Environmental policy and management are increasingly based on ecosystem services, which in turn depend on ecosystem functioning. Cost effective and widely applicable indicators of ecosystem functioning and services therefore need to be developed and adopted. Changes in biodiversity are known to be linked to changes in functioning and functional trait-based approaches such as Biological Traits Analysis (BTA) are regarded as being potentially suitable as a basis for indicators of ecosystem functioning and services. However, although BTA has been shown to indicate changes in predicted functional capacity associated with particular human activities and pressures, links between changes in trait profiles and changes in functioning have not yet been demonstrated empirically.
Biological Traits Analysis as an indicator of ecosystem functioning based on biodiversity data
MARCHINI, AGNESE;
2014-01-01
Abstract
Environmental policy and management are increasingly based on ecosystem services, which in turn depend on ecosystem functioning. Cost effective and widely applicable indicators of ecosystem functioning and services therefore need to be developed and adopted. Changes in biodiversity are known to be linked to changes in functioning and functional trait-based approaches such as Biological Traits Analysis (BTA) are regarded as being potentially suitable as a basis for indicators of ecosystem functioning and services. However, although BTA has been shown to indicate changes in predicted functional capacity associated with particular human activities and pressures, links between changes in trait profiles and changes in functioning have not yet been demonstrated empirically.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
