A novel framework for linking functional diversity of plants with other trophic levels for the quantification of ecosystem services

A novel conceptual framework is presented that proposes to apply trait-based approaches to predicting the impact of environmental change on ecosystem service delivery by multi-trophic systems. Development of the framework was based on an extension of the response—effect trait approach to capture fun...

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Published inJournal of vegetation science Vol. 24; no. 5; pp. 942 - 948
Main Authors Lavorel, Sandra, Storkey, Jonathan, Bardgett, Richard D., de Bello, Francesco, Berg, Matty P., Le Roux, Xavier, Moretti, Marco, Mulder, Christian, Pakeman, Robin J., Díaz, Sandra, Harrington, Richard
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.09.2013
Wiley
Subjects
Animal ecology
Applied ecology
Biotic control
Biotic interactions
Data processing
Ecosystem functioning
Ecosystem services
Ecosystems
Environmental change
Field margins
Functional trait
Grassland
Landscape ecology
Life Sciences
Plant ecology
Plant-soil interactions
Plants
Pollination
Soil nitrogen
Trophic levels
Vegetation
Grassland
Plant-soil interactions
Field margins
Functional trait
Biotic control
Environmental change
Ecosystem functioning
Biotic interactions
Soil nitrogen
Pollination
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Summary:A novel conceptual framework is presented that proposes to apply trait-based approaches to predicting the impact of environmental change on ecosystem service delivery by multi-trophic systems. Development of the framework was based on an extension of the response—effect trait approach to capture functional relationships that drive trophic interactions. The framework was populated with worked examples to demonstrate its flexibility and value for linking disparate data sources, identifying knowledge gaps and generating hypotheses for quantitative models.
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Appendix S1. Formalizing available knowledge into the framework. Figure S1. Framework implementation for analysing the effects of changes in the intensity of grassland management through grazing and its influence on soil N provision via N transformations. Figure S2. Using trait linkages to assess the impact of field margin management on multiple ecosystem services.
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ISSN:1100-9233
1654-1103
DOI:10.1111/jvs.12083