Screen LibraryEcology of Central European Forests : Vegetation Ecology of Central Europe. Volume I /
This is a comprehensive handbook in two volumes covering the heart of the continent, including Germany, Poland, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Austria, Czech Republic and Slovakia. Based on a thorough literature review with 5500 cited references and illustrated with nearly 1000 i...
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Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer,
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| Publisher Address: | Cham : |
| Publication Dates: | 2017. |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-43042-3 |
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This is a comprehensive handbook in two volumes covering the heart of the continent, including Germany, Poland, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Austria, Czech Republic and Slovakia. Based on a thorough literature review with 5500 cited references and illustrated with nearly 1000 informative figures and tables, all vegetation types of this region are analysed in terms of the climatic and edaphic influences, the structure and dynamics of their communities, the ecophysiological constitution of the main plant species, important aspects of ecosystem functioning, and recent cons |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource(XXXIV,971pages): illustrations |
| ISBN: | 9783319430423 |
| Index Number: | QH301 |
| CLC: | Q948.55 |
| Contents: | Part I. The natural environment and its history -- 1. Environmental and historical influences on the vegetation of Central Europe -- 2. Life forms and growth types of Central European plant species -- PART II. THE ROLE OF MAN -- 3. The Central European vegetation as the result of millennia of human activity -- PART III. General ecology of Central European forests -- 4. Abiotic conditions, flora, ecosystem functions and recent human influence -- PART IV. FOREST AND SHRUB FORMATIONS -- 5. Beech and mixed beech forests -- 6. Mixed broadleaved forests poor in beech outside of floodplains or mire |