Function and “functioning” in ecology: what does it mean?

By K. Jax. 2005

252 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Global and Planetary Change, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Nature and Landscape Conservation

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In Global and Planetary Change

1. F. Brand
2. C. Violle
3. S. Brandl
4. M. Navas
5. K. Jax
6. E. Kazakou
7. D. Bellwood
8. Eric Garnier

In Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law

1. F. Brand
2. D. D’Amato
3. C. Liquete
4. K. Jax
5. C. Violle
6. D. Bellwood

In Nature and Landscape Conservation

1. C. Violle
2. M. Navas
3. Eric Garnier
4. F. Brand
5. E. Kazakou
6. D. Bellwood
7. D. Vile
8. S. Brandl

Citations in the corpus

• A review of earthworm impact on soil function and ecosystem services (2013, background): “E-mail: blouin@u-pec.fr Received 6 July 2012; revised version accepted 22 November 2012 many ecosystem services are borne by organisms (Jax, 2005).”
• The Concept of Ecosystem Services Regarding Landscape Research: A Review (2011, background): “Jax (2005) notes that the term “ecosystem function” is considered as “capability”, but is often used more generally to refer to processes that operate within an ecosystem, like nutrient cycling or predation.”
• The meaning of the term ‘function’ in ecology: A coral reef perspective (2018, background): “Despite attempts to provide clear definitions (Jax 2005), t here is still considerable 90 confusion over the term ‘function’.”
• Ecosystem services (2011, unknown): “However as Jax (2005, 2010) notes, the term ‘function’ can mean a number of other things in ecology.”
• Let the concept of trait be functional (2007, background): “4A), with the difficulty to agree on the actual meaning of function (Calow 1987, Jax 2005; Table 2).”
• Ecosystem services classification: A systems ecology perspective of the cascade framework (2017, background): “According to Jax (2005), the term ‘function’ is often used too ambiguously.”
• Ecological functions of neotropical amphibians and reptiles: a review (2015, background): “Here, the term "function" denotes the relation between the parts (taxa) and the system, understood as the functions or roles that organisms perform within a system (Jax 2005).”
• The political ecology of ecosystem services (2015, unknown): “These ecosystem processes (like soil formation, photosynthesis) provide resources to different functional groups - including humans (Jax, 2005) but are not directly appropriable nor useful to us.”
• Bird functional diversity enhances insectivory at forest edges: a transcontinental experiment (2014, background): “A species’ function can be defined as the functional role fulfilled by species sharing similar effect traits (Jax, 2005).”
• Wood-decaying fungi in the forest: conservation needs and management options (2007, background): “many connotations (Jax 2005) and we focus here on the”
• Focusing the Meaning(s) of Resilience: Resilience as a Descriptive Concept and a Boundary Object (2007, background): “Step one means to assess which ecosystem processes or ecosystem services (see Jax 2005) of the regime are of primary concern on which spatial and temporal scale (Walker et al. 2002).”