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Ecology of North America
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Newark :
John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated,
2015.
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| Colección: | New York Academy of Sciences Ser.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1 Introduction
- A brief overview of ecology
- The ecosystem
- Abiotic limits
- Climate and topography
- Soils and soil profiles
- Biotic community
- Community succession
- Plant succession: from pioneer to climax
- Primary and secondary succession
- Succession and species abundance
- The biome concept
- Biodiversity
- The "species richness gradient"
- Biodiversity "hotspots"
- Patterns of distribution
- Continental patterns
- Geographical and ecological distribution
- Some ecological concepts
- Niches
- Ecological equivalents
- Bergmann's rule
- Allen's rule
- Readings and references
- Across North America
- A brief overview of ecology
- Community succession
- Biodiversity
- Patterns of distribution
- Some ecological concepts
- Infobox 1.1. Victor E. Shelford (1877-1968), Father of animal ecology
- Infobox 1.2. Taxonomy and the binomial system
- Chapter 2 Tundra
- Climatic and glacial influences
- Soils and geological influences
- Permafrost
- Patterned ground
- Eskers and tundra wildlife
- Glacial refugia
- Features and adaptations
- Plant adaptations to harsh conditions
- Plant growth and reproduction
- Decomposition and soil nutrients
- Some animal adaptations
- Major vegetative communities
- Shrub tundra
- Dwarf birch heath
- Cottongrass heath
- Fellfields
- Invertebrates and tundra ecology
- Selected tundra mammals
- Lemmings
- Arctic ground squirrels
- Arctic foxes
- Barren-ground caribou
- Selected tundra birds
- Gyrfalcons
- Snowy owl
- Ross goose
- Highlights
- Absentees: amphibians and reptiles
- Lichens and "reindeer moss"
- Snow goose "eat outs"
- Alpine Tundra
- Fragile Tundra
- Impacts of human activity
- Global warming
- Readings and references
- The Tundra Biome
- Features and adaptations
- Major vegetative communities
- Invertebrates and tundra ecology
- Selected tundra mammals
- Selected tundra birds
- Highlights
- Alpine Tundra
- Fragile Tundra
- Infobox 2.1. Samuel Hearne
- Infobox 2.2. Of bumblebees and woollybears
- Chapter 3 Boreal Forest
- Climatic boundaries and soils
- Features and adaptations
- Plant adaptations
- Animal adaptations
- Frequent fires
- Niches in the Boreal Forest
- Selected biotic communities
- Tree line and forest tundra
- Muskeg
- Coniferous swamps
- Comparative ecology of lakes
- Appalachian Extension
- Mountain balds
- Highlights
- The 10-year cycle
- Wolves and moose
- A wealth of salamanders
- Red squirrels
- Ecological challenges
- Acid rain
- Spruce budworm and DDT
- Balsam woolly adelgid
- The Boreal Forest Agreement
- Readings and references
- The Boreal Forest Biome
- Climatic boundaries and soils
- Features and adaptations
- Selected biotic communities
- Highlights
- Ecological challenges
- The Boreal Forest Agreement