… The mechanisms underpinning forest biodiversity-ecosystem function relationships remain
unresolved. Yet, in heterogeneous forests, ecosystem function of different strata could be …

… the study of the ecosystem and focused instead on the processes or parts of ecosystems, …
understand the parts before one could understand the whole. Even the Nsf ecosystem studies …

… Coral reefs contribute little in a net sense to global ecosystem pro… of ecosystem processes
incorporate the unusual whole-part relationship of … Indices of ecosystem function like E and P …

… overyielding in other ecosystem processes. (4) Measuring the contribution to ecosystem
functioning of individual species, rather than just total ecosystem functioning of a polyculture, is …

… we have learned that ecosystems are more than the sums of their parts and that they have
emergent properties such as ecosystem stability and ecosystem diversity (Odum 1989; Galley …

… to ecosystem compartment models. Total system throughflow (TST) is defined as the sum of
all … This is an energy flow model of part of a marine ecosystem. Compartment I is the shrimp …

In this chapter we are concerned with the significance of biodiversity in the functioning of a
particular type of ecosystem. In the broadest sense all the concepts and principles covered in …

… is a potentially problematic concept, in part because the word function carries the unfortunate
… In sum, theory suggests that when local diversity is constrained by immigration from the …

… or function of biodiversity, the analysis of ecosystem functioning… “functioning” is meant as a
purely descriptive term (the sum … nature as such nor is the ecosystem a natural end to its parts. …

… or microbial roles in ecosystem function. The current approaches, … ecosystem processes
in situ. Establishing such connections will enhance the predictive power regarding ecosystem …