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Basic and Applied Ecology, Mar 1, 2022
Environmental science and engineering, 2010
Invasive Plant Science and Management, Dec 1, 2010
Ecological Indicators, Dec 1, 2017
Springer eBooks, 2013
The synopsis summarises results of the previous chapters against the background of published lite... more The synopsis summarises results of the previous chapters against the background of published literature. It compares ecosystem stability and services of the natural ecosystem “tropical mountain forest” with its anthropogenic substitution systems: pastures, abandoned pastures and reforestation plantations. Examining the effects of different land use measures on ecosystem services, it confronts the ecology of a hotspot of biological diversity in the humid tropical Andes with economic benefits for the rural population of the region. It discusses consequences of potential climate changes and, based on the available knowledge of the ecosystems recommends a sustainable land use portfolio which can have model character for similar regions in Ecuador and beyond.
Plant Physiology, Apr 1, 1984
Biochemical Journal, May 1, 1998
Landscape Online, Jun 16, 2009
Plant Science, Nov 1, 2004
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Nov 21, 1995
BAG. Journal of basic and applied genetics, Jun 1, 2015
AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts, Dec 1, 2019
Scientific Reports, 2021
Biodiversity and ecosystem functions are highly threatened by global change. It has been proposed... more Biodiversity and ecosystem functions are highly threatened by global change. It has been proposed that geodiversity can be used as an easy-to-measure surrogate of biodiversity to guide conservation management. However, so far, there is mixed evidence to what extent geodiversity can predict biodiversity and ecosystem functions at the regional scale relevant for conservation planning. Here, we analyse how geodiversity computed as a compound index is suited to predict the diversity of four taxa and associated ecosystem functions in a tropical mountain hotspot of biodiversity and compare the results with the predictive power of environmental conditions and resources (climate, habitat, soil). We show that combinations of these environmental variables better explain species diversity and ecosystem functions than a geodiversity index and identified climate variables as more important predictors than habitat and soil variables, although the best predictors differ between taxa and functions....
Oecologia, 2021
Tropical mountain ecosystems are threatened by climate and land-use changes. Their diversity and ... more Tropical mountain ecosystems are threatened by climate and land-use changes. Their diversity and complexity make projections how they respond to environmental changes challenging. A suitable way are trait-based approaches, by distinguishing between response traits that determine the resistance of species to environmental changes and effect traits that are relevant for species' interactions, biotic processes, and ecosystem functions. The combination of those approaches with land surface models (LSM) linking the functional community composition to ecosystem functions provides new ways to project the response of ecosystems to environmental changes. With the interdisciplinary project RESPECT, we propose a research framework that uses a trait-based response-effect-framework (REF) to quantify relationships between abiotic conditions, the diversity of functional traits in communities, and associated biotic processes, informing a biodiversity-LSM. We apply the framework to a megadiverse...
Remote Sensing of Environment, 2017
Basic and Applied Ecology, Mar 1, 2022
Environmental science and engineering, 2010
Invasive Plant Science and Management, Dec 1, 2010
Ecological Indicators, Dec 1, 2017
Springer eBooks, 2013
The synopsis summarises results of the previous chapters against the background of published lite... more The synopsis summarises results of the previous chapters against the background of published literature. It compares ecosystem stability and services of the natural ecosystem “tropical mountain forest” with its anthropogenic substitution systems: pastures, abandoned pastures and reforestation plantations. Examining the effects of different land use measures on ecosystem services, it confronts the ecology of a hotspot of biological diversity in the humid tropical Andes with economic benefits for the rural population of the region. It discusses consequences of potential climate changes and, based on the available knowledge of the ecosystems recommends a sustainable land use portfolio which can have model character for similar regions in Ecuador and beyond.
Plant Physiology, Apr 1, 1984
Biochemical Journal, May 1, 1998
Landscape Online, Jun 16, 2009
Plant Science, Nov 1, 2004
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Nov 21, 1995
BAG. Journal of basic and applied genetics, Jun 1, 2015
AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts, Dec 1, 2019
Scientific Reports, 2021
Biodiversity and ecosystem functions are highly threatened by global change. It has been proposed... more Biodiversity and ecosystem functions are highly threatened by global change. It has been proposed that geodiversity can be used as an easy-to-measure surrogate of biodiversity to guide conservation management. However, so far, there is mixed evidence to what extent geodiversity can predict biodiversity and ecosystem functions at the regional scale relevant for conservation planning. Here, we analyse how geodiversity computed as a compound index is suited to predict the diversity of four taxa and associated ecosystem functions in a tropical mountain hotspot of biodiversity and compare the results with the predictive power of environmental conditions and resources (climate, habitat, soil). We show that combinations of these environmental variables better explain species diversity and ecosystem functions than a geodiversity index and identified climate variables as more important predictors than habitat and soil variables, although the best predictors differ between taxa and functions....
Oecologia, 2021
Tropical mountain ecosystems are threatened by climate and land-use changes. Their diversity and ... more Tropical mountain ecosystems are threatened by climate and land-use changes. Their diversity and complexity make projections how they respond to environmental changes challenging. A suitable way are trait-based approaches, by distinguishing between response traits that determine the resistance of species to environmental changes and effect traits that are relevant for species' interactions, biotic processes, and ecosystem functions. The combination of those approaches with land surface models (LSM) linking the functional community composition to ecosystem functions provides new ways to project the response of ecosystems to environmental changes. With the interdisciplinary project RESPECT, we propose a research framework that uses a trait-based response-effect-framework (REF) to quantify relationships between abiotic conditions, the diversity of functional traits in communities, and associated biotic processes, informing a biodiversity-LSM. We apply the framework to a megadiverse...
Remote Sensing of Environment, 2017