Species play essential roles in ecosystems, so local and global species losses could threaten the stability of the ecosystem services on which humans depend (McCann 2000). For example, plant ...

Soil carbon storage is a vital ecosystem service ... scale impacts on whole ecosystems as well as the entire planet. For example, destruction of rainforests that hold a significant amount of ...

These benefits range from provision of basic commodities, such as food and fuel, to spiritual benefits – for example, the aesthetically pleasing landscapes that we all enjoy. The benefits that people ...

A community of animals, plants and microorganisms, together with their habitat is called an ecosystem. For example, a pond ecosystem may consist of a pond habitat, inhabited by aquatic plants ...

If you want a glowing example of how interwoven ecosystem ... understanding of both how fragile and how crucial a balanced ...