Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning in Naturally and Experimentally Assembled Communities

• Other Authors: Puppe, Daniel (Editor), Dimitrakopoulos, Panayiotis (Editor), Lu, Baorong (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2023
• Subjects: Technology: general issues; Biotechnology; scaling exponent; cereal-legume; weed competition; species mixtures; nutrient accumulation; plant-plant interaction; anthropogenic disturbances; aquatic insect; environmental gradients; heavy metals; industrial pollution; wastewater treatment plant; plant diversity loss; soil multifunctionality; fungal diversity; saprotrophic fungi; rare microbial taxa; autotroph-herbivore interactions; feeding behaviour; macroalgae; marine herbivores; nutrient acquisition; microbial diversity; microbial community composition; 16s rRNA gene; rice-fish co-culture; rice monoculture; Erxianyan peatland; Sphagnum palustre; core microbiome; function prediction; snub-nosed monkey; village development; habitat quality; InVEST model; conservation policies; species conservation; biofilm; diatoms; rivers; Greece; model simulations; Ailuropoda melanoleuca; Niba Mountain corridor; suitable habitat; habitat selection; principal component analysis; biodiversity; climate; theory; metal; determinism; randomness; biogeography; bioclimatology; paddy field; soil organic carbon; soil total nitrogen; fire; functional traits; saline flat regions; halophytes; biomass allocation; desalination; Tulipa spp.; elemental variability; plant nutrients; phytogeographical units; edaphic variations; arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi; agroecosystem; genetic diversification; indica-japonica rice; molecular fingerprint; natural hybridization; Oryza sativa; big data mining; carbonic anhydrase; extreme ecosystems; horizontal gene transfer; hydrothermal vents; mobile genetic elements; thermophilic microbiome; n/a
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This reprint presents two reviews and thirteen research articles dealing with a broad range of biodiversity and ecosystem functioning (BEF) relationships. Each article provides in-depth discussion of the various aspects of BEF relationships in naturally and experimentally assembled communities. This reprint will help to substantially deepen our understanding of BEF interactions and elaborate biodiversity conservation in a changing world. Thus, this publication is not only of interest to scientists in the field, but also for students, university teachers, policymakers, and those who are interested in BEF in general.