期刊
TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION
卷 29, 期 7, 页码 398-405出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE LONDON
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2014.05.002
关键词
biodiversity; ecosystem function; scaling; gradients; multifunctionality; sediments; marine; sediments; invertebrates
资金
- Walter and Andree de Nottbeck Foundation
- Tvarminne Zoological Station
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
- Canadian Healthy Oceans Network (CHONe)
- Royal Society of New Zealand Marsden Fund [NIW1102]
- BONUS, joint Baltic Sea research and development programme [185]
- EU
- Academy of Finland
The effective application of biodiversity-ecosystem function (BEF) research to societal needs amid the Anthropocene represents the next grand challenge for ecology. Biodiversity knowledge that is most meaningful to society must reconcile insights derived from theory with detailed experiments and broad-scale trends. This perspective requires science that addresses high species richness, redundancy, and natural variability, which simplified 'model systems' cannot mimic. Here, we illustrate solutions of biodiversity knowledge to management and societal problems that combine BEF with scaling experiments, analysis of BEF along environmental gradients, and mapping technologies. We primarily draw examples from biophysical interactions in seafloor environments, which cover 70% of the Earth and add significantly to global ecosystem functions and services.
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