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...