Biodiversity, ecosystem functioning and spatio-temporal scales

Abstract

Abstract: The relationship between biodiversity and ecosystem functioning has emerged as a central issue in ecology. A number of researchers have shown that diversity has an important influence on ecosystem functioning, including productivity, decomposition, nutrient cycling, and stability. A review of a great deal of scientific literature on relationship patterns, mechanisms, ongoing debate between initial components of biodiversity-species diversity, on two ecosystem functioning-productivity and invasibility, and on the effects of spatio-temporal scales is summarized. Through basic theoretical synthesizing, the relationship between diversity and productivity, invasibility, along with the mechanisms controlling them were elucidated. This review will provide a valuable reference source for research and will promote biodiversity research in China.

CLC Number:

S181
Q948.1

JIANG Xiao-lei, YUE Jing, ZHANG Wei-guo, LIU Bin. Biodiversity, ecosystem functioning and spatio-temporal scales[J]. Acta Prataculturae Sinica, 2010, 19(1): 219-225.

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