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Terrestrial ecosystem ecology : principles and applications /
"Human activities impact the environment and modify the cycles of important elements such as carbon and nitrogen from local to global scales. In order to maintain long-term and sustainable use of the world's natural resources it is important that we understand how and why ecosystems respon...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2012.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Prologue: environmental changes and ecosystem effects: two historical examples
- Part I. History and Concepts: 1. History of ecosystem; 2. Ecology, ecosystem and ecosystem science; 3. Ecosystem ecology: cornerstones and scientific methodology
- Part II. Ecosystem Structure and Function: 4. Ecosystem structure: site factors, soil and vegetation; 5. Energy and water; 6. Plant production; 7. Soil organic matter dynamics; 8. Organisms and ecosystem processes; 9. Element cycles; 10. Principles
- Part III. Ecosystem Dynamics at Different Time Scales: 11. Tectonic to orbital changes; 12. Millennial to centennial or postglacial changes; 13. Centennial to annual changes
- Part IV. Applications: 14. Air pollution and forest ecosystems; 15. Global change
- Epilogue: society and terrestrial ecosystem ecology
- Appendices: Appendix 1. Abbreviations; Appendix 2. Glossary; Appendix 3. Some useful values and symbols used to represent them; Appendix 4. Information and data on selected datasystems.