Forest ecosystems /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Perry, David A.
Formato: Libro
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, c1994.
Materias:
Ecología forestal.
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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
  • Interactions among conspecifics: the self-thinning rule
  • Genetic and evolutionary aspects of interactions: coevolution, group selection, and genetic interfaces
  • The soil ecosystem
  • 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 of pollution and management-related degradation
  • Ecosystem stability II: the role of biodiversity
  • Ecosystem stability III: conserving species
  • The future.

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