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Ecosystem functioning

Focusing Conservation Efforts on Ecosystem Service Supply May Increase Vulnerability of Socio-Ecological Systems

Pedro Laterra, Paula Barral, Alejandra Carmona, Laura Nahuelhual

published 11 May 2016

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Effects of Detrital Subsidies on Soft-Sediment Ecosystem Function Are Transient and Source-Dependent

Rebecca V. Gladstone-Gallagher, Andrew M. Lohrer, Carolyn J. Lundquist, Conrad A. Pilditch

published 03 May 2016

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Response of Plant Height, Species Richness and Aboveground Biomass to Flooding Gradient along Vegetation Zones in Floodplain Wetlands, Northeast China

Yanjing Lou, Yanwen Pan, Chuanyu Gao, Ming Jiang, Xianguo Lu, Y. Jun Xu

published 20 Apr 2016

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Environmental Drivers of Benthic Flux Variation and Ecosystem Functioning in Salish Sea and Northeast Pacific Sediments

Rénald Belley, Paul V. R. Snelgrove, Philippe Archambault, S. Kim Juniper

published 04 Mar 2016

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Soil Quality Indexing Strategies for Evaluating Sugarcane Expansion in Brazil

Maurício R. Cherubin, Douglas L. Karlen, Carlos E. P. Cerri, André L. C. Franco, Cássio A. Tormena, Christian A. Davies, Carlos C. Cerri

published 03 Mar 2016

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Assessing the Importance of Intraspecific Variability in Dung Beetle Functional Traits

Hannah M. Griffiths, Julio Louzada, Richard D. Bardgett, Jos Barlow

published 03 Mar 2016

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Effects of Invasive-Plant Management on Nitrogen-Removal Services in Freshwater Tidal Marshes

Mary Alldred, Stephen B. Baines, Stuart Findlay

published 25 Feb 2016

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Effects of Vegetation Structure on the Location of Lion Kill Sites in African Thicket

Andrew B. Davies, Craig J. Tambling, Graham I. H. Kerley, Gregory P. Asner

published 24 Feb 2016

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Functional Resilience against Climate-Driven Extinctions – Comparing the Functional Diversity of European and North American Tree Floras

Mario Liebergesell, Björn Reu, Ulrike Stahl, Martin Freiberg, Erik Welk, Jens Kattge, J. Hans C. Cornelissen, Josep Peñuelas, Christian Wirth

published 05 Feb 2016

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The Sensitivity of Moss-Associated Nitrogen Fixation towards Repeated Nitrogen Input

Kathrin Rousk, Anders Michelsen

published 05 Jan 2016

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Response of a Wild Edible Plant to Human Disturbance: Harvesting Can Enhance the Subsequent Yield of Bamboo Shoots

Noboru Katayama, Osamu Kishida, Rei Sakai, Shintaro Hayakashi, Chikako Miyoshi, Kinya Ito, Aiko Naniwa, Aya Yamaguchi, Katsunori Wada, Shiro Kowata, Yoshinobu Koike, Katsuhiro Tsubakimoto, Kenichi Ohiwa, Hirokazu Sato, Toru Miyazaki, Shinichi Oiwa, Tsubasa Oka, Shinya Kikuchi, Chikako Igarashi, Shiho Chiba, Yoko Akiyama, Hiroyuki Takahashi, Kentaro Takagi

published 31 Dec 2015

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Warming and Elevated CO₂ Interact to Drive Rapid Shifts in Marine Community Production

Cascade J. B. Sorte, Matthew E. S. Bracken

published 29 Dec 2015

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Functional Redundancy Instead of Species Redundancy Determines Community Stability in a Typical Steppe of Inner Mongolia

Saruul Kang, Wenjing Ma, Frank Yonghong Li, Qing Zhang, Jianming Niu, Yong Ding, Fang Han, Xiaoli Sun

published 23 Dec 2015

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