Ecosystem function in heterogeneous landscapes /
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New York : London
Springer,
2005.
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Table of Contents:
- Ecosystem function in heterogeneous landscapes / Gary M. Lovett ... [et al.]
- SECTION I. CHALLENGES AND CONCEPTUAL APPROACHES
- Causes and consequences of spatial heterogeneity in ecosystem function / Monica G. Turner, F. Stuart Chapin III
- The template: patterns and processes of spatial variation / Ethan P. White, James H. Brown
- Thoughts on the generation and imporatance of spatial heterogeneity in ecosystems and landscapes / John Pastor
- Reciprocal cause and effect between environmental heterogeneity and transport processes / William A. Reiners
- SECTION II. PERSPECTIVES FROM DIFFERENT DISCIPLINES
- Population ecology in spatially heterogeneous environments / Lenore Fahrig, William K. Nuttle
- Heterogeneity in hydrologic processes: a terrestrial hydrologic modeling perspective / Christina Tague
- Spatial heterogeneity in infectious disease epidemics / David L. Smith
- Spatial heterogeneity and its relation to processes in the Upper Ocean / Amala Mahadevan
- SECTION III. ILLUSTRATIONS OF HETEROGENEITY AND ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION
- Heterogeneity in arid and semiarid lands / David J. Tongway, John A. Ludwig
- Formation of soil-vegetation patterns / Marcel Meinders, Nico van Breemen
- Spatial petterning of soil carbon storage across boreal landscapes / Merritt R. Turestsky ... [et al.]
- Heterogeneity in urban ecosystems: patterns and process / Larry E. Band ... [et al.]
- Origins, patterns, and imporatnce of heterogenetiy in Riparian systems / Robert J. Naiman ... [et al.]
- Flowpaths as integrators of heterogeneity in streams and landscapes / Stuart G. Fisher, Jill R. Welter
- Causes and consequences of spatial heterogeneity in lakes / Timothy K. Kratz ... [et al.]
- SECTION IV. APPLICATION OF FRAMEWORKS AND CONCEPTS
- The importance of multiscale spatial heterogeneity in wildland fire management and research / William H. Romme
- The role of spatial heterogenetiy in the management of freshwater resources / Alan D. Steinman, Rodney Denning
- The roles of spatial heterogeneity and ecological processes in conservation planning / Hugh P. Possingham ... [et al.]
- SECTION V. SYNTHESIS
- Challenges in understanding the functions of ecological heterogeneity / David L. Strayer
- Spatial pattern and ecosystem function: reflections on current knowledge and future directions / Jerry F. Franklin
- Spatial heterogeneity: past, present, and future / Gaius R. Shaver
- Heterogenetiy and ecosystem function: enhancing ecological understanding and applications / Judy L. Meyer
- Conceptual frameworks: plan for a half-built house / Gary M. Lovett ... [et al.]