The University of Florida’s Holt said that some ecosystem processes might be scale-dependent, emerging only at certain absolute sizes.

佛罗里达大学的霍尔特说，某些生态系统的进程可能依赖规模，只有在特定的绝对规模下才能浮现出来。

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Small-scale spatial structure of plant species is important in plant ecology as it affects the dynamics of plant populations, communities and ecosystem processes.

植物群落中，物种小尺度空间结构影响着种群或群落的动态及有关的生态学过程。

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"It is important because - depending on the rate of change, and the type of species that are found in the forests - it will influence a lot of ecosystem services and processes, " explained co-author Brian Enquist from the University of Arizona.

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Yet, even if this revolution advances more slowly than he hopes, the trends he writes about are real and important, and his descriptions of how big companies are opening up their innovation processes to outsiders and the new ecosystem that is forming to finance start-ups should gladden the heart of any budding entrepreneur.

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Biodiversity, which includes species, ecosystems, and ecological processes, is essential for the long-term maintenance of ecosystem services like photosynthesis, nutrient recycling, soil fertility, provision of fresh water, disaster prevention, and many others.

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