Farwig, N.; Bendix, J. & Beck, E. (2017): <b>Introduction to the Special Issue “Functional monitoring in megadiverse tropical ecosystems”</b>. <i>Ecological Indicators</i> <b>83</b>, 524–526.
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Title:
Introduction to the Special Issue “Functional monitoring in megadiverse tropical ecosystems”
FOR816dw ID:
296
Publication Date:
2017-12-01
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Resource Owner(s):
Individual:
Nina Farwig
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webmaster <at> lcrs.de
Individual:
Jörg Bendix
Contact:
email:
bendix <at> staff.uni-marburg.de
Deutschhausstraße 12
Room No. 02 A 48
35032 Marburg
Faculty of Geography
Germany
Individual:
Erwin Beck
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Abstract:
Land-use and climate change are major threats to biodiversity and ecosystem functions. Most of the<br/>
current biodiversity monitoring systems are based on periodic records of the populations of a set of<br/>
threatened or popular ‘?agship’ indicator species. In contrast to the abundance-based monitoring of<br/>
species, also speci?c indicators of processes and functional interactions in an ecosystem may become<br/>
targets of a more functional monitoring which can unveil early responses of an ecosystem to environmental changes at different spatial and temporal scales. The contributions of this Special Issue present<br/>
such functional indicators for assessing and predicting responses to environmental changes of ecosystem<br/>
functions in a hotspot of tropical biodiversity.
Keywords:
| South Ecuador | Functioanl Monitoring |
Literature type specific fields:
ARTICLE
Journal:
Ecological Indicators
Volume:
83
Page Range:
524–526
Metadata Provider:
Individual:
Jörg Bendix
Contact:
email:
bendix <at> staff.uni-marburg.de
Deutschhausstraße 12
Room No. 02 A 48
35032 Marburg
Faculty of Geography
Germany
