Divergent biodiversity change within ecosystems

Ice Ecosystems and Biodiversity

Biodiversity and ecosystems

Biologists devised the word biodiversity to allow us to talk about the totality of life on Earth, encompassing everything from the level of DNA and genes, through to individuals, species, and whole ecosystems. Reducing global biodiversity loss in the face of unprecedented population extirpation and species extinction has become a fundamental goal for conservation, and the subject of an array of...

A Synthesis of the Biodiversity/Resilience/ Stability Relationship in Forest Ecosystems FOREST RESILIENCE, BIODIVERSITY, AND CLIMATE CHANGE A Synthesis of the Biodiversity/Resilience/Stability Relationship in Forest Ecosystems

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Crab biodiversity under different management schemes of mangrove ecosystems

Reforestation is one of the Philippines’ government efforts to restore and rehabilitate degraded mangrove ecosystems. Although there is recovery of the ecosystem in terms of vegetation, the recovery of closely-linked faunal species in terms of community structure is still understudied. This research investigates the community structure of mangrove crabs under two different management schemes: p...

Biodiversity and Functionality of Aquatic Ecosystems

1. Why research on aquatic systems has lagged behind 2. The nature of aquatic habitats 2.1. Fresh water ecosystems 2.2. Marine ecosystems 2.3. Transitional waters 3. Species-specific functional roles 4. Species-combined functionality: Functional groups 5. The problem of functional plasticity 6. Direct and indirect measure of functionality 7. Threats to biodiversity and ecosystem function 8. Fut...