Protected Land : Disturbance, Stress, and American Ecosystem Management /
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| Formato: | eBook |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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New York, NY :
Springer New York : Imprint: Springer,
2010.
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| Edición: | 1st ed. 2010. |
| Colección: | Springer Series on Environmental Management,
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| Acceso en línea: | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-6813-5 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Preface
- Four Ecosystems, Four Questions; Oak Openings, Ohio; Kissimmee River, Florida; Tallgrass Prairie, Kansas; Six Rivers National Forest, California; Four Questions
- Part 1: Ecosystems in Theory
- The Ecosystem Idea and Ideal; Preservation, Conservation, and Ecology; Gleason and Individualism; Leopoldian Preservation and Conservation; Hutchinson, Holism, and Individualism; The New Ecology; Preservation of the Ideal; Toward an Ecosystem Approach to Management
- A Thing is Right; The Adaptive Cycle; Diversity, Stability, Health and Integrity
- Disturbance, Stress, and Resilience; Disturbance; Resilience; Complications of Stress
- Invasion; Colonization and Succession; Factors of Colonization; Nonnative Invaders; Passengers and Drivers; Ecosystem Function and Service; Ecosystem Service and Invasion; Eradication; A Conservation Dilemma
- Part 2: Ecosystems in Practice
- Very Small Ecosystems; Microbial Ecosystems; Biofilms as Model Ecosystems; Biofilms as Patches; Micro- and Macro-Ecosystems
- Forested Ecosystems; The Forest Sanctuary; The Monongahela Experiment; Wilderness Management; Healthy Forests; Unmanaged Forest Succession
- Grassland Ecosystems
- Grasslands, Short and Tall; Prairie Restoration and Umbrella Species; Land Trust Grasslands
- Freshwater Ecosystems; Wetlands; Lakes; Rivers
- Saltwater Ecosystems; Intertidal Ecosystems; Subtidal Ecosystems; Deeper Water
- Protecting the Shifting Quilt; Holism, Strong and Weak; The Four Horsemen Revisited; Along the Continuum; Protecting the Shifting Quilt
- Index.