A (wide accepted) view is that, when we try to address on the biodiversity-ecosystem function relationships, the multifunctionality index should be calculated by a set of activity indicators, rather than static measures. Is it constant for various kinds of ecosystems or for different trophic levels of organisms? Or this is just a blind simplification.
Multifunctionality at what scale? - CyberLeninka
https://cyberleninka.org › article
by JSPH Verburg
Abhijit Mitra Thanks! Frankly, I'm not sure at which level of scales to consider this question is more suitable. Maybe, it depends on how complex the target researching system you are facing. For instance, if I focus on the kind of dryland or even desert ecosystem, regardless of local, regional, or global scales, I think some static indicators depicting soil fertility could be more important than some indoor measures of their abilities on metabolizing. In this case, activity measures is more like a potential under feasible conditions, rather than the real ability that the dryland ecosystem can support (water holding, high plant germinate, et al). However, for the other side, in a system of wastewater treatment plants, the ability about organic matter decomposition deserves more lights.
- Badges
- Science method
- Similar topics
- Biological Science
- Ecology