Ecosystem Functioning: How Much System Is Needed to Explain Function?

Authors :: Hines J
Source :: Current biology : CB [Curr Biol] 2019 Oct 21; Vol. 29 (20), pp. R1072-R1074.
Publication Year :: 2019
Abstract: Biological communities are assembling, re-assembling, and changing worldwide. How will shifts in community composition alter ecosystem functioning? New research shows that earthworms alter community composition and 52% of measured functions, an important step toward understanding changes in whole ecosystem performance.<br /> (Copyright © 2019 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.)