Ecosystem Ecology

Herausgegeben:Jørgensen, Sven Erik

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Jorgensen's Ecosystem Ecology provides a thorough and comprehensive overview of the world's aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems. This derivative volume based on the best-selling Encyclopedia of Ecology (published 2008) is the only book currently published that provides an overview of the world's ecosystems in a concise format.

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Produktdetails

• A Derivative of Encyclopedia of Ecology
• Verlag: Academic Press
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: C2009-0-30633-9
• Seitenzahl: 521
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. August 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 286mm x 219mm x 33mm
• Gewicht: 1658g
• ISBN-13: 9780444534668
• ISBN-10: 0444534660
• Artikelnr.: 26858406

Inhaltsangabe

Preface

Part I: Ecosystems as Systems
1. Introduction
2. Ecosystem Ecology
3. Ecological Systems Thinking
4. Ecosystems
5. Ecosystem Services
6. Fundamental Laws in Ecology

Part II: Ecosystem Properties
7. Autocatalysis
8. Body Size Patterns
9. Cycling and Cycling Indices
10. Ecological Network Analysis, Ascendency
11. Ecological Network Analysis, Energy Analysis
12. Ecological Network Analysis, Environmental Analysis
13. Inderect Effects in Ecology
14. Emergent Properties
15. Self-organization
16. Ecological Complexity
17. Hierarchy Theory in Ecology
18. Goal Functions and Orientors
19. Energy
20. Overview of Ecosystem Types

Part III: Freshwater & Marine Ecosystems
21. Coral Reefs
22. Estuaries
23. Freshwater Lakes
24. Freshwater Marshes
25. Lagoons
26. Mangrove Wetlands
27. Mediterranean
28. Peatlands
29. Riparian Wetlands
30. Rivers and Streams I
31. Rivers and Streams II
32. Rocky Intertidal Zone
33. Saline and Soda Lakes
34. Salt Marshes
35. Swamps
36. Temporary Water
37. Upwelling Ecosystems

Part IV: Terrestrial Ecosystems
38. Agriculture Systems
39. Alpine Ecosystems and the High-Elevation Treeline
40. Alpine Forest
41. Biological Wastewater Treatment Systems
42. Boreal Forest
43. Botanical Gardens
44. Caves
45. Chaparral
46. Deserts
47. Dunes
48. Floodplains
49. Forest Plantations
50. Greenhouses, Microcosms and Mesocosms
51. Landfills
52. Polar Terrestrial Ecology
53. Savanna
54. Steppes and Praries
55. Temperate Forest
56. Tropical Rainforest
57. Tropical Seasonal Forest
58. Tundra
59. Urban Systems
60. Wind Shelterbelts
Index