Research papers on biodiversity & ecosystem function
When Do More Species Maximize More Ecosystem Services?
Eleanor Slade et al.
Trends in Plant Science, 2019
A theory paper exploring why different species support different ecosystem functions. Maximising one ecosystem function might asymptote with three species, where adding a fourth species delivers no more of that function. But maximising two different ecosystem functions, each driven by different species, requires more species to cover both. As an applied example: maximising carbon storage might need one set of three species; maximising carbon sequestration might need a different set of three; covering both might need all four together.
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Does heterogeneity in regenerating secondary forests affect mean throughfall?
Nadine Keller et al.
Journal of Hydrology, 2023
Heterogeneity in regenerating secondary forests affects mean throughfall.
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The value of logged tropical forests: A study of ecosystem services in Sabah, Borneo
Nastasia Boul Lefeuvre et al.
Environmental Science & Policy, 2022
Tropical and logged forests provide many ecosystem services, but policymakers and researchers often prioritise different ones than the people living alongside the forest. This paper worked directly with communities dependent on logged forests in Sabah and found that, regardless of socio-economic background, they consistently ranked clean water, clean air, and regulation of temperature, flooding and erosion as most important. A case for people-centred conservation policy.
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Dung beetles as hydrological engineers: effects of tunnelling on soil infiltration
Nadine Keller et al.
Ecological Entomology, 2021
Dung beetle tunnelling alters soil infiltration, with implications for forest hydrology.
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The importance of species identity and interactions for multifunctionality depends on how ecosystem functions are valued
Eleanor Slade et al.
Ecology, 2017
Which species matter for multifunctionality depends on how ecosystem functions are valued.
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The value of biodiversity for the functioning of tropical forests: insurance effects during the first decade of the Sabah biodiversity experiment
Sean Tuck et al.
Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 2016
Biodiversity provides insurance for tropical forest functioning during the first decade of the Sabah Biodiversity Experiment.
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Forest diversity promotes individual tree growth in central European forest stands
Juliette Chamagne et al.
Journal of Applied Ecology, 2016
Forest diversity promotes individual tree growth in central European forest stands.
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Higher levels of multiple ecosystem services are found in forests with more tree species
Lars Gamfeldt et al.
Nature Communications, 2013
Forests with more tree species deliver higher levels of multiple ecosystem services.
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