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Shrub-steppe : balance and change in a semi-arid terrestrial ecosystem /
Owing to man-made intervention, the shrub-steppe now represents a rapidly disappearing landscape in the arid regions of North America. This book represents a systems-level study of ecological variables affecting water balance, and responses to perturbation. The study focused on a very large, protect...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam ; New York :
Elsevier,
1988.
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| Colección: | Developments in agricultural and managed-forest ecology ;
20. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; shrub-steppe: balance and change in a semi-arid terrestrial ecosystem; Copyright Page; PREFACE; Table of Contents; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION: SHRUB-STEPPE LANDS; HISTORY; THE ARID LAND ECOLOGY RESERVE: STUDY SITE FOR THIS BOOK; THE ARID LAND ECOLOGY RESERVE AS A STUDY SITE; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 2. CLIMATE OF THE HANFORD SITE; Section I. Meteorological Data Base; Section II. Climatic Patterns at the Hanford Site; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 3. SOILS: CARBON AND MINERAL CYCLING PROCESSES; Section I. Occurrence and Distribution of Soils; Section II. Physiochemical Properties
- Section III. Carbon Cycling: Influence of Environmental FactorsSection IV. Relationships of Carbon Cycling to Mineral Weathering and Mobilization; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 4. WATER BALANCE; Section I. General Principles Applicable to Arid Sites; Section II. Microclimatology of the ALE Reserve: Data Bases; Section III. Model Simulations; Section IV. Conclusions; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 5. SPRINGS AND STREAMS; Section I. Physical and Chemical Characterization; Section II. Biological Investigations; Section III. Radionuclides as Indicators of Aquatic Ecosystem Processes; Section IV. Summary; REFERENCES
- CHAPTER 6. PLANT COMMUNITIES: CHARACTERISTICS AND RESPONSESSection I. Characteristics of Contrasting Shrub-Steppe Plant Communities; Section II. Responses of Plants and Plant Communities to Disturbances; Section III. Radionuclides as Indicators of Biological Fate and Transport of Materials; Section IV. Summary; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 7. TERRESTRIAL ANIMAL HABITATS AND POPULATION RESPONSES; Section I. Mammals and Reptiles; Section II. Birds; Section III. Insects and Related Arthropods; Section IV. Animals as Indicators of Radionuclide and Chemical Contamination; REFERENCES
- CHAPTER 8. THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVE ON ECOSYSTEM DISTRUBANCE AND RECOVERYSection I. Concepts of Response and Recovery; Section II. Characterization of Disturbance and Stress in the Shrub-Steppe Ecosystem; Section III. Future Research Needs; REFERENCES; EPILOG