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A central question of the Diversitas program, Brasilia (1993), was how the reduction of biodiversity, or more precisely species richness in a given ecosystem, will affect the processes characterizing its functioning in those aspects related to energy and matter flow, to reproduction and perpetuation in time, and to resistance and resilience in the face of disturbances of variable intensities.
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Baruch, Z. et al. (1996). Biodiversity As Regulator of Energy Flow, Water Use and Nutrient Cycling in Savannas. In: Solbrig, O.T., Medina, E., Silva, J.F. (eds) Biodiversity and Savanna Ecosystem Processes. Ecological Studies, vol 121. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-78969-4_10
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