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Ecosystem
About: Ecosystem is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 25460 publications have been published within this topic receiving 1291375 citations. The topic is also known as: ecological system & Ecosystem.
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TL;DR: A review of recent ecological work on aquatic populations, communities, and ecosystems is reviewed in this article, where advances which show promise as early indicators of anthropogenic stress in aquatic ecosystems are discussed.
Abstract: Recent ecological work on aquatic populations, communities, and ecosystems is reviewed for advances which show promise as early indicators of anthropogenic stress in aquatic ecosystems. Work at the...
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TL;DR: Two alternative hypotheses to explain the success of exotic species in urban bushland on low fertility sandstone-derived soils in Sydney, Australia were assessed, finding that different plant attributes contribute to exotic species success under different disturbance types.
579 citations
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25 Sep 2010
TL;DR: In this paper, Biotic interactions in Soil as drivers of Ecosystem Properties are discussed and the importance of aboveground and belowground consumers is discussed, as well as the consequences of species losses and gains.
Abstract: Preface 1. Introduction 2. Biotic Interactions in Soil as Drivers of Ecosystem Properties 3. Plant Community Influences on the Soil Community and Plant-Soil Feedbacks 4. Ecosystem Level Significance of Aboveground Consumers 5. Aboveground and Belowground Consequences of Species Losses and Gains 6. Underlying Themes and Ways Forward References Index
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors found a significant relationship between island area and plant species composition, which was found to be a major factor in determining several ecosystem-level properties of these islands, including standing biomass, plant litter decomposition, nitrogen mineralization, terrestrial carbon partitioning, humus accumulation, and plant nitrogen acquisition.
Abstract: Island area is frequently a major determinant of the species composition of biological communities; community structure, in turn, often has important effects on ecosystem-level properties. Fifty islands of varying area were selected in an archipelago in the northern Swedish boreal forest zone, in which larger islands burn more frequently than smaller ones through wildfire arising from lightning strike, thus inducing a significant relationship between island area and plant species composition. This relationship was found to be a major factor in determining several ecosystem-level properties of these islands, including standing biomass, plant litter decomposition, nitrogen mineralization, terrestrial carbon partitioning, humus accumulation, and plant nitrogen acquisition.
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