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Disentangling Ecosystem Functions : Our Imagination is the Limit [Methods in Ecology and Evolution Blog]

par Frédéric Magné - publié le

Studies of ecosystem function are studies of action : of insects pollinating flowers, of predators killing pests – and in our case (well, more often than not) of beetles disposing of dung. To isolate the effects of the critters that we think will matter, we need to selectively include or exclude them. If we think a particular species or species group is responsible for a certain function, then we test this by keeping it in or out of enclosures. If we want to look at effects of species diversity, then we create communities of different species richness.

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