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1. Phylogenetic clustering in beneficial attributes of tree species directly linked to provisioning, regulating and cultural ecosystem services

Author:
Oka, Chihiro; Aiba, Masahiro; Nakashizuka, Tohru
Source:
Ecological indicators 2019 v.96 pp. 477-495
ISSN:
1470-160X
Subject:
ecosystem services; ecosystems,   etc   ; cluster analysis; environmental indicators; phylogeny; trees; Japan;     Show all 7 Subjects
Abstract:
... Phylogenetic diversity is expected to be an important predictor of ecosystem multifunctionality because distant relatives are often more functionally different than close relatives. However, the general extent of non-random linkages between phylogeny and ecosystem services remains unclear. In this study, we examined phylogenetic clustering and associations of beneficial attributes of tree species ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.ecolind.2018.09.035

2. Demystifying the marine‐terrestrial biodiversity gradient: response to Vermeij et al.

Author:
Miller, Elizabeth C.; Wiens, John J.
Source:
Ecology letters 2018 v.21 no.6 pp. 940-941
ISSN:
1461-023X
Subject:
marine ecosystems; terrestrial ecosystems,   etc   ; biodiversity;     Show all 3 Subject
Abstract:
... We respond to seven criticisms made by Vermeij et al. () regarding Miller & Wiens (). Their criticisms generally reflect misunderstandings, unsupported speculations, and topics that were explicitly addressed in our paper. ...
DOI:
10.1111/ele.12950

3. An embodied perspective on the co-production of cultural ecosystem services: toward embodied ecosystems

Author:
Raymond, Christopher M.; Giusti, Matteo; Barthel, Stephan
Source:
Journal of environmental planning and management 2018 v.61 no.5-6 pp. 778-799
ISSN:
1360-0559
Subject:
ecosystem services; ecosystems,   etc   ; cognition; humans;     Show all 4 Subjects
Abstract:
... Despite arguments justifying the need to consider how cultural ecosystem services are coproduced by humans and nature, there are currently few approaches for explaining the relationships between humans and ecosystems through embodied scientific realism. This realism recognises that human–environment connections are not solely produced in the mind, but through relations between mind, body, culture ...
DOI:
10.1080/09640568.2017.1312300

4. Role of substrate properties in the provision of multifunctional green roof ecosystem services

Author:
Lata, J.-C.; Dusza, Y.; Abbadie, L.; Barot, S.; Carmignac, D.; Gendreau, E.; Kraepiel, Y.; Mériguet, J.; Motard, E.; Raynaud, X.
Source:
Applied soil ecology 2018 v.123 pp. 464-468
ISSN:
0929-1393
Subject:
ecosystem services; ecosystems,   etc   ; green roofs;     Show all 3 Subject
Abstract:
... Urban ecosystems are increasingly recognized as key providers of ecosystem services. Among them, green roofs are particularly fashionable, and are in high demand by citizens, politicians, urban planners and architects. Surprisingly, the functioning of green roofs and the impact of substrate type have been so far poorly studied and impede to optimize a green roof and its substrate to provide target ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.apsoil.2017.09.012

5. Carbon sequestration service flow in the Guanzhong-Tianshui economic region of China: How it flows, what drives it, and where could be optimized?

Author:
Li, Ting; Li, Jing; Wang, Yanze
Source:
Ecological indicators 2019 v.96 pp. 548-558
ISSN:
1470-160X
Subject:
ecosystem services; ecosystems,   etc   ; carbon sequestration; economic regions; environmental factors; environmental indicators; humans; mountains; supply balance; China;     Show all 10 Subjects
Abstract:
... The temporal and spatial delivery of ecosystem services is inevitable link between ecosystem and human. But few studies to date have visualized ecosystem services supply and demand from ecosystem process viewpoint. In this study, we simulate the supply-demand spatial matching of carbon sequestration service, visualize the magnitude- and direction-component of carbon sequestration service flows, an ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.ecolind.2018.09.040

