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Functional diversity encapsulates the cognitive resource diversity theory, which is the idea that diversity of cognitive resources promotes creativity and innovation, problem solving capacity, and organizational flexibility. Functionally diverse teams “consist of individuals with a variety of educational and training backgrounds working ...
Functional diversity (ecology), the elements of biodiversity that influence how ecosystems function; see diversity-function debate; Functional diversity (geography), a term in geography; Functional diversity (organizational), a term referring to a mixture of expertise or specialization in a human group or organization
Functional diversity is widely considered to be "the value and the range of those species and organismal traits that influence ecosystem functioning" [3] In this sense, the use of the term "function" may apply to individuals, populations, communities, trophic levels, or evolutionary process (i.e. considering the function of adaptations). [3]
The Categorization-Elaboration-Model integrates the two approaches on diversity and proposes the theory that the information/decision making and social categorization processes interact. [17] Most importantly, the processes are not associated with particular dimensions of diversity (e.g. gender, functional backgrounds etc.).
Organismal level functional diversity, which adds to the overall functional diversity of an ecosystem, is important for conservation efforts, especially in systems used for human consumption. [11] Functional diversity can be difficult to measure accurately, but when done correctly, it provides useful insight to the overall function and ...
These species were not equal in their functional impact to the ecosystem. The statistical results show that functional diversity and species composition significantly affected the six response variables to a greater extent than species diversity. By themselves, all three factors significantly affected ecosystem processes and also influenced ...
CMT, mTheory announce diversity-aimed 2024 Equal Access country music cohort. Gannett. Marcus K. Dowling, Nashville Tennessean. April 5, 2024 at 10:32 AM.
In ecology, functional equivalence (or functional redundancy) is the ecological phenomenon that multiple species representing a variety of taxonomic groups can share similar, if not identical, roles in ecosystem functionality (e.g., nitrogen fixers, algae scrapers, scavengers). [1] This phenomenon can apply to both plant and animal taxa.