Proposal for Workshop and Web-Based Working Group on The Theoretical Foundations of Biodiversity/Ecosystem Function Relationships

Principal Investigators:

Ann P. Kinzig, and Stephen W. Pacala

The Theoretical Foundations of Biodiversity/Ecosystem Function Relationships
We seek to develop a theoretical framework for elucidating relationships between biodiversity and ecosystem function, and for understanding and interpreting the results of several large-scale diversity-function experiments that have either already been completed or are currently underway. We propose to develop this framework by analyzing a series of models; these models will consist of a common ecosystem component coupled to one of several possible different submodels of species coexistence. These coupled models will be analyzed for both equilibrium and transient responses under perturbed and unperturbed conditions, and under different levels of species or functional-group diversity. The results will allow identification of the conditions that determine the form and magnitude of certain diversity-function relationships (e.g., increasing function with increasing diversity versus decreasing function with increasing diversity).
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Activity	Dates	Further Information
Working Group	7th—10th November 1999	Participant List

Participant Contact Information

Juan Armesto		Universidad de Chile
Teri Balser	terib@nature.berkeley.edu	University of California, Berkeley
Benjamin Bolker	bolker@mcmaster.ca	Princeton University
Peter L. Chesson	plchesson@ucdavis.edu	University of California, Davis
Rodolfo Dirzo	urania@miranda.ecologia.unam.mx	Centro de Ecología UNAM
Mary Firestone	mkfstone@nature.berkeley.edu	University of California, Berkeley
Andrew Hector	andrew.hector@uzh.ch	Imperial College, London, Silwood Park Campus
Robert D. Holt	rdholt@ufl.edu	University of Kansas
Jasmin Joshi	jjoshi@uni-potsdam.de	University of Zurich
Ann P. Kinzig	kinzig@asu.edu	Princeton University
Sharon Lawler	splawler@ucdavis.edu	University of California, Davis
Clarence L. Lehman	lehman@lter.umn.edu	University of Minnesota
Simon A. Levin	simon@eno.princeton.edu	Princeton University
Michel Loreau	loreau@ens.fr	Ecole Normale Superieure
Harold A. Mooney		Stanford University
Shahid Naeem	sn2121@columbia.edu	University of Washington
Stephen W. Pacala	pacala@princeton.edu	Princeton University
Joan Roughgarden	joan.roughgarden@hawaii.edu	Stanford University
Osvaldo E. Sala	osvaldo_sala@brown.edu	Universidad de Buenos Aires
Bernhard Schmid	bschmid@uwinst.unizh.ch	University of Zurich
David Tilman	tilman@umn.edu	University of Minnesota

Products: Publications, Reports, Datasets, Presentations, Visualizations

Type	Products of NCEAS Research
Book Chapter	Balser, Teri; Kinzig, Ann P.; Firestone, Mary. 2002. Linking soil microbial communities and ecosystem functioning. Edited by Kinzig, A.; Pacala, S.; Tilman, D.. Functional Consequences of Biodiversity: Empirical Progress and Theoretical Extensions. Princeton University Press. Princeton. Pages 265-293.
Book Chapter	Kinzig, Ann P.; Pacala, Stephen W.; Tilman, David. 2002. Looking back and peering forward. Edited by Kinzig, A.; Pacala, S.; Tilman, D. Functional Consequences of Biodiversity: Empirical Progress and Theoretical Extensions. Princeton University Press. Princeton. Pages 314-329.
Book Chapter	Kinzig, Ann P. 2002. Opening remarks. Edited by Kinzig A.; Pacala S.; Tilman D.. Functional Consequences of Biodiversity: Empirical Progress and Theoretical Extensions. Princeton University Press. Princeton. Pages 1-6.
Book Chapter	Kinzig, Ann P.; Pacala, Stephen W. 2002. Successional biodiversity and ecosystem functioning. Edited by Kinzig, A.; Pacala, S.; Tilman, D.. Functional Consequences of Biodiversity: Empirical Progress and Theoretical Extensions. Princeton University Press. Princeton. Pages 175-212.
Book	Kinzig, Ann P.; Pacala, Stephen W.; Tilman, David. 2002. The Functional Consequences of Biodiversity: Empirical Progress and Theoretical Extensions. Princeton University Press. Princeton. Pages 365.
Book Chapter	Pacala, Stephen W.; Kinzig, Ann P. 2002. Introduction to theory and the common ecosystem model. Edited by Kinzig, A.; Pacala, S.; Tilman, D.. Functional Consequences of Biodiversity: Empirical Progress and Theoretical Extensions. Princeton University Press. Princeton. Pages 169-174.
Book Chapter	Pacala, Stephen W.; Tilman, David. 2002. The transition from sampling to complementarity. Edited by Kinzig, A. P.; Pacala, S. W.; Tilman, D.. The Functional Consequences of Biodiversity: Empirical Progress and Theoretical Extensions. Princeton University Press. Princeton. Pages 151-166.
Book Chapter	Tilman, David; Lehman, Clarence L. 2002. Biodiversity, composition, and ecosystem processes: Theory and concepts. Edited by Kinzig, A. P.; Pacala, S. W.; Tilman, D.. The Functional Consequences of Biodiversity: Empirical Progress and Theoretical Extensions. Princeton University Press. Princeton. Pages 9-41.
Book Chapter	Tilman, David; Knops, Johan; Wedin, D.; Reich, Peter B. 2002. Experimental and observational studies of diversity, productivity and stability. Edited by Kinzig, A. P.; Pacala, S. W.; Tilman, D.. The Functional Consequences of Biodiversity: Empirical Progress and Theoretical Extensions. Princeton University Press. Princeton. Pages 42-70.

"Proposal for Workshop and Web-Based Working Group on The Theoretical Foundations of Biodiversity/Ecosystem Function Relationships" is project ID: 2169

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