Open ecosystems : ecology and evolution beyond the forest edge /
Explores the geography, ecology, and antiquity of 'open ecosystems' which include grasslands, savannas, and shrublands.
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Oxford University Press,
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Publisher Address: | Oxford, United Kingdom : |
Publication Dates: | 2019. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
Edition: | First edition. |
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Summary: |
Explores the geography, ecology, and antiquity of 'open ecosystems' which include grasslands, savannas, and shrublands. |
Carrier Form: | xi, 178 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 25 cm |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-174) and index. |
ISBN: |
9780198812456 0198812450 |
Index Number: | QH541 |
CLC: | S812.29 |
Call Number: | S812.29/B711 |
Contents: | Introduction to open ecosystems: a global anomaly and a local example -- The pattern of open ecosystems and the climates in which they occur -- Uncertain ecosystems: the conceptual framework -- The nature of open ecosystems -- The origins of closed and open ecosystems: fossils and phylogenies -- Soils and open ecosystems -- Fire and open ecosystems -- Vertebrate herbivory and open ecosystems -- The future of open ecosystems -- References -- Index. |