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Forest ecosystems / David A. Perry, Ram Oren, Stephen C. Hart.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008.Edition: 2nd edDescription: xiv, 606 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 29 cmISBN:
  • 9780801888403 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • 0801888409 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 577.3 22
LOC classification:
  • QK938 PER 2008
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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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Books in General collection Books in General collection Mzuzu University Library and Learning Resources Centre QK 938 PER 2008 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 0096034 Checked out 07/07/2025 mZulm-009634

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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