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Redefining ecosystem multifunctionality.

  • Manning P Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung, Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre, 60325, Frankfurt, Germany. peter.manning@senckenberg.de.
  • van der Plas F Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung, Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre, 60325, Frankfurt, Germany.
  • Soliveres S Institute of Plant Sciences, University of Bern, Altenbergrain 21, 3013, Bern, Switzerland.
  • Allan E Institute of Plant Sciences, University of Bern, Altenbergrain 21, 3013, Bern, Switzerland.
  • Maestre FT Departamento de Biología, Geología, Física y Química Inorgánica, Escuela Superior de Ciencias Experimentales y Tecnología, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Móstoles, 28933, Spain.
  • Mace G Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment, University College London, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT, UK.
  • Whittingham MJ Biology, School of Natural and Environmental Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, NE1 7RU, UK.
  • Fischer M Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung, Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre, 60325, Frankfurt, Germany.
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  • 2018-02-18
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  • Nature ecology & evolution. - 2018
Biodiversity
Conservation of Natural Resources
Ecology
Ecosystem
English Recent years have seen a surge of interest in ecosystem multifunctionality, a concept that has developed in the largely separate fields of biodiversity-ecosystem function and land management research. Here we discuss the merit of the multifunctionality concept, the advances it has delivered, the challenges it faces and solutions to these challenges. This involves the redefinition of multifunctionality as a property that exists at two levels: ecosystem function multifunctionality and ecosystem service multifunctionality. The framework presented provides a road map for the development of multifunctionality measures that are robust, quantifiable and relevant to both fundamental ecological science and ecosystem management.
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