6. A review of riverine ecosystem service quantification: Research gaps and recommendations

Author:
Hanna, Dalal E. L.; Tomscha, Stephanie A.; Ouellet Dallaire, Camille; Bennett, Elena M.
Source:
Journal of applied ecology 2018 v.55 no.3 pp. 1299-1311
ISSN:
0021-8901
Subject:
ecosystem management; ecosystem services; ecosystems,   etc   ; economic valuation; rivers; stakeholders; uncertainty;     Show all 7 Subjects
Abstract:
... Increasing demand for benefits provided by riverine ecosystems threatens their sustainable provision. The ecosystem service concept is a promising avenue to inform riverine ecosystem management, but several challenges have prevented the application of this concept. We quantitatively assess the field of riverine ecosystem services’ progress in meeting these challenges. We highlight conceptual and m ...
DOI:
10.1111/1365-2664.13045

7. Developing a standardized definition of ecosystem collapse for risk assessment

Author:
Bland, Lucie M; Rowland, Jessica A; Regan, Tracey J; Keith, David A; Murray, Nicholas J; Lester, Rebecca E; Linn, Matt; Rodríguez, Jon Paul; Nicholson, Emily
Source:
Frontiers in ecology and the environment 2018 v.16 no.1 pp. 29-36
ISSN:
1540-9295
Subject:
ecosystem management; ecosystems,   etc   ; forests; risk assessment;     Show all 4 Subjects
Abstract:
... The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Ecosystems is a powerful tool for classifying threatened ecosystems, informing ecosystem management, and assessing the risk of ecosystem collapse (that is, the endpoint of ecosystem degradation). These risk assessments require explicit definitions of ecosystem collapse, which are currently challenging to implement. To bridge the ...
DOI:
10.1002/fee.1747

8. Keystone Genes

Author:
Skovmand, Lotte H.; Xu, Charles C.Y.; Servedio, Maria R.; Nosil, Patrik; Barrett, Rowan D.H.; Hendry, Andrew P.
Source:
Trends in ecology & evolution 2018 v.33 no.9 pp. 689-700
ISSN:
0169-5347
Subject:
ecosystem engineering; ecosystems,   etc   ; genes; keystone species;     Show all 4 Subjects
Abstract:
... The keystone species concept is used in ecology to describe individual species with disproportionately large effects on their communities. We extend this idea to the level of genes with disproportionately large effects on ecological processes. Such ‘keystone genes’ (KGs) would underlie traits involved in species interactions or causing critical biotic and/or abiotic changes that influence emergent ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.tree.2018.07.002

9. Growing Research Networks on Mycorrhizae for Mutual Benefits

Author:
Ferlian, Olga; Biere, Arjen; Bonfante, Paola; Buscot, François; Eisenhauer, Nico; Fernandez, Ivan; Hause, Bettina; Herrmann, Sylvie; Krajinski-Barth, Franziska; Meier, Ina C.; Pozo, Maria J.; Rasmann, Sergio; Rillig, Matthias C.; Tarkka, Mika T.; van Dam, Nicole M.; Wagg, Cameron; Martinez-Medina, Ainhoa
Source:
Trends in plant science 2018 v.23 no.11 pp. 975-984
ISSN:
1360-1385
Subject:
ecosystems,   etc   ; genes; mycorrhizae;     Show all 3 Subjects
Abstract:
... Research on mycorrhizal interactions has traditionally developed into separate disciplines addressing different organizational levels. This separation has led to an incomplete understanding of mycorrhizal functioning. Integration of mycorrhiza research at different scales is needed to understand the mechanisms underlying the context dependency of mycorrhizal associations, and to use mycorrhizae fo ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.tplants.2018.08.008

10. Conservation and the Global Infrastructure Tsunami: Disclose, Debate, Delay!

Author:
Laurance, William F.
Source:
Trends in ecology & evolution 2018 v.33 no.8 pp. 568-571
ISSN:
0169-5347
Subject:
ecosystems,   etc   ; biodiversity; roads; tsunamis;     Show all 4 Subjects
Abstract:
... Efforts to protect nature are facing a growing crisis, one that often revolves around the burgeoning impacts of roads and other infrastructure on biodiversity and ecosystems. Potential solutions are possible but they will involve serious trade-offs and the confrontation of deep misconceptions. Here, I identify some time-critical tactics to aid scientists in informing and influencing the global inf ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.tree.2018.05.007

