Lamto Structure, Functioning, and Dynamics of a Savanna Ecosystem /
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Springer New York : Imprint: Springer,
2006.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2006. |
| Series: | Ecological Studies, Analysis and Synthesis,
179 |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-33857-8 |
Table of Contents:
- 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.