Dear Ecolog:
My first post here, I was just following this conversation of the definition of
ecosystem function.
From what I've read, many here think the ecosystem function inherently has some
benefit to the ecosystem, and that the ecosystem can be either in a functional
and desirable state or
Subject: Re: [ECOLOG-L] Ecosystem Function Re: [ECOLOG-L] Visualizing
functional diversity
Hi Wayne,
The way to understand ecosystem function is to first clarify the
question. Put in a different way the question is: What do ecosystems
actually do? As organisms are required to answer
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This has been an interesting conversation. Ecological functions entail
putative benefits to some population or individual. It doesn't have to be
a human population
want to know what ecosystem function is. Just a simple
definition, no more, no less.
WT
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This has been
, no less.
WT
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This has been an interesting conversation. Ecological functions entail
,
Antoine
Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2012 22:30:44 -0500
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functional diversity
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Wayne, I thought we went through that, a bit back. Ecosystem function is
what
This has been an interesting conversation. Ecological functions entail
putative benefits to some population or individual. It doesn't have to be
a human population, so it doesn't have to be anthropocentric, but that is
the second most common centrism. Biocentrism and ecocentrism are generally
Ecolog:
I still want to know what ecosystem function is. Just a simple definition,
no more, no less.
WT
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Hello all,
Here is the way I understand the meaning of 'functional diversity'. No
endless statistics or fuzzy math required to muddy the explanation even
more. The essential question is: what do organisms (individually and
collectively
at the SERCAL
annual meeting.
WT
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Dear Wayne,
In my point of viewn, ecosystem functions
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Dear Wayne,
In my point of viewn, ecosystem functions directly refer to how energy
flows are shaped through ecosystem and how
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Dear Wayne,
In my point of viewn, ecosystem functions directly refer to how
energy
flows are shaped through ecosystem and how they allow ecosystem to
maintain by themselves (without human
.
WT
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Dear Wayne,
In my point of viewn, ecosystem functions directly refer to how energy
flows
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From: Nicolas PERU nicolas.p...@univ-lyon1.fr
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Dear Wayne,
In my point of viewn, ecosystem functions directly refer to how energy
flows are shaped through ecosystem
AM
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Dear Wayne,
In my point of viewn, ecosystem functions directly refer to how energy
flows are shaped through ecosystem and how they allow ecosystem to
maintain by themselves (without human intervention this time). So, when we
measure
:25 AM
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Hi Wayne,
You can best visualize ecosystem functions in a paper written 10 years
ago by De Groot and others,
(Ref: de Groot, R.S., Wilson, M.A., Boumans, R.M.J., 2002. A typology
for the classification, description
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Hi
No (sorry Wayne I was not clear) my response was not to the 'Please describe
function in ecosystems.question,' but about the 'but I have done
Hi,
I wanted to thank everyone for their responses and recommendations. Some of
them were quite helpful and have got me thinking in new ways.
With respect to the use of the Rao index, I didn't express my question very
well. What I was really trying to discern was whether it was appropriate to
Nicolas,
Why would you restrict your interest to the flow of energy, and not
include the flow of material, such as a nutrient like fixed nitrogen, or
potassium?
Martin M. Meiss
2012/9/27 Katharine Miller kmill...@alaska.edu
Hi,
I wanted to thank everyone for their responses and
Finally, people are talking on my simplistic level, and I hope I can respond in
a meaningful way. I say these things with the definite understanding that they
may mark me as just an old, irrelevant fart in today's exciting world.
It seems to me that ecosystems do two things, and that both are
Martin,
You're perfectly right, this is was an oversight from my part and David
gave a more general definition of my point of view (including flow of
material).
Now, if I go back on Katharine question, this is important to understand
that traits are just a kind of proxy to evaluate
of functional dissimilarity between
estuaries?
Ling
Ling Huang
Sacramento City College
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to wander off the
central, very basic question now.
WT
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From: Juan Alvez
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Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2012 10:25 AM
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Hi Wayne,
You can best
Hello,
I have used Rao's quadratic entropy to evaluate functional diversity between
a number of estuaries for which I also have a GIS database. I would like to
be able to visualize which sites are more functionally similar across the
region to evaluate patterns in dispersal, etc.
I know it is
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