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Biodiversity, Ecosystem Functioning, and Human Wellbeing
An Ecological and Economic Perspective
Edited by Shahid Naeem, Daniel E. Bunker, Andy Hector, Michel Loreau, and Charles Perrings
384 pages
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65 black and white illustrations and a 4 page colour plate section
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246x189mm
978-0-19-954796-8
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Paperback
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30 July 2009
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- A graduate level text which incorporates the latest developments in the field of biodiversity and ecosystem functioning, one of the most controversial and high profile areas of ecological research
- The first volume to explore the economics of biodiversity and ecosystem services
- Summarizes the eagerly anticipated findings of two large and highly respected scientific networks, BioMERGE and DIVERSITAS
- Builds on the success and influence of the highly cited Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning (OUP, 2002)
- The first volume advancing the scientific foundation of the United Nation's global environmental assessment, Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, that links human well-being with the conservation of biodiversity
How will biodiversity loss affect ecosystem functioning, ecosystem services, and human well-being?
In an age of accelerating biodiversity loss, this timely and critical volume summarizes recent advances in biodiversity-ecosystem functioning research and explores the economics of biodiversity and ecosystem services. The book starts by summarizing the development of the basic science and provides a meta-analysis that quantitatively tests several biodiversity and ecosystem
functioning hypotheses. It then describes the natural science foundations of biodiversity and ecosystem functioning research including: quantifying functional diversity, the development of the field into a predictive science, the effects of stability and complexity, methods to quantify mechanisms by which diversity affects functioning, the importance of trophic structure, microbial ecology, and spatial dynamics. Finally, the book takes research on biodiversity and ecosystem functioning further than it has ever gone into the human dimension, describing the most pressing environmental challenges that face humanity and the effects of diversity on: climate change mitigation, restoration of degraded habitats, managed ecosystems, pollination, disease, and biological invasions.
However, what makes this volume truly unique are the chapters that consider the economic perspective. These include a synthesis of the economics of ecosystem services and biodiversity, and the options open to policy-makers to address the failure of markets to account for the loss of ecosystem services; an examination of the challenges of valuing ecosystem services and, hence, to understanding the human consequences of decisions that neglect these services; and an examination of the ways in which economists are currently incorporating biodiversity and ecosystem functioning research into decision models for the conservation and management of biodiversity. A final section describes new advances in ecoinformatics that will help transform this field into a globally predictive science, and
summarizes the advancements and future directions of the field. The ultimate conclusion is that biodiversity is an essential element of any strategy for sustainable development.Readership: This graduate level text is suitable for students, professional researchers, and practitioners in the fields of ecology and ecological economics.
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Edited by Shahid Naeem, Department of Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Biology, Columbia University, USA, Daniel E. Bunker, Department of Biological Sciences, New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA, Andy Hector, Institute of Environmental Sciences, University of Zurich, Michel Loreau, Department of Biology, McGill University, Canada, and Charles Perrings, ecoSERVICES Group, Arizona State University, USA Contributors:
Patricia Balvanera; E.B. Barbier; S. Baumgärtner; Thomas Bell; Emily Bernhardt; W.A. Brock; James M. Bullock; Daniel E. Bunker; Bradley J. Cardinale;
K. Chopra; John Connolly; M. Conte; C. Costello; Sandra Díaz; J. Emmett Duffy; A. Duraiappah; Mark Emmerson; Katharina Engelhardt; John Finn; D. Finnoff; Dan F.B. Flynn; Jeremy Fox; Mark O. Gessner; Jasmin A. Godbold; Andrew Gonzalez; John Griffin; Robert I. Griffiths; R. Hassan; Andy Hector; Patrick Hoehn; Louise Jackson; Stuart Jenkins; Kate E. Jones; Felicia Keesing; A.P. Kinzig; Laura Kirwan; Alexandra-Maria Klein; Claire Kremen; M. Lehmann; Michel Loreau; Jennie McLaren; Peter J. Morin; Nicolas Mouquet; Christine Müller; Shahid Naeem; Eoin O'Gorman; Richard S. Ostfeld; U. Pascual; Charles Perrings; Owen L Petchey; Andrea B. Pfisterer; S. Polasky; Anne-Helene Prieur-Richard; David Raffaelli; Todd Rosenstock; Mahesh Sankaran; Bernhard Schmid; Martin Solan; Diane S. Srivastava; Amy
Symstad; Matthew Thomas; J. Tschirhart; Marcel van der Heijden; Wim van der Putten; David A. Wardle; Alexandra Weigelt; Justin Wright; A. Xepapadeas
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"A very useful volume to anyone interested in ecosystem functionality." - Bulletin of the British Ecological Society
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Preface
Introduction, Background, and Meta-analyses
1: Shahid Naeem, Daniel E. Bunker, Andy Hector, Michel Loreau, Charles Perrings: Introduction: The Ecological and Social Implications of Changing Biodiversity: An overview of a decade of biodiversity and ecosystem functioning research
2: Bernhard Schmid, Patricia Balvanera, Bradley J. Cardinale, Jasmin Godbold, Andrea B. Pfisterer, David Raffaelli, Martin Solan, Diane S. Srivastava: Consequences of Species Loss for Ecosystem Functioning: Meta-analyses of data from biodiversity experiments
3: Martin Solan, Jasmin A. Godbold, Amy Symstad, Dan F.B. Flynn, Daniel E. Bunker: Biodiversity-ecosystem Function Research and Biodiversity Futures: Early bird catches the worm or a day late and a dollar short?
