Screen LibraryForest ecosystems
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| Group Author: | ; |
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Johns Hopkins University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Baltimore |
| Publication Dates: | c2008. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | 2nd ed. |
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| Carrier Form: | xiv, 606 p., [8] p. of plates: ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 29 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9780801888403 (hardcover : alk. paper) 0801888409 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
| Index Number: | S718 |
| CLC: | S718.5 |
| Call Number: | S718.5/P462/2nd.ed. |
| Contents: |
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 resou |