Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services
What Are Ecosystem Services?
History of Ecosystem Services
- Ecosystem valuation
- Biodiversity and ecosystem function
- The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment
Types of Ecosystem Services
- Supporting services
- Provisioning services
- Regulating services
- Box 6.1 Success Story: How New York City Keeps Its Drinking Water Clean
- Box 6.2 Case in Point: Wetland Loss and Hurricane Katrina
- Cultural services
- Alternative frameworks
Biotic Control of Ecosystem Services
- Functional traits
- Biodiversity
- Box 6.3 Challenges & Opportunities: The Dilution Effect
Ecosystem Markets and Payments for Ecosystem Services