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 |