articleEcology and EvolutionJul 30, 2013GOLD OA

Functional traits, the phylogeny of function, and ecosystem service vulnerability

SDSandra Dı́azAPAndy PurvisJHJohannes H. C. CornelissenGMGeorgina M. MaceMJMichael J. Donoghue

Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas · Universidad Nacional de Córdoba · +6 more institutions

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Abstract

People depend on benefits provided by ecological systems. Understanding how these ecosystem services - and the ecosystem properties underpinning them - respond to drivers of change is therefore an urgent priority. We address this challenge through developing a novel risk-assessment framework that integrates ecological and evolutionary perspectives on functional traits to determine species' effects on ecosystems and their tolerance of environmental changes. We define Specific Effect Function (SEF) as the per-gram or per capita capacity of a species to affect an ecosystem property, and Specific Response Function (SRF) as the ability of a species to maintain or enhance its population as the environment changes.…

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  • Ecosystem services
  • Ecosystem
  • Functional ecology
  • Vulnerability (computing)
  • Biology
  • Ecology
  • Function (biology)
  • Environmental resource management
UN Sustainable Development Goals
  • Life in Land
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