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Biological control of populations, pests, diseases (15)
Control erosion and sediment (13)
Cycle nutrients (23)
Detoxification/purification of air/water/waste (5)
Disperse seeds (27)
Generate soil/renew fertility (11)
Maintain biodiversity (38)
Pollinate (8)
Regulate atmospheric composition (1)
Regulate climate (4)
Regulate habitat response to disturbance (29)
Regulate hydrological flows (5)
Regulate water storage (6)
- Sustainable use of lands: grazing animals
- Disturbances maintain habitat: Scandinavian heath and beech forests
- Ecosystems recover from disturbances: riparian habitat
- Nature maintains biodiversity: ecosystems
- Surviving changing conditions: ecosystems
- Predatory fish maintain ecosystem functions: lake ecosystem
- Resident insects protect nearby fields: hedgerows
- Fungal root-rot renews forest: mountain hemlock forests
- Ecosystem withstands attack: Kentucky bluegrass
- Leaves disorient beetles, prevent attack: cucumber
- Leaves communicate pest damage: plants
- Compounds control 'weeds': fine-leaf fescue
- Pests kept in check: agro-systems
- Bacterial consortium suppresses pathogens: soil microbiomes
