Author: Johanna Kovar-EderPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 20
Book Description
Vegetation Dynamics in Europe During the Neogene
Author: Johanna Kovar-EderQuaternary Vegetation Dynamics of Europe
Author: Gerhard LangPublisher: Haupt Verlag
ISBN: 3258482144
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 689
Book Description
Based on palaeoecological studies by many authors, this book gives an overview of the changing history of the European plant cover during the past 2.6 million years, characterized by numerous cold and warm periods. The period of the last 20 000 years (from the Last Glacial Maximum to the present) is presented in detail, with special emphasis on the vegetation dynamics of Europe, the history of selected woody plants, the development of lakes and bogs and the emergence of European cultural landscapes under the influence of humans over thousands of years. In the analysis of the glacial and interglacial periods, the focus is on the different vegetation developments and the progressive impoverishment of the European flora. Further important topics are the spatio-temporal patterns and causes of long-term vegetation changes, the legacies of disturbances and land use on vegetation composition, the role of palaeoecology in nature conservation and its contribution to ecology and environmental sciences. In addition to recent research results, the book provides an overview of the main palaeoecological research methods. It concludes with a summary of the history of palaeoecology and Quaternary botany. For the first time, a detailed synthesis is presented of the many findings on European vegetation dynamics, which are complex and increasingly difficult to summarize. Numerous figures and tables, many of them original, accompany the text. The bibliography includes over 3000 publications. This book is primarily intended for students, researchers and practitioners in plant ecology, palaeoecology, palaeoclimatology, forestry, agronomy, Quaternary sciences, climate sciences, biogeography, geography and archaeology.
The Middle Miocene Environments and Ecosystem Dynamics of the Eurasian Neogene (EEDEN)
Author: Fritz F. SteiningerPublisher:
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Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 122
Book Description
Ecology of Central European Non-Forest Vegetation: Coastal to Alpine, Natural to Man-Made Habitats
Author: Christoph LeuschnerPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319430483
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 1117
Book Description
This handbook in two volumes synthesises our knowledge about the ecology of Central Europe’s plant cover with its 7000-yr history of human impact, covering Germany, Poland, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Austria, Czech Republic and Slovakia. Based on a thorough literature review with 5500 cited references and nearly 1000 figures and tables, the two books review in 26 chapters all major natural and man-made vegetation types with their climatic and edaphic influences, the structure and dynamics of their communities, the ecophysiology of important plant species, and key aspects of ecosystem functioning. Volume I deals with forests and scrub vegetation and analyses the ecology of Central Europe’s tree flora, whilst Volume II is dedicated to the non-forest vegetation covering mires, grasslands, heaths, alpine habitats and urban vegetation. The consequences of over-use, pollution and recent climate change over the last century are explored and conservation issues addressed.
Vegetation Ecology of Central Europe
Author: Heinz EllenbergPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521236428
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 758
Book Description
No other book discusses so many principles relevant not only to plant ecologists in continental Europe, but in the British Isles and North America.
Vegetation Ecology of Central Europe
Author: Christoph LeuschnerPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 9783319507101
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
This handbook in two volumes synthesises our knowledge about the ecology of Central Europe’s plant cover with its 7000-yr history of human impact, covering Germany, Poland, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Austria, Czech Republic and Slovakia. Based on a thorough literature review with 5500 cited references and nearly 1000 figures and tables, the two books review in 26 chapters all major natural and man-made vegetation types with their climatic and edaphic influences, the structure and dynamics of their communities, the ecophysiology of important plant species, and key aspects of ecosystem functioning. Volume I deals with forests and scrub vegetation and analyses the ecology of Central Europe’s tree flora, whilst Volume II is dedicated to the non-forest vegetation covering mires, grasslands, heaths, alpine habitats and urban vegetation. The consequences of over-use, pollution and recent climate change over the last century are explored and conservation issues addressed.
Reconstructing Late Pleistocene Vegetation Dynamics from Archaeological Cave Sites in the Western Mediterranean
Author: Steven WardPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Paleobotany
Languages : en
Pages : 1310
Book Description
Cyclic Changes in the Late Neogene Vegetation of Northern Greece
Author: Marloes Kloosterboer-van HoevePublisher:
ISBN: 9789039325087
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 131
Book Description
Mediterranean Evergreen Vegetation Dynamics
Author: Wiebe NijlandPublisher:
ISBN: 9789062662807
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 126
Book Description
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