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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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Main Authors: Bond, William J., 1948
Published: Oxford University Press,
Publisher Address: Oxford, United Kingdom :
Publication Dates: 2019.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Edition: First edition.
Subjects:
Grassland ecology
Savanna ecology
Shrubland ecology
Fire ecology
Ecological zones
Grasslands
Savannas
Shrublands
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.

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