TY  - BOOK
AU  - Perry,David A.
AU  - Oren,Ram
AU  - Hart,Stephen C.
TI  - Forest ecosystems
SN  - 9780801888403 (hardcover : alk. paper)
AV  - QK938 PER 2008
U1  - 577.3 22
PY  - 2008///
CY  - Baltimore
PB  - Johns Hopkins University Press
KW  - Forest ecology
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. [521]-594) and index; 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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