Microbial biodiversity and ecosystem functioning under controlled conditions and in the wild: Biodiversity, Ecosystem Functioning, and Human Wellbeing: An Ecological and Economic Perspective
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Biodiversity, Ecosystem Functioning, and Human Wellbeing: An Ecological and Economic . Oxford University Press USA, 2009. t. 121-133.
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T1 - Microbial biodiversity and ecosystem functioning under controlled conditions and in the wild
T2 - Biodiversity, Ecosystem Functioning, and Human Wellbeing: An Ecological and Economic Perspective
AU - Bell, Thomas
AU - Gessner, Mark O.
AU - Griffiths, Robert I.
AU - McLaren, Jennie R.
AU - Morin, Peter J.
AU - van der Heijden, Marcel
AU - van der Putten, Wim H.
A2 - Naeem, Shahid
A2 - Bunker, Daniel E.
A2 - Hector, Andy
A2 - Loreau, Michel
A2 - Perrings, Charles
PY - 2009/7
Y1 - 2009/7
N2 - Primary production and decomposition by microbial communities underpins the functioning of terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. Microbial communities also provide economically important services such as degradation of pollutants; direct effects on primary productivity; and indirect effects of predation, phytophagy, or resource competition. This chapter's review recent experiments with constructed communities of microbes under controlled conditions. Our review reveals that, although there are many exceptions, most studies have demonstrated a positive relationship between microbial diversity and ecosystem functioning. However, studies of natural communities have reported a variety of relationships between microbial diversity and functioning, and no consistent evidence for a significant relationship has emerged. Regarding these inconsistencies, This chapter discusses the possibility that microcosm and field studies are investigating different parts of the same underlying relationship, and also the possibility that bias in microbe culturability or error in field measurements of biodiversity make comparisons difficult.
AB - Primary production and decomposition by microbial communities underpins the functioning of terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. Microbial communities also provide economically important services such as degradation of pollutants; direct effects on primary productivity; and indirect effects of predation, phytophagy, or resource competition. This chapter's review recent experiments with constructed communities of microbes under controlled conditions. Our review reveals that, although there are many exceptions, most studies have demonstrated a positive relationship between microbial diversity and ecosystem functioning. However, studies of natural communities have reported a variety of relationships between microbial diversity and functioning, and no consistent evidence for a significant relationship has emerged. Regarding these inconsistencies, This chapter discusses the possibility that microcosm and field studies are investigating different parts of the same underlying relationship, and also the possibility that bias in microbe culturability or error in field measurements of biodiversity make comparisons difficult.
U2 - 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199547951.003.0009
DO - 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199547951.003.0009
M3 - Chapter
SN - 9780199547951
SP - 121
EP - 133
BT - Biodiversity, Ecosystem Functioning, and Human Wellbeing: An Ecological and Economic
PB - Oxford University Press USA
ER -