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Forest ecosystems / David A. Perry, Ram Oren, Stephen C. Hart.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Perry, David A., 1938-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Forest ecology.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 606 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 29 cm
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Basic terminology and concepts
- Forests as part of the global ecosystem
- Major forest types and their climatic controls
- Local variation in community type: the landscape mosaic
- Change in time: an overview
- Disturbance in forest ecosystems
- Patterns and mechanisms of succession
- The structure of local ecosystems
- How biodiversity is created and maintained
- The biological web: interactions among species
- Size-density relationships in forests over time and across space
- Genetic and evolutionary aspects of species interactions
- Soil: the fundamental resource
- Primary productivity
- Forest nutrition
- Biogeochemical cycling: nutrient inputs to and losses from local ecosystems
- Biogeochemical cycling: the intrasystem cycle
- Herbivores in forest ecosystems
- Ecosystem stability I: introduction and case studies
- Ecosystem stability II: the role of biodiversity
- Ecosystem stability III: conserving species
- The future.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [521]-594) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1924 Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9780801888403
- 0801888409
- OCLC:
- 174138928
- Online:
- Contributor biographical information
- Publisher description
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