Lamto Structure, Functioning, and Dynamics of a Savanna Ecosystem - Abbadie, Luc.; Gignoux, Jaques; Roux, Xavier; Lepage, Michel; SpringerLink (Online service) (New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2006)
History of the Lamto Ecology Station and Ecological Studies at Lamto -- History of the Lamto Ecology Station and Ecological Studies at Lamto -- The Environment -- Geology, Landform, and Soils -- Climate -- Environmental Constraints on Living Organisms -- Vegetation -- Structure and Functioning of Plant Cover -- Soil-Plant-Atmosphere Exchanges -- Biomass Cycle and Primary Production -- Tree/Grass Interactions -- Modeling the Relationships between Vegetation Structure and Functioning, and Modeling Savanna Functioning from Plot to Region -- Modification of the Savanna Functioning by Herbivores -- Carbon Cycle and Soil Organic Matter Dynamics -- Origin, Distribution, and Composition of Soil Organic Matter -- Soil Carbon and Organic Matter Dynamics -- Perturbations of Soil Carbon Dynamics by Soil Fauna -- The Nitrogen Cycle -- Nitrogen Inputs to and Outputs from the Soil-Plant System -- Nitrogen Dynamics in the Soil-Plant System -- Role of Soil Fauna in Nitrogen Cycling -- Plant Community Dynamics -- Spatial Pattern, Dynamics, and Reproductive Biology of the Grass Community -- Structure, Long-Term Dynamics, and Demography of the Tree Community -- Modeling Tree and Grass Dynamics: From Demographic to Spatially Explicit Models -- Toward an Integration of Savanna Structure, Functioning, and Dynamics -- A Synthetic Overview of Lamto Savanna Ecology: Importance of Structure-Functioning-Dynamics Relationships -- Perspectives: From the Lamto Experience to Critical Issues for Savanna Ecology Research.
Keywords: Ecology .; Biodiversity; Ecosystems; Plant ecology; Ecology; Biodiversity; Ecosystems; Plant Ecology; Terrestial Ecology