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Managing insect services and disservices in cocoa agroforestry systems
Ecological role of insects in cocoa agroforestry systems is a key component of biodiversity that generally underlines what insects do in cocoa...
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The impact of different tree planting strategies on ecosystem services and disservices in the piazzas of a northern Italian city
Achieving urban sustainability goals, and improving the quality of life in cities, are aided by the careful selection of tree species for public...
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Disturbance-based management of ecosystem services and disservices in partial nitritation-anammox biofilms
The resistance and resilience provided by functional redundancy, a common feature of microbial communities, is not always advantageous. An example is...
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Coffee pollination and pest control are affected by edge diversity at local scales but multiscalar approaches and disservices can not be ignored
ContextManaging landscapes to increase multiple services provision in search of higher agricultural yield can be an alternative to agricultural...
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Weight-of-evidence approach for assessing agroforestry contributions to restore key ecosystem services in tropical dry forests
Worldwide deforestation and degradation are limiting the capacity of tropical dry forests (TDFs) to provide environmental services. Agroforestry...
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Impacts of Plant Invasions on Ecosystem Functionality: A Perspective for Ecosystem Health and Ecosystem Services
Invasive plants affect the capacity of ecosystems to perform key functions, including primary production, nutrient and water cycling, decomposition,...
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Ecosystem services provided by urban green spaces in Bangkok Metropolis: Public awareness and planning implications
Urban green spaces (UGS) are a cost-effective solution to overcome various problems faced by cities worldwide, such as air pollution, urban...
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Ecosystem services provided by the exotic bivalves Dreissena polymorpha, D. rostriformis bugensis, and Limnoperna fortunei
The ecosystem services approach to conservation is becoming central to environmental policy decision making. While many negative biological...
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Research in ecosystem services provided by bacteria, archaea, and viruses from inland waters: synthesis of main topics and trends over the last ca. 40 years
Text-analysis tools focused on limnology research allowed us to find three approaches in the analysis of ecosystems services (ES) provided by...
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Insects in Environmental Engineering and Ecosystem Services
Insects are the most abundant and diverse organisms on this earth. They are the environmental engineers, and the major service providers to our...
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Mechanisms of Ecosystem Service Production: An Outcome of Ecosystem Functions and Ecological Integrity in Coastal Lagoons
Coastal lagoons provide important ecosystem services, but are simultaneously highly vulnerable. We aim at a better understanding of the mechanisms of...
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Could agroforestry restore ecosystem services in arid lands? An analysis through the weight of the evidence approach
Degradation is limiting the ability of arid lands to provide ecosystem services. Agroforestry Systems can supply several of these ecosystem services....
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What’s in a yardscape? A case study of emergent ecosystem services and disservices within resident yardscape discourses in Minnesota
Residential yardscapes are at the forefront of human interaction with nature for those living in urban areas across Europe and North America. In...
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Green-Blue Spaces in Yoruba Cities – Ecosystem Services Ethnography
Ecological urbanism combines the principles of ecology and city design to pursue urban environmental quality for human wellbeing. It sits at the...
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Ten Guidelines for Phycosecurity Implemented as Biosecure Ecosystem Services Management of Tropical Seaweed Farms
Lessons learned during the Phyconomy.org Topical Phyconomy Collaboration Development (TPCD) eucheumatoid...
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Ecosystem services from coffee agroforestry in Central America: estimation using the CAF2021 model
The goal of sustainable coffee production requires multiple functions from agroforestry systems. Many are difficult to quantify and data are lacking,...
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Ecosystem services and biodiversity appraisals by means of life cycle tools: state-of-art in agri-food and forestry field
BackgroundIn recent years, the importance of ecosystem services (ESs) has been significantly recognized in policy-making processes. The choice of...
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Inequality in aquatic ecosystem services
Multiple aquatic ecosystem services (ES) sustain humanity, but some of them may not be equitably accessible to all people. We take a...
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Ecosystem Services of Yoruba Homegardens – Eco-cultural Indigenous Knowledge System for Wellbeing
Yoruba homes are one of their most unique cultural representations of ecological connection to nature in everyday life. This is unmistakable in the...