**Meet the editor**

Dr. Levente Hufnagel is an associate professor and senior researcher in climate change and ecosystem ecology, biogeography, biometrics, and ecological research methodology at Szent István University, Gödöllő, Hungary. He has over 20 years of experience at leading Hungarian academic institutions teaching PhD, MSc, and BSc students from various social and cultural backgrounds.

He has more than 160 scientific publications (in both aquatic and terrestrial ecological aspects of plants, animals, and microbes, at community as well as population level) and more than 700 independent citations. Dr. Hufnagel is a participant in several large ecological research and development projects, having significant experience in multidisciplinary cooperation (with more than 180 coauthors in different publications). As the supervisor of several PhD, BSc, and MSc theses, and as editor-in-chief of an international scientific journal indexed by Web of Science and Scopus, he has wide supervising and editing experience. Dr. Hufnagel graduated from Eötvös Lorand University with a Master's degree in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and a PhD degree in Hydrobiology. He also graduated from Szent István University with a PhD degree in Agricultural Science.

Contents

**Preface VII**

**Collapses 17** Melinda Pálinkás

**Providers 39**

Gwynne Stoner Rife

**Studies 2000–2014 81**

Erika Prado and Diego Demarco

**Section 1 Natural Aspects of Ecosystem Services 1**

Chapter 1 **Introductory Chapter: Evaluation Methods of Ecosystem**

**of Solving the Global Problems of the Humankind 3** Levente Hufnagel, Ferenc Mics and Réka Homoródi

Chapter 2 **Characteristics of Collapsing Ecosystems and Main Factors of**

Barbara Sladonja, Danijela Poljuha and Mirela Uzelac

Chapter 4 **Ecosystem Services Provided by Benthic Macroinvertebrate Assemblages in Marine Coastal Zones 61**

Chapter 5 **Ecosystem Services across US Watersheds: A Meta-Analysis of**

Chapter 6 **Laticifers and Secretory Ducts: Similarities and Differences 103**

Martin-Mikle and Cristina Quintas-Soriano

Antonio J. Castro, Jason P. Julian, Caryn C. Vaughn, Chelsea J

Chapter 3 **Non-Native Invasive Species as Ecosystem Service**

**Services and Their Scientific and Societal Importance in Service**
