Sentences with phrase «reduced ecosystem stability»

It found that all of the human - induced changes affected the productivity of the grassland plots, but only those that reduced biodiversity reduced ecosystem stability.

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Ecosystem stability is based on interdependence among constituent species and with biodiversity loss, resilience to change is reduced.

Furthermore, it demonstrates the extent to which modern agricultural practices have degraded soil natural capital — which has profound implications for the loss of ecosystem service provision (Loveland & Webb 2003; Lal 2004), including reduced structural stability, water and nutrient holding capacity and impaired regulation of N mineralization and supply to plants (Quinton et al. 2010; Dungait et al. 2012).