Biodiversity, ecosystem functioning, and human wellbeing : an ecological and economic perspective / edited by Shahid Naeem ... [et al.].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Naeem, Shahid.

Series:

Oxford biology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Biodiversity--Monitoring--Economic aspects.

Biodiversity.

Ecological assessment (Biology).

Ecological assessment (Biology)--Economic aspects.

Ecosystem health.

Human beings--Effect of environment on.

Human beings.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (387 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

How will biodiversity loss affect ecosystem functioning, ecosystem services, and human well-being?In an age of accelerating biodiversity loss, this timely and critical volume summarizes recent advances in biodiversity-ecosystem functioning research and explores the economics of biodiversity and ecosystem services. The book starts by summarizing the development of the basic science and provides a meta-analysis that quantitatively tests several biodiversity and ecosystem functioning hypotheses. It then describes the natural science foundations of biodiversity and ecosystem functioningresearch in

Contents:

Contents; List of contributors; Preface; Acknowledgments; Part 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; 2 Consequences of species loss for ecosystem functioning: meta-analyses of data from biodiversity experiments; 3 Biodiversity-ecosystem function research and biodiversity futures: early bird catches the worm or a day late and a dollar short?; Part 2: Natural science foundations

4 A functional guide to functional diversity measures5 Forecasting decline in ecosystem services under realistic scenarios of extinction; 6 Biodiversity and the stability of ecosystem functioning; 7 The analysis of biodiversity experiments: from pattern toward mechanism; 8 Towards a food web perspective on biodiversity and ecosystem functioning; 9 Microbial biodiversity and ecosystem functioning under controlled conditions and in the wild; 10 Biodiversity as spatial insurance: the effects of habitat fragmentation and dispersal on ecosystem functioning

Part 3: Ecosystem services and human wellbeing11 Incorporating biodiversity in climate change mitigation initiatives; 12 Restoring biodiversity and ecosystem function: will an integrated approach improve results?; 13 Managed ecosystems: biodiversity and ecosystem functions in landscapes modified by human use; 14 Understanding the role of species richness for crop pollination services; 15 Biodiversity and ecosystem function: perspectives on disease; 16 Opening communities to colonization - the impacts of invaders on biodiversity and ecosystem functioning

17 The economics of biodiversity and ecosystem services18 The valuation of ecosystem services; 19 Modelling biodiversity and ecosystem services in coupled ecological-economic systems; Part 4: Summary and synthesis; 20 TraitNet: furthering biodiversity research through the curation, discovery, and sharing of species trait data; 21 Can we predict the effects of global change on biodiversity loss and ecosystem functioning?; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Notes:

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

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ISBN:

0-19-954796-3

0-19-156332-3

0-19-156331-5

1-282-34924-4

9786612349249

OCLC:

712015911