Principles of Terrestrial Ecosystem Ecology - Chapin III, F Stuart; Matson, Pamela A.; Vitousek, Peter; SpringerLink (Online service) (New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2011)
Preface -- I. CONTEXT -- The Ecosystem Concept -- Earth's Climate System -- Geology, Soils, and Sediments -- II. MECHANISMS -- Water and Energy Balance -- Carbon Inputs to  Ecosystems -- Plant Carbon Budgets -- TerrDecomposition and Ecosystem Carbon Budgets -- Plant Nutrient Use -- Nutrient Cycling -- Trophic Dynamics -- Species Effects on Ecosystem Processes -- III. PATTERNS -- Temporal Dynamics -- Landscape Heterogeneity and Ecosystem Dynamics -- IV. INTEGRATION -- Changes in the Earth System -- Managing and Sustaining Ecosystem -- Abbreviations -- Glossary -- References.
Keywords: Ecology .; Biodiversity; Ecosystems; Plant ecology; Ecology; Terrestial Ecology; Biodiversity; Ecosystems; Plant Ecology