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Terrestrial ecosystem ecology : principles and applications /

Human activities impact the environment and modify the cycles of important elements such as carbon and nitrogen from local to global scales. In order to maintain long-term and sustainable use of the world's natural resources it is important that we understand how and why ecosystems respond to s...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ågren, Göran I.
Other Authors: Andersson, Folke, 1933-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
Subjects:
Ecology.
Climatic changes.
Global environmental change.
Biological systems.
Ecophysiology.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Prologue: environmental changes and ecosystem effects
  • two historical examples
  • Part I. History and Concepts
  • 1. History of ecosystem research and ecosystem knowledge
  • 2. Ecology, ecosystem and ecosystem science
  • 3. Ecosystem ecology
  • cornerstones and scientific methodology
  • Part II. Ecosystem Structure and Function
  • 4. Ecosystem structure
  • vegetation and soil
  • 5. Energy and water
  • 6. Plant production
  • 7. Soil organic matter processes
  • 8. Organisms and ecosystem processes
  • 9. Element cycles
  • 10. Principles
  • Part III. Ecosystem Dynamics at Different Time Scales
  • 11. Tectonic to orbital changes
  • 12. Millennial to centennial or postglacial changes
  • 13. Centennial to annual changes
  • Part IV. Applications
  • 14. Air pollution and forest ecosystems
  • 15. Global change
  • Epilogue: society and terrestrial ecosystem ecology
  • Appendices: Appendix 1. Abbreviations
  • Appendix 2. Glossary
  • Appendix 3. Some useful values and symbols used to represent them
  • Appendix 4. Data on selected ecosystems
  • Index.