High biodiversity is a trademark of ecosystems that are healthy, resilient to stress, and those that provide valuable ecosystem services like clean air, water, or food. (treehugger.com)
Bats perform valuable ecosystem services to humans, in terms of suppression of insect populations that can be agricultural or forest pests and these bats do eat some insects that are annoying or pose health risks to humans. (dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com)
«There are dozens of native ant species in the preserve that provide valuable ecosystem services like decomposition and pest control,» said Solomon, an ant expert, co-principal investigator on the grant and associate teaching professor of biosciences. (sciencedaily.com)