Plant Diversity and Its Relevance for the Provision of Ecosystem Services

2013 ◽  
pp. 93-106 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jürgen Homeier ◽  
Florian A. Werner ◽  
Julia Gawlik ◽  
Thorsten Peters ◽  
Karl-Heinz J. Diertl ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Plant Diversity

A basic assessment of residential plant diversity and its ecosystem services and disservices in Beijing, China

2015 ◽  
Vol 64 ◽  
pp. 121-131 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hua-Feng Wang ◽  
Salman Qureshi ◽  
Sonja Knapp ◽  
Cynthia Ross Friedman ◽  
Klaus Hubacek
Keyword(s):  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Plant Diversity ◽  
Beijing China

Patchy landscapes support more plant diversity and ecosystem services than wood grasslands in Mediterranean silvopastoral agroforestry systems

2020 ◽  
Vol 185 ◽  
pp. 102945
Author(s):  
Simonetta Bagella ◽  
Maria Carmela Caria ◽  
Giovanna Seddaiu ◽  
Laura Leites ◽  
Pier Paolo Roggero
Keyword(s):  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Plant Diversity ◽  
Agroforestry Systems

scholarly journals Exploring the Relationships between Key Ecological Indicators to Improve Natural Conservation Planning at Different Scales

Forests ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 32 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lu Zhang ◽  
Zhiyun Ouyang
Keyword(s):  
Species Richness ◽  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Plant Diversity ◽  
Conservation Planning ◽  
Mammalian Species ◽  
Ecological Indicators ◽  
Fine Scale ◽  
Mammal Species ◽  
Vegetation Productivity ◽  
Key Indicators

Biodiversity, regulating ecosystem services (RES), and vegetation productivity are key indicators to instruct natural conservation planning. Decision makers often hope that ecosystems can be protected by focusing on certain key indicators, which requires an understanding of the relationships between the indicators. Using individual case studies, many have argued that these indicators commonly have significant relationships. However, these relationships at different spatial scales are unclear. Therefore, in this study, biodiversity and ecosystem services are modelled by the ecological niche model, the universal soil loss equation, and the equation of water balance in two study areas at different scales. The influence of vegetation productivity on the spatial pattern of other ecological indicators in the two areas is examined by a spatial lag model. The contributions of the driving factors on biodiversity distribution at both scales are identified by a boosted regression tree (BRT) model. The results showed that at the fine scale, the spatial correlations were strongest for species richness, especially mammalian species richness, and water retention. However, biodiversity had no significant relationship with vegetation productivity. In contrast, at a coarser scale, the correlation was stronger between plant diversity and regulating ecosystem services. In addition, plant diversity was significantly correlated with vegetation productivity. These differences between scales were controlled by various explanatory variables. At the fine scale, biophysical and climatic factors had the strongest effects on biodiversity distribution, while Net Primary Productivity (NPP) and ecoregion also had relatively high influences on biodiversity at the coarse scale. This demonstrates the critical importance of spatial scale in selecting conservation indicators. We suggest that rare mammalian species richness or flagship mammal species are suitable as conservation surrogates in fine-scale conservation planning. However, at a coarser scale, selecting vegetation patches with more rare plant species and high productivity for each ecoregion is a workable alternative method for conservation planning.

Increasing plant diversity offsets the influence of coarse sand on ecosystem services in microcosms of constructed wetlands

2020 ◽  
Vol 27 (27) ◽  
pp. 34398-34411
Author(s):  
Yuanyuan Du ◽  
Bin Luo ◽  
Wenjuan Han ◽  
Yingyao Duan ◽  
Chenchen Yu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Constructed Wetlands ◽  
Plant Diversity ◽  
Coarse Sand

scholarly journals Linking Taxonomic, Phylogenetic and Functional Plant Diversity with Ecosystem Services of Cliffs and Screes in Greece

Plants ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (5) ◽  
pp. 992
Author(s):  
Maria Panitsa ◽  
Ioannis P. Kokkoris ◽  
Konstantinos Kougioumoutzis ◽  
Anna Kontopanou ◽  
Ioannis Bazos ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Plant Diversity ◽  
Natura 2000 ◽  
Area Network ◽  
Management Planning ◽  
Baseline Information ◽  
Local Endemic ◽  
Almost All ◽  
Plant Endemism ◽  
Very High

