G. Marcuzzi

European Ecosystems (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

There are many works, written in several European languages, on general, animal, and more especially vegetational ecology, but the space devoted to the study and description of the various ecosystems - both terrestrial and aquatic - of Europe is very limited, and this even in the books of European workers. Indeed, today we are in the strange position that, while some extra-European continents or parts of continents such as South Africa, the west part of South American, Australia, the arid zones of the Old World, not to mention Antarctica (that recentlY has at tracted the attention of a great number of students) have been very thoroughly studied and illustrated - for European ecosystems we have very scant informa tion, if we make allowance for the many analytical works on single natural or artificial environments (generally belonging to Central or Northern Europe). We have a beautiful book on the animal ecology of Palestine (today comprising Israel plus Jordan) written in the mid-thirties by Bodenheimer. However, Palestine does not belong to Europe, although some of the ecological and geographical peculiar ities of the western part of the country do correspond very closely to those of Southern Europe.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer Netherlands
• Seitenzahl: 779
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Dezember 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9789400996168
• Artikelnr.: 44176521

Inhaltsangabe

Sclerophyllous Forest.- A. General part.- B. Special part.- The Deciduous Forest.- General characteristics.- Vegetation.- The effects of man on European deciduous forest.- The fauna of deciduous forests.- The invertebrates.- Harmful invertebrates of deciduous forests.- Dynamism in ecology of deciduous forests.- An example of conservation in the deciduous forests.- Examples of European deciduous forests.- The Taiga.- General features.- The animal of the taiga.- The problem of conservation.- The Tundra.- The tundra in the past.- The influence of human agency upon the tundra.- The vegetation.- The fauna.- The problem of conservation in tundra ecosystems.- Applied ecology in the tundra ecosystem.- The Steppe.- The impact of man on the steppes.- The vegetation.- The fauna.- The invertebrates.- Productivity.- The Heaths.- Human impact upon heaths.- The vegetation.- Ecological implications of heath plants.- Origin of the heaths.- The heath animals.- Elements of biogeographical interest within the heath fauna.- Conservation problems in heathland.- The Montane Environment.- The soil.- The impact of man upon the mountain environment.- The vegetation.- Animal life.- Protection in the montane environment.- Humid or Alluvial Environments.- General characteristics.- Swamps.- Moors.- The shores of lakes.- The banks of rivers.- Life on the sea-shore.- The human impact upon humid environments.- Conservation problems in humid environments.- Fresh Water Environments.- General characteristics.- The sediments.- Vegetation.- The impact of man on freshwater environments.- Standing waters.- Brackish waters.- Saltern.- Running waters.- Fishing and fish culture in continental waters.- Pollution of inland waters.- The Environment of Human Settlement.- Artificial Ecosystems: The Cultivated Areas.-Addenda.- The sclerophyllous forest.- The deciduous forest.- The steppe.- The montane environment.- Humid or alluvial environments.- Fresh water environments.- The environment of human settlement.- Artificial ecosystems: the cultivated areas.