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Abstract：
\'Ecosystem function\' and \'ecosystem functioning\' became core keywords in the ecological literature on ecosystems, their structure, development and integrity. We investigate functions from the perspective of causal contributions to higher capacities, as selected effects, as contributions to the stability and self-maintenance of organisms and as type-fixed effects. Based on an in-depth discourse in philosophy of science, we conclude that ecosystems do not have functions in any sense that goes beyond a mere description of a causal contribution. We recommend the terms \'ecosystem function\' and \'ecosystem functioning\' be avoided in the ecological literature (and beyond).
摘要：
“生态系统功能”和“生态系统功能”成为生态系统生态文献中的核心关键词，他们的结构,发展和诚信。我们从对更高容量的因果贡献的角度研究函数，作为选定的效果，作为对生物体的稳定性和自我维持的贡献和类型固定效应。基于科学哲学的深入论述，我们得出的结论是，生态系统在任何意义上都不具有超出对因果贡献的描述的功能。我们建议在生态文献（及以后）中避免使用术语“生态系统功能”和“生态系统功能”。
