Biodiversity-ecosystem function relationships on bodies and in buildings

Robert R Dunn; Aspen T Reese; Nico Eisenhauer

doi:10.1038/s41559-018-0750-9

Biodiversity-ecosystem function relationships on bodies and in buildings

Nat Ecol Evol. 2019 Jan;3(1):7-9. doi: 10.1038/s41559-018-0750-9.

Authors

Robert R Dunn^#^{1

2}, Aspen T Reese^#³, Nico Eisenhauer^#^{4

5}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Applied Ecology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA. rob_dunn@ncsu.edu.
² Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark. rob_dunn@ncsu.edu.
³ Harvard Society of Fellows, Cambridge, MA, USA.
⁴ German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.
⁵ Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany.

^# Contributed equally.

Abstract

Biodiversity underpins the function of ecosystems. Here we discuss how biodiversity–ecosystem function theory could apply to our bodies and buildings, outline practical applications and call for further research.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Built Environment
Ecosystem*
Humans
Water Microbiology
Water Supply

Grants and funding

677232/ERC_/European Research Council/International