Forest ecosystems

Forest ecosystems

by Perry, David A.

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Title Statements

  • Full title :Forest ecosystems / David A. Perry, Ram Oren, Stephen C. Hart.

Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2008.
  • Edition:2nd ed

Publication Statements

The Physical Object

  • Description:1 online resource (xiv, 606 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : : illustrations (some color), maps (some color)

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9781421412818, 1421412810
  • oclc:ocn680648302
  • LC Classification:QK938.F6
  • Dewey Decimal:577.3

Table of Contents

Introduction -- Basic terminology and concepts -- Forests as part of the global ecosystem -- Major forest types and their climatic controls -- Local variation in community type: the landscape mosaic -- Change in time: an overview -- Disturbance in forest ecosystems -- Patterns and mechanisms of succession -- The structure of local ecosystems -- How biodiversity is created and maintained -- The biological web: interactions among species -- Size-density relationships in forests over time and across space -- Genetic and evolutionary aspects of species interactions -- Soil: the fundamental resource -- Primary productivity -- Forest nutrition -- Biogeochemical cycling: nutrient inputs to and losses from local ecosystems -- Biogeochemical cycling: the intrasystem cycle -- Herbivores in forest ecosystems -- Ecosystem stability I: introduction and case studies -- Ecosystem stability II: the role of biodiversity -- Ecosystem stability III: conserving species -- The future.

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Subjects

Ecologie forestière Forest ecology

Writers

Perry, David A. Hart, Stephen C. Oren, Ram

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