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Título del libro: Encyclopedia Of Biodiversity: Second Edition
Título del capítulo: Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services

Autores UNAM:
PATRICIA BALVANERA LEVY;
Autores externos:

Idioma:
Inglés
Año de publicación:
2013
Palabras clave:

Ecosystem process; Ecosystem service; Ecosystem service provider; Experimental manipulations; Food; Functional diversity; Human health; Human well-being; Meta-analysis; Observational studies; Pollination; Spatial scale; Species composition; Species richness


Resumen:

Biodiversity is tightly linked to ecosystem services and thus to the human well-being in complex ways. The roles played by biodiversity in key ecosystem services such as agricultural food production, regulation of soil productive potential, crop pollination, and human disease regulation have been intensively studied and show very different patterns and mechanisms. Experimental manipulations of biodiversity at local spatial scales, observational studies at landscape scales, and the development of spatially explicit models at regional to global scales have also contributed to test hypotheses, develop models, and inform management of the role played by biodiversity in ecosystem service delivery. © 2013 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.


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