Advances in ecological research. Volume 28 /

This volume contains papers highlighting the diverse interests of modern ecologists. Areas covered range from modeling terrestrial carbon exchange and storage to the relationship between animal abundance and body size. Other papers address the free-air carbon dioxide enrichment in global change rese...

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Corporate Author:	ScienceDirect (Online service)
Other Authors:	Fitter, Alastair, Raffaelli, D. G. (Dave G.)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	San Diego : Academic Press, ©1999.
Series:	Advances in ecological research.
Subjects:	Ecology. Climatic changes. Plants > Effect of carbon on. Food chains (Ecology) Natural selection. Roots (Botany) > Ecology. Body size. Climate Change Food Chain Body Constitution Climat > Changements. Plantes > Effets du carbone sur. Chaînes alimentaires (Écologie) Racines (Botanique) > Écologie. Constitution corporelle. climate change. SCIENCE > Environmental Science (see also Chemistry > Environmental) NATURE > Ecosystems & Habitats > Wilderness. NATURE > Ecology. SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Ecology. Body size Climatic changes Ecology Natural selection Plants > Effect of carbon on Roots (Botany) > Ecology Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

Free-air carbon dioxide enrichment (FACE) in global change research : a review / A.R. McLeod and S.P. Long
Modelling terrestrial carbon exchange and storage : evidence and implications of functional convergence in light-use efficiency / S.J. Goetz and S.D. Prince
Generalist predators, interaction strength and food-web stability / G.P. Closs, S.R. Balcome and M.J. Shirley
Delays, demography and cycles : a forensic study / W.S.C. Gurney, S.P. Blythe and T.K. Stokes
Spatial root segregation : are plants territorial? / H.J. Schenk, R.M. Callaway and B.E. Mahall
The relationship between animal abundance and body size : a review of the mechanisms / T.M. Blackburn and K.J. Gaston.