Sparsely vegetated habitats of cliffs and screes act as refugia for many regional and local endemic specialized plant taxa most of which have evolved precisely for that type of habitat. The interplay between taxonomic, phylogenetic, and functional plant diversity on rock and scree habitats of extreme environmental conditions, enlightens the relations of plant communities and ecosystems and facilitates management planning for the conservation of biodiversity and ecosystem services. The identification of biodiversity patterns and hotspots (taxonomic, phylogenetic, and functional) contributes to the integration of the ecosystem services (ES) approach for the mapping and assessment of ecosystems and their services (MAES) implementation in Greece and the creation of thematic maps based on the MAES reporting format. The overlap among the protected areas’ network revealed that almost all areas of cliffs and screes of medium, high, and very high taxonomic and phylogenetic plant endemism are included in the Natura 2000 area network. The results of this study provide the baseline information for ES assessments at sparsely vegetated land of cliffs and screes. Our results contribute to the implementation of certain indicators of the national set of MAES indicators in Greece such as (a) floristic diversity and (b) microrefugia of endemic diversity and support of decision-making.

scholarly journals Incorporating Biodiversity into Biogeochemistry Models to Improve Prediction of Ecosystem Services in Temperate Grasslands: Review and Roadmap

Agronomy ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 259 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcel Van Oijen ◽  
Zoltán Barcza ◽  
Roberto Confalonieri ◽  
Panu Korhonen ◽  
György Kröel-Dulay ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Plant Species ◽  
Plant Diversity ◽  
Abiotic Factors ◽  
Ecological Modelling ◽  
Extensive Literature ◽  
Considerable Uncertainty ◽  
Biogeochemical Models ◽  
Fodder Production ◽  
Species Dynamics

Multi-species grasslands are reservoirs of biodiversity and provide multiple ecosystem services, including fodder production and carbon sequestration. The provision of these services depends on the control exerted on the biogeochemistry and plant diversity of the system by the interplay of biotic and abiotic factors, e.g., grazing or mowing intensity. Biogeochemical models incorporate a mechanistic view of the functioning of grasslands and provide a sound basis for studying the underlying processes. However, in these models, the simulation of biogeochemical cycles is generally not coupled to simulation of plant species dynamics, which leads to considerable uncertainty about the quality of predictions. Ecological models, on the other hand, do account for biodiversity with approaches adopted from plant demography, but without linking the dynamics of plant species to the biogeochemical processes occurring at the community level, and this hampers the models’ capacity to assess resilience against abiotic stresses such as drought and nutrient limitation. While setting out the state-of-the-art developments of biogeochemical and ecological modelling, we explore and highlight the role of plant diversity in the regulation of the ecosystem processes underlying the ecosystems services provided by multi-species grasslands. An extensive literature and model survey was carried out with an emphasis on technically advanced models reconciling biogeochemistry and biodiversity, which are readily applicable to managed grasslands in temperate latitudes. We propose a roadmap of promising developments in modelling.

scholarly journals High plant diversity is needed to maintain ecosystem services

Nature ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 477 (7363) ◽  
pp. 199-202 ◽  
Author(s):  
Forest Isbell ◽  
Vincent Calcagno ◽  
Andy Hector ◽  
John Connolly ◽  
W. Stanley Harpole ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Plant Diversity

scholarly journals Exploring complementarities between modelling approaches that enable upscaling from plant community functioning to ecosystem services as a way to support agroecological transition

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Noémie Gaudio ◽  
Gaëtan Louarn ◽  
Romain Barillot ◽  
Clémentine Meunier ◽  
Rémi Vezy ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Plant Diversity ◽  
Agricultural Practices ◽  
Plant Interactions ◽  
Ecological Processes ◽  
Spatial And Temporal Scales ◽  
Temporal Prediction ◽  
Agroecological Transition ◽  
Transition Modelling ◽  
The Many

Abstract Promoting plant diversity through crop mixtures is a mainstay of the agroecological transition. Modelling this transition requires considering both plant-plant interactions and plants’ interactions with abiotic and biotic environments. Modelling crop mixtures enables designing ways to use plant diversity to provide ecosystem services, as long as they include crop management as input. A single modelling approach is not sufficient, however, and complementarities between models may be critical to consider the multiple processes and system components involved at different and relevant spatial and temporal scales. In this article, we present different modelling solutions implemented in a variety of examples to upscale models from local interactions to ecosystem services. We highlight that modelling solutions (i.e. coupling, metamodelling, inverse or hybrid modelling) are built according to modelling objectives (e.g. understand the relative contributions of primary ecological processes to crop mixtures, quantify impacts of the environment and agricultural practices, assess the resulting ecosystem services) rather than to the scales of integration. Many outcomes of multispecies agroecosystems remain to be explored, both experimentally and through the heuristic use of modelling. Combining models to address plant diversity and predict ecosystem services at different scales remains rare but is critical to support the spatial and temporal prediction of the many systems that could be designed.

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