Redefining ecosystem multifunctionality

Manning, Peter; van der Plas, Fons; Soliveres, Santiago; Allan, Eric; Maestre, Fernando T.; Mace, Georgina; Whittingham, Mark J.; Fischer, Markus (2018). Redefining ecosystem multifunctionality. Nature ecology & evolution, 2(3), pp. 427-436. Macmillan Publishers Limited, part of Springer Nature 10.1038/s41559-017-0461-7

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Recent years have seen a surge of interest in ecosystem multifunctionality, a concept that has developed in the largely separate fields of biodiversity–ecosystem function and land management research. Here we discuss the merit of the multifunctionality concept, the advances it has delivered, the challenges it faces and solutions to these challenges. This involves the redefinition of multifunctionality as a property that exists at two levels: ecosystem function multifunctionality and ecosystem service multifunctionality. The framework presented provides a road map for the development of multifunctionality measures that are robust, quantifiable and relevant to both fundamental ecological science and ecosystem management.

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