Spatial and Temporal Dimensions of Biodiversity-Ecosystem Function Relations
A special issue of Diversity (ISSN 1424-2818). This special issue belongs to the section "Biodiversity Conservation".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 January 2019) | Viewed by 393
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
A consensus has been reached that various components of biodiversity influence ecosystem functioning, but inferences regarding the ecological consequences of altered biodiversity are largely derived from small-scale studies. Natural ecosystems are dynamic over a variety of temporal and spatial scales, changing processes of community assembly, and altering how species interact with one another and their environment. Consequently, tremendous uncertainty surround estimates of the functional consequences of alternative biodiversity-environmental futures. This Special Issue considers how the spatial and temporal dimensions of ecosystems may moderate biodiversity-functioning relations across a range of environmental contexts.
Prof. Martin Solan
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- biodiversity
- ecosystem function
- macroecology
- scale
- landscape
- variation
- uncertainty
