Author: Leonid Efimovich RodinPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Botanical chemistry
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
Production and Mineral Cycling in Terrestrial Vegetation
Author: Leonid Efimovich RodinPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Botanical chemistry
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
Nutrient Cycling in Terrestrial Ecosystems
Author: Petra MarschnerPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 3540680276
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 409
Book Description
This book presents a comprehensive overview of nutrient cycling processes and their importance for plant growth and ecosystem sustainability. The book combines fundamental scientific studies and devised practical approaches. It contains contributions of leading international authorities from various disciplines resulting in multidisciplinary approaches, and all chapters have been carefully reviewed. This volume will support scientists and practitioners alike.
Production and Mineral Cycling in Terrestrial Vegetation
Author: Leonid E. RodinPublisher:
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Category : Forest ecology
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
The European Nitrogen Assessment
Author: Mark A. SuttonPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1139501372
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 665
Book Description
Presenting the first continental-scale assessment of reactive nitrogen in the environment, this book sets the related environmental problems in context by providing a multidisciplinary introduction to the nitrogen cycle processes. Issues of upscaling from farm plot and city to national and continental scales are addressed in detail with emphasis on opportunities for better management at local to global levels. The five key societal threats posed by reactive nitrogen are assessed, providing a framework for joined-up management of the nitrogen cycle in Europe, including the first cost-benefit analysis for different reactive nitrogen forms and future scenarios. Incorporating comprehensive maps, a handy technical synopsis and a summary for policy makers, this landmark volume is an essential reference for academic researchers across a wide range of disciplines, as well as stakeholders and policy makers. It is also a valuable tool in communicating the key environmental issues and future challenges to the wider public.
Principles of Terrestrial Ecosystem Ecology
Author: F Stuart Chapin IIIPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 0387216634
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 449
Book Description
Features review questions at the end of each chapter; Includes suggestions for recommended reading; Provides a glossary of ecological terms; Has a wide audience as a textbook for advanced undergraduate students, graduate students and as a reference for practicing scientists from a wide array of disciplines
Introduction to World Vegetation
Author: P.E. CollinsonPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9401539359
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
A textbook (1st ed., 1978) presenting a wide range of information for students of ecology, geography, and biogeography.
Nutrient Cycling in Terrestrial Ecosystems
Author: A. F. HarrisonPublisher:
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Category : Biogeochemical cycles
Languages : en
Pages : 488
Book Description
A source of information for environmental scientists involved in research of the inputs, cycling and losses of nutrients in terrestrial ecosystems. A division has been made into a series of sections, dealing in turn with inputs, losses, turnover and plant uptake
Analysis of Temperate Forest Ecosystems
Author: D.E. ReichlePublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 3642855873
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 319
Book Description
A series of concise books, each by one or several authors, will provide prompt, world-wide information on approaches to analyzing ecological systems and their interacting parts. Syntheses of results in turn will illustrate the effectiveness, and the limitations, of current knowledge. This series aims to help overcome the fragmen tation of our understanding about natural and managed landscapes and water- about man and the many other organisms which depend on these environments. We may sometimes seem complacent that our environment has supported many civilizations fairly well - better in some parts of the Earth than in others. Modern technology has mastered some difficulties but creates new ones faster than we anticipate. Pressures of human and other animal populations now highlight complex ecological problems of practical importance and theoretical scientific interest. In every climatic-biotic zone, changes in plants, soils, waters, air and other resources which support life are accelerating. Such changes engulf not only regions already crowded or exploited. They spill over into more natural areas where contrasting choices for future use should remain open to our descendents-where Nature's own balances and imbalances can be interpreted by imaginative research, and need to be.
Ecology of Mediterranean Evergreen Oak Forests
Author: Ferran RodaPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 364258618X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
Used by humans since ancient times, evergreen oak forests still cover extensive mountain areas of the Mediterranean Basin. These broadleaved evergreen forests occupy a transitional zone between the cool-temperate deciduous forest biome and the drier Mediterranean pine forests and shrublands. Slow growing and casting a deep shade, the sclerophyllous holm oak (Quercus ilex) absolutely dominates the closed canopy of many Mediterranean evergreen oak forests. This is a synthesis of 20 years of research on the structure, function, and dynamics of holm oak forests in two intensively studied experimental areas in Spain. By combining observational measurements at the leaf, tree, plot, and catchment scales with field experiments and modelling, the authors explore how these forests cope with strong water limitation and repeated disturbances.
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