Table 1: List of all Ecosystem functions (EF), the classes of EFs they represent, the abbreviations for the EFs used in the following, and if EFs were inverted to represent a valuable function according to humans’ perspective Table 1: List of all Ecosystem functions (EF), the classes of EFs they represent, the abbreviations for the EFs used in the following, and if EFs were inverted to represent a valuable function according to humans’ perspective Table 1: List of all Ecosystem functions (EF), the classes of EFs they represent, the abbreviations for the EFs used in the following, and if EFs were inverted to represent a valuable function according to humans’ perspective Table 1: List of all Ecosystem functions (EF), the classes of EFs they represent, the abbreviations for the EFs used in the following, and if EFs were inverted to represent a valuable function according to humans’ perspective
Class of EF Ecosystem function (EF) Abbreviation for EF Inverted
Consumer Herbivory damage in % Herbivory no
Predation as bite-marks on dummy Caterpillars in % Predation no
Invasion resistance Invasion resistance as biomass on weeded subplots (inverse of biomass of weeds) WeedBM(-1) yes
Invasion resistance as cover (inverse of weed cover) WeedCover(-1) yes
Invasion resistance as species number on not weeded subplots (inverse of number of weed species) WeedSPrnw(-1) yes
Invasion resistance as species number on weeded subplots (inverse of number of weed species) WeedSPrw(-1) yes
Plant productivity Standing root biomass RootBM no
Biomass of target plants ShootBM no
Total cover (inverse of bare ground) BareGround(-1) yes
Cover of target plants PlantCover no
Plant height PlantHeight no
Leaf Area Index LAI no
Plant nutrients Plant tissue carbon (C) concentration PlantC no
Plant tissue calcium (Ca) concentration PlantCa no
Plant tissue potassium (K) concentration PlantK no
Plant tissue magnesium (Mg) concentration PlantMg no
Plant tissue nitrogen (N) concentration PlantN no
Plant tissue sodium (Na) concentration PlantNa no
Plant tissue phosphorus (P) concentration PlantP no
Soil carbon Inorganic carbon concentration SoilCinorg no
Organic carbon concentration SoilCorg no
Dissolved inorganic carbon concentration in soil solution SoilDIC no
Dissolved organic carbon concentration in soil solution SoilDOC no
Soil microbes Biomass of microbes MicrobeBM no
Basal respiration SoilResp no
Soil nitrogen Total nitrogen concentration in soil SoilN no
NH4-N concentration in soil SoilNH4 no
NO3-N concentrations in soil SoilNO3 no
Mineral nitrogen concentration (sum of the NH4-N and NO3-N concentrations) in soil SoilNmin no
Soil properties Looseness of soil (Inverse of soil bulk density) SoilDensity(-1) yes
Water content in soil SoilH2O no