Natural Science Foundations
4: Owen L Petchey, Eoin O'Gorman, Dan F.B. Flynn: A Functional Guide to Functional Diversity Measures
5: J. Emmett Duffy, Diane S. Srivastava, Jennie McLaren, Mahesh Sankaran, Martin Solan, John Griffin, Mark Emmerson, Kate E. Jones: Forecasting Decline in Ecosystem Services Under Realistic Scenarios of Extinction
6: John Griffin, Eoin O'Gorman, Mark Emmerson, Stuart Jenkins, Alexandra-Maria Klein, Michel Loreau, Amy Symstad: Biodiversity and the Stability of Ecosystem Functioning
7: Andy Hector, Thomas Bell, John Connolly, John Finn, Jeremy Fox, Laura Kirwan, Michel Loreau, Jennie McLaren, Bernhard Schmid, Alexandra Weigelt: The Analysis of Biodiversity Experiments: From pattern toward mechanism
8: Bradley J. Cardinale, J. Emmett Duffy, Diane S. Srivastava, Michel Loreau, Matthew Thomas, Mark Emmerson: Towards a Food-web Perspective on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning
9: Thomas Bell, Mark O. Gessner, Robert I. Griffiths, Jennie McLaren, Peter J. Morin, Marcel van der Heijden, Wim van der Putten: Microbial Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning Under Controlled Conditions and in the Wild
10: Andrew Gonzalez, Nicolas Mouquet, Michel Loreau: Biodiversity as Spatial Insurance: The effects of habitat fragmentation and dispersal on ecosystem functioning
Ecosystem Services and Human Wellbeing
11: Sandra Díaz, David A. Wardle, Andy Hector: Incorporating Biodiversity in Climate Change Mitigation Initiatives
12: Justin Wright, Amy Symstad, James M. Bullock, Katharina Engelhardt, Louise Jackson, Emily Bernhardt: Restoring Biodiversity and Ecosystem Function: Will an integrated approach improve results?
13: Louise Jackson, Todd Rosenstock, Matthew Thomas, Justin Wright, Amy Symstad: Managed Ecosystems: Biodiversity and ecosystem functions in landscapes modified by human use
14: Alexandra-Maria Klein, Christine Müller, Patrick Hoehn, Claire Kremen: Understanding the Role of Species Richness for Crop Pollination Services
15: Richard S. Ostfeld, Matthew Thomas, Felicia Keesing: Biodiversity and Ecosystem Function: Perspectives on disease
16: Katharina Engelhardt, Amy Symstad, Anne-Helene Prieur-Richard, Matthew Thomas, Daniel E. Bunker: Opening Communities to Colonization: The impacts of invaders on biodiversity and ecosystem functioning
17: C. Perrings, S. Baumgärtner, W.A. Brock, K. Chopra, M. Conte, C. Costello, A. Duraiappah, A.P. Kinzig, U. Pascual, S. Polasky, J. Tschirhart, A. Xepapadeas: The Economics of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services
18: E.B. Barbier, S. Baumgärtner, K. Chopra, C. Costello, A. Duraiappah, R. Hassan, A. Kinzig, M. Lehmann, U. Pascual, S. Polasky, C. Perrings: The Valuation of Ecosystem Services
19: W.A. Brock, D. Finnoff, A.P. Kinzig, U. Pascual, C. Perrings, J. Tschirhart, A. Xepapadeas: Modeling Biodiversity And Ecosystem Services in Coupled Ecological-Economic Systems
Summary and Synthesis
20: Shahid Naeem and Daniel E. Bunker: TraitNet: Furthering biodiversity research through the curation, discovery, and sharing of species trait data
21: Shahid Naeem, Daniel E. Bunker, Andy Hector, Michel Loreau, Charles Perrings: Can We Predict the Effects of Global Change on Biodiversity Loss and Ecosystem Functioning?
References
Index
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