Kremen_2005

Kremen C (2005) Managing ecosystem services: what do we need to know about their ecology? Ecology Letters 8:468–479. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1461-0248.2005.00751.x

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Keywords: Ecosystem services, conservation planning, ecosystem function

Many ES are critical to survival while others enhance it. Break down management of ES into subtopics: identifying ES providers, determining aspects of community structure that influence function, assessing key environmental factors, measuring spatiotemporal scale of operation.Examples of efficiency measures, functional units, spatial scale, ES. Species richness (biodiversity) is not the only relevant measure in the diversity-function relationship. Loss of function may depend on specific species. Can take an ESP or function centered approach to measurements. Four step framework proposed.