The Biodiversity-Ecosystem Function Debate in Ecology

摘要: Publisher Summary This chapter begins with a historical review of shifts in the debate over diversity and stability, emphasizing how definition stability affected course debate, one can wound up present emphasis on measures ecosystem function groups organisms occupying certain roles ecosystem, rather than populations species their variation. Another theme is tension between ecological policy making pure science ecology. has led some ecologists to claim that others (and even an association newsletter) are spinning evidence for diversity-stability links support political policies environment. Further, explores connection work functions teleological ideas generally associated holistic, Clementsian views plant ecology presents brief about biology, identifying tendency holists appeal broader way reductionists. Finally, it emphasizes intimate challenges making. These lead strong human-centered, utilitarian notion “ecosystem function,” exemplified by services value human beings economies).