11. Abrupt Change in Ecological Systems: Inference and Diagnosis

Author:
Ratajczak, Zak; Carpenter, Stephen R.; Ives, Anthony R.; Kucharik, Christopher J.; Ramiadantsoa, Tanjona; Stegner, M. Allison; Williams, John W.; Zhang, Jien; Turner, Monica G.
Source:
Trends in ecology & evolution 2018 v.33 no.7 pp. 513-526
ISSN:
0169-5347
Subject:
ecosystems,   etc   ; climate; society;     Show all 3 Subjects
Abstract:
... Abrupt ecological changes are, by definition, those that occur over short periods of time relative to typical rates of change for a given ecosystem. The potential for such changes is growing due to anthropogenic pressures, which challenges the resilience of societies and ecosystems. Abrupt ecological changes are difficult to diagnose because they can arise from a variety of circumstances, includin ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.tree.2018.04.013

12. Distribution and coexistence patterns of phytoplankton in subtropical shallow lakes and the role of niche-based and spatial processes

Author:
Ribeiro, KarineFelix; da Rocha, CacineleMariana; de Castro, Dilton; Rodrigues, LuciaRibeiro; Crossetti, LucianeOliveira
Source:
Hydrobiologia 2018 v.814 no.1 pp. 233-246
ISSN:
0018-8158
Subject:
ecosystems,   etc   ; lakes; phytoplankton; Brazil;     Show all 4 Subjects
Abstract:
... Phytoplankton is an important microbial component in many ecosystems, and thus, knowing the predictive variables of its distribution is very valuable. In this study, we evaluated the roles of niche-based and spatial processes on phytoplankton communities of nine lakes in southern Brazil (spatial distance covered of 220 km). Variation partitioning analysis was employed to determine the relative con ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10750-018-3539-6

13. Ecologies as a complement to ecosystem services? Exploring how landscape planners might advance understanding about human–nature relationships in changing landscapes

Author:
Musacchio, LauraR.
Source:
Landscape ecology 2018 v.33 no.6 pp. 847-860
ISSN:
0921-2973
Subject:
ecosystem services,   etc   ; landscapes; planning;     Show all 3 Subjects
Abstract:
... CONTEXT: One of the key challenges for landscape planners is to reframe the meaning of ecosystem services. In this context, alternative concepts such as ecologies have potential to complement ecosystem services when applied to human–nature relationships in changing landscapes. OBJECTIVES: The objectives of this article are: (1) to review how landscape planners use major critical approaches to tran ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10980-018-0646-8

14. Global patterns of nonanalogous climates in the past and future derived from thermal and hydraulic factors

Author:
Li, Qin; Kou, Xiaojun; Beierkuhnlein, Carl; Liu, Shirong; Ge, Jianping
Source:
Global change biology 2018 v.24 no.6 pp. 2463-2475
ISSN:
1354-1013
Subject:
ecosystems,   etc   ; biodiversity; climate;     Show all 3 Subjects
Abstract:
... Nonanalogous climates (NACs), climates without modern analogs on Earth, challenge our understanding of eco‐evolutionary processes that shape global biodiversity, particularly because of their propensity to promote novel ecosystems. However, NAC studies are generally inadequate and partial. Specifically, systematic comparisons between the future and the past are generally lacking, and hydraulic NAC ...
DOI:
10.1111/gcb.14104

