Functional traits underlie the delivery of ecosystem services across different trophic levels

Laboratoire d’Ecologie Alpine, UMR CNRS 5553, Université Joseph Fourier, 38041, Grenoble, France; IMBIV (CONICET-UNC), and FCEFyN, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Casilla de Correo 495, 5000 Córdoba, Argentina; 3 Department of Plant and Invertebrate Ecology, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, Herts, AL5 2JQ, UK; 4 Institute of Environmental and Natural Sciences, Soil and Ecosystem Ecology Laboratory, Lancaster University, Lancaster LA1 4YQ UK 5 Institute of Ecological Science, Faculty of Earth and Life Sciences, Vrije Universiteit, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Applied Zoology/Hydrobiology, Faculty of Biology and Geography, University of DuisburgEssen, Universitaetsstrasse 2, 45141 Essen, Germany; IMAR-CIC, Department of Zoology, University of Coimbra, P3004-517 Coimbra, Portugal; University of Reading, Centre for Agri-Environmental Research, Reading, Berks, RG6 6AR, UK; Department of Environmental Assessment, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Box 7050, SE 750 07 Uppsala, Sweden 10 Department of Forest Ecology and Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, SE901-83 Umeå,Sweden

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