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Sustaining Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in Soils and Sediments
Diana Wall  | Published: 11/19/2004
Publisher: Island Press
Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment (SCOPE) Series Vol. 64
275 p. 6 x 9
Tables. Figures.
Appendix. Index.
ISBN: 9781559637602
Also Available: Hardcover
| | Biographies | Quotes | Table Of Contents | Sustaining Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in Soils and Sediments brings together the world's leading ecologists, systematists, and evolutionary biologists to present scientific information that integrates soil and sediment disciplines across terrestrial, marine, and freshwater ecosystems. It offers a framework for a new discipline, one that will allow future scientists to consider the linkages of biodiversity below-surface, and how biota interact to provide the essential ecosystemservices needed for sustainable soils and sediments. Contributors consider key-questions regarding soils and sediments and the relationship between soil- and sediment- dwelling organisms and overall ecosystem functioning. The book is an important new synthesis for scientists and researchers studying a range of topics, including global sustainability, conservation biology, taxonomy, erosion, extreme systems, food production, and related fields. In addition, it provides new insight and understanding for managers, policymakers, and others concerned with global environmental sustainability and global change issues. The Author DIANA H. WALL is director of the Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory, an international ecosystem research center, and professor in the College of Natural Resources at Colorado State University in Fort Collins. Also of interest from Island Press: Conservation Biology
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BiographiesDIANA H. WALL is director of the Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory, an international ecosystem research center, and professor in the College of Natural Resources at Colorado State University in Fort Collins. The Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment (SCOPE) was established by the International Council for Science (ICSU) in 1969. It brings together natural and social scientists to identify emerging or potential environmental issues and to address jointly the nature and solution of environmental problems on a global basis.With its headquarters in Paris, France, SCOPE programs are conducted by volunteer scientists from every inhabited continent of the globe. Quotes "The question of whether biodiversity and ecosystem function are causally related has emerged rather suddenly as a highly topical issue in ecology in recent years. Sustaining Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in Soils and Sediments addresses the usually dark and often smelly recesses of the environment and provides a definitive overview of what these communities do for humans. What emerges is a clear view that we owe more to the 'astonishing diversity of life in dirt and mud' than many people imagine." --David W. Hopkins
"Nothing is more deceptive than the quiet surface of soils and sediments. The world beneath that surface defies the imagination, with millions of species at work in an astonishing variety of ways, biological, physical, and chemical. This volume marks a tremendous advance in our understanding of that world and humanity's utter dependence on it." --Gretchen C. Daily
"It is remarkable how little attention ecologists have given historically to biodiversity in sediments and soils, even though these systems are clearly of fundamental importance for life on earth and for the ecosystem services on which humanity depends. Sustaining Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in Soils and Sediments is a path-breaking book that provides a remarkable cross-disciplinary synthesis of the state of science in this field and compelling evidence for the need to better understand these systems if we are to successfully manage ecosystem services" --Walter Reid
Table Of ContentsContents
Figures and Tables
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
1. The Need for Understanding How Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning Affect Ecosystem Services in Soils and Sediments
Part I. Ecosystem Processes and the Sustainable Delivery of Goods and Services
2. The Sustainable Delivery of Goods and Services Provided by Soil Biota
3. Ecosystem Services Provided by Freshwater Benthos
4. Marine Sedimentary Biota as Providers of Ecosystem Goods and Services
Part II. Assessment of the Vulnerability of Critical Below-Surface Habitats, Functions, and Taxa5. Vulnerability to Global Change of Ecosystem Goods and Services Driven by Soil Biota
6. Vulnerability and Management of Ecological Services in Freshwater Systems
7. Vulnerability of Marine Sedimentary Ecosystem Services to Human Activities
Part III. Connections Between Soils and Sediments: Implications for Sustaining Ecosystem
8. Connecting Soil and Sediment Biodiversity: The Role of Scale and Implications for Management
9. Cascading Effects of Deforestation on Ecosystem Services Across Soils and Freshwater and Marine Sediments
10. Understanding the Functions of Biodiversity in Soils and Sediments Will Enhance Global Ecosystem Sustainability and Societal Well-Being
Contributors
SCOPE Series List
SCOPE Soil and Sediment Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning (SSBEF)
Committee Publications
SCOPE Executive Committee 2001–2004
Index
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