Télécharger le livre :  Insects and Ecosystem Function

In the past two decades, an increasing number of ecologists have started to investigate the importance of biodiversity for ecological processes such as energy flow and nutrient cycling, often referred to as 'ecosystem functioning'. Insects are a dominant component of...
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Télécharger le livre :  Growth and Defence in Plants

Plants use resources, i.e. carbon, nutrients, water and energy, either for growth or to defend themselves from biotic and abiotic stresses. This volume provides a timely understanding of resource allocation and its regulation in plants, linking the molecular with...
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Parution : 2012-09-14
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Télécharger le livre :  Seaweed Biology

Seaweeds, also known as macroalgae, are among the most important primary producers and act as ecological engineers on rocky coasts of the world’s oceans. In addition to their extreme ecological importance they are also of high economic relevance. Complementing available...
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Télécharger le livre :  Aralkum - a Man-Made Desert

Having been the fourth largest lake on the globe roughly 50 years ago, today the Aral Sea no longer exists. Human activities caused its desiccation and the formation of a huge new desert, the Aralkum, which can be regarded as one of the greatest ecological catastrophes...
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Parution : 2011-09-22
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Télécharger le livre :  Peatlands of the Western Guayana Highlands, Venezuela

The Guayana Highlands in northeastern tropical America, rising from lowland rain forests and savannas up to 3000 m elevation, are characterized by ancient tablelands called tepuis.The peatlands that developed on the tepuis constitute unique and fascinating ecosystems...
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Parution : 2011-08-04
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Télécharger le livre :  Forest Hydrology and Biogeochemistry

This international rigorously peer-reviewed volume critically synthesizes current knowledge in forest hydrology and biogeochemistry. It is a one-stop comprehensive reference tool for researchers and practitioners in the fields of hydrology, biogeoscience, ecology,...
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Parution : 2011-06-15
Collection : Ecological Studies
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Télécharger le livre :  Plant Desiccation Tolerance

Desiccation tolerance was essential when plants first began to conquer land, roughly 400 million years ago. While most desiccation-tolerant plants belong to basal phylogenetic taxa, this capacity has also evolved among some vascular plant species.In this volume renowned...
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Parution : 2011-06-15
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Télécharger le livre :  Human Population

In this volume the dynamic patterns of human density and distribution are examined in relation to the viability of native species and the integrity of their habitats. Social, biological, and earth scientists describe their models, outline their conclusions from field...
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Parution : 2011-02-08
Collection : Ecological Studies
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Télécharger le livre :  The Landscape Ecology of Fire

Global warming is expected to change fire regimes, likely increasing the severity and extent of wildfires in many ecosystems around the world. What will be the landscape-scale effects of these altered fire regimes? Within what theoretical contexts can we accurately...
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Parution : 2011-01-04
Collection : Ecological Studies
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Télécharger le livre :  Forest Management and the Water Cycle

The protective function of forests for water quality and water-related hazards, as well as adequate water supplies for forest ecosystems in Europe, are potentially at risk due to changing climate and changing land-management practices. Water budgets of forest ecosystems...
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Parution : 2010-10-25
Collection : Ecological Studies
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Télécharger le livre :  Mangrove Dynamics and Management in North Brazil

Mangrove ecosystems are being increasingly threatened by human activities. Their biotic productivity supplies food and other resources to the human populations that inhabit or make use of them. This volume highlights the results of a ten-year German / Brazilian research...
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Parution : 2010-09-30
Collection : Ecological Studies
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Télécharger le livre :  Amazonian Floodplain Forests

Central Amazonian floodplain forests are an unique and endangered ecosystem. The forests grow in areas that are annually flooded by large rivers during mean periods of up to 8 months and at depths of up to 10 m. Despite this severe stress, these forests consist of over...
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Parution : 2010-09-27
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Télécharger le livre :  Permafrost Ecosystems

Drawing from a decade-long collaboration between Japan and Russia, this important volume presents the first major synthesis of current knowledge on the ecophysiology of the coniferous forests growing on permafrost at high latitudes. It presents ecological data for a...
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Parution : 2010-01-04
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Télécharger le livre :  Functioning and Management of European Beech Ecosystems

Temperate forests cover large areas of Europe and perform a number of important functions such as the regulation of energy and matter, production of wood and other resources, and conservation of biodiversity and habitats; they also have special signi?cance in social and...
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Parution : 2009-08-07
Collection : Ecological Studies
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Télécharger le livre :  Old-Growth Forests

Many terms often used to describe old-growth forests imply that these forests are less vigorous, less productive and less stable than younger forests. But research in the last two decades has yielded results that challenge the view of old-growth forests being in...
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Parution : 2009-07-07
Collection : Ecological Studies
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Télécharger le livre :  Marine Hard Bottom Communities

Marine hard bottoms feature some of the most spectacular and diverse biological communities on this planet. These not only contain a rich treasure of genetic, taxonomic and functional information but also deliver irreplaceable ecosystem services. At the same time, they...
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Parution : 2009-06-22
Collection : Ecological Studies
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Télécharger le livre :  Coral Bleaching

One of the most dire consequences of global climate change for coral reefs is the increased frequency and severity of mass coral bleaching events. This volume provides information on the causes and consequences of coral bleaching for coral reef ecosystems, from the...
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Parution : 2008-10-09
Collection : Ecological Studies
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Télécharger le livre :  Ecosystem Organization of a Complex Landscape

This book presents the major findings of a 12-year ecological study of the Bornhöved Lake District, situated some 30 km south of Kiel. Historically speaking, the present research scheme, like comparable long-term ecosystem studies at Göttingen, Bayreuth, München, and...
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Parution : 2008-06-24
Collection : Ecological Studies
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Télécharger le livre :  The Continental-Scale Greenhouse Gas Balance of Europe

The human interference with the climate system, the perturbation of the carbon cycle through massive release of greenhouse gases, caused by fossil fuel burning and land-use change, is threatening society and represents a key challenge for research and policies in the...
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Parution : 2008-06-06
Collection : Ecological Studies
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Télécharger le livre :  The Everglades Experiments

In the late 1960s, I worked as a graduate teaching assistant in plant ecology for the late Dr. John Henry Davis at the University of Florida. On one of our visits to the Everglades, he mentioned to me that he had been studying problems of the Everglades since the early...
Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2008-03-12
Collection : Ecological Studies
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