Wardle, David A. and Bardgett, Richard and Callaway, Ragan and Van der Putten, Wim
(2011).
Terrestrial ecosystem responses to species gains and losses.
Science. 332
, 1273-1277
[Research article]
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1197479
Abstract
Ecosystems worldwide are losing some species and gaining others, resulting in an interchange of species that is having profound impacts on how these ecosystems function. However, research on the effects of species gains and losses has developed largely independently of one another. Recent conceptual advances regarding effects of species gain have arisen from studies that have unravelled the mechanistic basis of how invading species with novel traits alter biotic interactions and ecosystem processes. In contrast, studies on traits associated with species loss are fewer, and much remains unknown about how traits that predispose species to extinction affect ecological processes. Species gains and losses are both consequences and drivers of global change, thus explicit integration of research on how both processes simultaneously affect ecosystem functioning is key to determining the response of the Earth system to current and future human activities.
Authors/Creators: | Wardle, David A. and Bardgett, Richard and Callaway, Ragan and Van der Putten, Wim |
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Title: | Terrestrial ecosystem responses to species gains and losses |
Series Name/Journal: | Science |
Year of publishing : | 2011 |
Volume: | 332 |
Page range: | 1273-1277 |
Publisher: | American Association for the Advancement of Science |
ISSN: | 0036-8075 |
Language: | English |
Publication Type: | Research article |
Refereed: | Yes |
Article category: | Scientific peer reviewed |
Version: | Accepted version |
Full Text Status: | Public |
Agris subject categories.: | F Plant production > F40 Plant ecology |
Subjects: | (A) Swedish standard research categories 2011 > 1 Natural sciences > 106 Biological Sciences (Medical to be 3 and Agricultural to be 4) > Ecology |
Keywords: | biological invasion, extinction |
URN:NBN: | urn:nbn:se:slu:epsilon-e-867 |
Permanent URL: | http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:slu:epsilon-e-867 |
ID Code: | 9443 |
Department: | (S) > Dept. of Forest Ecology and Management |
Deposited By: | Professor David Wardle |
Deposited On: | 12 Feb 2013 10:41 |
Metadata Last Modified: | 02 Dec 2014 10:55 |
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