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100 1  Jax, Kurt,|d1958-|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/
       n2003101783 
245 10 Ecosystem functioning /|cKurt Jax. 
264  1 Cambridge ;|aNew York :|bCambridge University Press,
       |c2010. 
300    1 online resource (xiv, 272 pages) :|billustrations, maps.
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490 1  Ecology, biodiversity and conservation 
504    Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0  Introduction -- Setting the scene : the context of 
       investigating ecosystem functioning -- What do we need for
       a functioning ecosystem? The debate on biodiversity and 
       ecosystem functioning -- Becoming general : what is 
       ecosystem functioning? -- Ecosystem functioning : science 
       meets society -- Assessing ecosystem functioning : some 
       existing approaches -- Putting ecosystem functioning 
       concepts into practice : a classification and some 
       guidelines. 
520    "In the face of decreasing biodiversity and ongoing global
       changes, maintaining ecosystem functioning is seen both as
       a means to preserve biological diversity as well as for 
       safeguarding human well-being by securing the services 
       ecosystems provide. The concept today is prominent in many
       fields of ecology and conservation biology, such as 
       biodiversity research, ecosystem management, or 
       restoration ecology. Although the idea of ecosystem 
       functioning is important, the concept itself remains 
       rather vague and elusive. This book provides a novel 
       analysis and integrated synthesis of different approaches 
       to conceptualising and assessing ecosystem functioning. It
       links the natural sciences with methodologies from 
       philosophy and the social sciences, and introduces a new 
       methodology for a clearer and more efficient application 
       of ecosystem functioning concepts in practice. Special 
       emphasis is laid on the social dimensions of the concept 
       and the ways it influences research practice. Several case
       studies relate theoretical analyses to practical 
       application"--|cProvided by publisher. 
520    "Concern about the functioning of the world's ecosystems 
       has become commonplace, in the scientific literature as 
       well as in everyday parlance. Climate change, loss of 
       biological diversity, chemical pollution, land use changes,
       and the spread of exotic species are all discussed in 
       connection with the perceived or anticipated degradation 
       or destruction of ecosystems, or at least with an 
       impairment of their functioning. While attention has been 
       focused in the past mostly on the fate of specific 
       processes relevant to human life (such as clean water or 
       the maintenance of food production) or specific valued 
       species, the emphasis has shifted increasingly towards a 
       broader perspective, namely that of the whole ecosystem. 
       Since about the early 1990s, ecosystems and their 
       functioning have become major targets of conservation and 
       management, accompanied by biodiversity as the other major
       broad-scale conservation focus. Today, both conservation 
       aims are embodied in national and international management
       strategies, such as the variety of ecosystem management 
       approaches (e.g. Yaffee et al., 1996; Boyce and Haney, 
       1997) or the Convention on Biological Diversity (including
       also an 'Ecosystem Approach' as a cross-cutting issue), 
       and the various regional and national strategies are still
       newly developed"--|cProvided by publisher. 
588 0  Print version record. 
590    eBooks on EBSCOhost|bEBSCO eBook Subscription Academic 
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650  0 Biotic communities.|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/
       subjects/sh85014266 
650  0 Ecosystem management.|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/
       subjects/sh93001294 
650  7 Biotic communities.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/
       832828 
650  7 Ecosystem management.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/
       1432037 
655  4 Electronic books. 
776 08 |iPrint version:|aJax, Kurt, 1958-|tEcosystem functioning.
       |dCambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010
       |z9780521879538|w(DLC)  2010029487|w(OCoLC)636911453 
830  0 Ecology, biodiversity, and conservation.|0https://
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