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

• Published in: Journal 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
• Language: English
• 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

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...