15. The sea as deathtrap: comment on a paper by miller and wiens

Author:
Vermeij, Geerat J.; Grosberg, Richard K.; Marshall, Charles R.; Motani, Ryosuke
Source:
Ecology letters 2018 v.21 no.6 pp. 938-939
ISSN:
1461-023X
Subject:
marine ecosystems,   etc   ; biodiversity; extinction;     Show all 3 Subjects
Abstract:
... Miller & Wiens (2017) claim that low marine as compared with terrestrial diversity results from more frequent extinctions and insufficient time for diversification in marine clades. Their data on marine amniotes are unrepresentative of marine diversity, their analysis of clade dynamics is flawed, and they ignore previously proposed explanations for the diversity difference. ...
DOI:
10.1111/ele.12886

16. Correction to: Climate change and ecosystem composition across large landscapes

Author:
Jennings, Michael D.; Harris, Grant M.
Source:
Landscape ecology 2018 v.33 no.5 pp. 845
ISSN:
0921-2973
Subject:
ecosystems,   etc   ; climate change; landscapes;     Show all 3 Subjects
Abstract:
... In the original publication, the Electronic Supplementary Material (ESM) was published incorrectly. The correct version of ESM is given in the link below. ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10980-018-0633-0

17. Consistency in land‐cover mapping: Influence of field workers, spatial scale and classification system

Author:
Ullerud, Heidrun A.; Bryn, Anders; Halvorsen, Rune; Hemsing, Lars Østbye
Source:
Applied vegetation science 2018 v.21 no.2 pp. 278-288
ISSN:
1402-2001
Subject:
ecosystems,   etc   ; land cover; Norway;     Show all 3 Subjects
Abstract:
... QUESTIONS: Land‐cover maps are used for nature management, but can they be trusted? This study addresses three questions: (1) what is the magnitude of between field worker inconsistencies in land‐cover maps and what may cause such inconsistencies; (2) in which ways and to what extent do spatial scale and mapping system influence inconsistencies between maps; and (3) are some biomes mapped more con ...
DOI:
10.1111/avsc.12368

18. Improving Environmental Quality Through Aid: An Experimental Analysis of Aid Structures With Heterogeneous Agents

Author:
Chambers, Paul E.; Glenn Dutcher, E.; Mark Isaac, R.
Source:
Ecological economics 2018 v.146 pp. 435-446
ISSN:
0921-8009
Subject:
ecosystems,   etc   ; environmental quality; variance;     Show all 3 Subjects
Abstract:
... Environmental aid has grown significantly over the past decade with aid allocation mechanisms varying greatly and little guidance as to which should be preferred. To increase aid effectiveness, some have argued that potential recipients should compete for aid. We experimentally test this proposition against a baseline treatment where groups of heterogeneous agents receive aid by improving environm ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.ecolecon.2017.11.017

19. Will Missouri's Natural Areas Endure Landscape Transformation?

Author:
Nelson, Paul W.
Source:
Natural areas journal 2018 v.38 no.2 pp. 212-218
ISSN:
0885-8608
Subject:
ecosystems,   etc   ; landscapes; Missouri;     Show all 3 Subjects
Abstract:
... “The genetic memory of complex ecosystems that has evolved over millennia does not adapt well to changing management styles, varied objectives, nor different organizational philosophies.” Adopted from Dr. Gerould Wilhelm, Conservation Design Forum ...
DOI:
10.3375/043.038.0210

20. Appropriate aspirations for effective post-mining restoration and rehabilitation: a response to Kaźmierczak et al.

Author:
Cross, AdamT.; Young, Renee; Nevill, Paul; McDonald, Tein; Prach, Karel; Aronson, James; Wardell-Johnson, GrantW.; Dixon, KingsleyW.
Source:
Environmental earth sciences 2018 v.77 no.6 pp. 256
ISSN:
1866-6280
Subject:
ecosystems,   etc   ; mining; terminology; uncertainty;     Show all 4 Subjects
Abstract:
... Confusion surrounding the definition and application of terminology in post-mining ecological repair has resulted in uncertainty for industry, the scientific community and regulators. This lack of clarity may underrepresent high aspirations or could be misused to disguise low aspirations and so is problematic for setting objectives, establishing goals and assessing recovery trajectories. We respon ...
DOI:
10.1007/s12665-018-7437-z