
Series:
Monographs in population biology ; 33

Monographs in population biology ; 33.
Abstract:
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 v.
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