A systematic review of ecological attributes that confer resilience to climate change in environmental restoration

BL Timpane-Padgham, T Beechie, T Klinger - PLoS One, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Ecological restoration is widely practiced as a means of rehabilitating ecosystems and
habitats that have been degraded or impaired through human use or other causes …

Real world biodiversity–ecosystem functioning: a seafloor perspective

PVR Snelgrove, SF Thrush, DH Wall… - Trends in ecology & …, 2014 - cell.com
The effective application of biodiversity–ecosystem function (BEF) research to societal
needs amid the Anthropocene represents the next grand challenge for ecology. Biodiversity …

Size matters: implications of the loss of large individuals for ecosystem function

A Norkko, A Villnäs, J Norkko, S Valanko, C Pilditch - Scientific reports, 2013 - nature.com
Size is a fundamental organismal trait and an important driver of ecosystem functions.
Although large individuals may dominate some functions and provide important habitat …

The maturation of ecosystem services: Social and policy research expands, but whither biophysically informed valuation?

KMA Chan, T Satterfield - People and Nature, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The concept of ecosystem services (ES) has risen to prominence based on its promise to
vastly improve environmental decision‐making and to represent nature's many benefits to …

Hypoxia in the Baltic Sea: biogeochemical cycles, benthic fauna, and management

J Carstensen, DJ Conley, E Bonsdorff, BG Gustafsson… - Ambio, 2014 - Springer
Hypoxia has occurred intermittently over the Holocene in the Baltic Sea, but the recent
expansion from less than 10 000 km 2 before 1950 to> 60 000 km 2 since 2000 is mainly …

The role of recurrent disturbances for ecosystem multifunctionality

A Villnäs, J Norkko, S Hietanen, AB Josefson… - Ecology, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Ecosystem functioning is threatened by an increasing number of anthropogenic stressors,
creating a legacy of disturbance that undermines ecosystem resilience. However, few …

Recreational land use contributes to the loss of marine biodiversity

EA Virtanen, N Kallio, M Nurmi, S Jernberg… - People and …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Coastal areas are at the centre of human–nature relationship, shaped by recreation, tourism
and aesthetic values. However, socioeconomic drivers of biodiversity change in coastal …

Tipping points, thresholds and the keystone role of physiology in marine climate change research

CJ Monaco, B Helmuth - Advances in marine biology, 2011 - Elsevier
The ongoing and future effects of global climate change on natural and human-managed
ecosystems have led to a renewed interest in the concept of ecological thresholds or tipping …

When small changes matter: the role of cross‐scale interactions between habitat and ecological connectivity in recovery

SF Thrush, JE Hewitt, AM Lohrer… - Ecological …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Interaction between the diversity of local communities and the degree of connectivity
between them has the potential to influence local recovery rates and thus profoundly affect …

The nature and ecological significance of epifaunal communities within marine ecosystems

YY Chen, GJ Edgar, RJ Fox - Oceanography and Marine Biology, 2021 - taylorfrancis.com
As the rate of global change increases, the structure and functioning of marine ecosystems,
including the food webs that underpin them, will radically alter. Forecasting the …