Principles of Terrestrial Ecosystem Ecology /

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Chapin III, F Stuart. (Author), Matson, Pamela A. (Author), Vitousek, Peter. (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2011.
Edition:2nd ed. 2011.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • 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.