Vegetation of the Earth and Ecological Systems of the Geo-biosphere - Walter, Heinrich; SpringerLink (Online service) (Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 1985)
Introduction: The Classification of Ecological Systems -- 1. The Aims of Ecology -- 2. Classification of the Geo-biosphere into Zonobiomes -- 3. Zonoecotones -- 4. Orobiomes -- 5. Pedobiomes -- 6. Biomes -- 7. The Nature and Structure of Ecosystems -- 8. Special Material Cycles in Terrestrial Ecosystems and the Role Played by Fire -- 9. Smaller Units of Ecological Systems: Biogeocenes and Synusiae -- 10. Diagrammatic Representation of the Hierarchy of Ecological Units. -- General Section -- 1. The Historical Factor -- 2. Climate and Its Representation (Climate Diagrams, Homoclimes, and Climate-Diagram Maps) -- 3. Environment and Competition -- 4. Ecotypes and the Law of Change of Biotope and Relative Constancy of Habitat. Extrazonal Vegetation -- 5. Poikilohydric and Homeohydric Plants and Halophytes -- Special Section -- I Zonobiome of the Equatorial Humid Diurnal Climate with Evergreen Tropical Rain Forest -- Zonoecotone I/II - Semievergreen Forest -- II Zonobiome of the Humido-Arid Tropical Summer-Rain Region with Deciduous Forests -- Zonoecotone II/III - Climatic Savannas -- III Zonobiome of the Subtropical Arido Climate with Deserts -- Zonoecotone III/IV - Semidesert -- IV Zonobiome of the Winter-Rain Region with an Arid-Humid Climate and Sclerophyllic Woodlands -- V Zonobiome of the Warm-Temperate Humid Climate -- VI Zonobiome of the Temperate-Nemoral Climate -- Zonoecotone VI/VII - Forest-Steppe -- VII Zonobiome of the Arid-Temperature Climate -- Zonoecotone VIII/XI - Boreonemoral Zone -- VIII Zonobiome of the Cold-Temperate Boreal Climate -- Zonoecotone VII/IX - Forest Tundra -- IX Zonobiome of the Arctic Tundra Climate -- Summary -- Phytomass and Primary Production of the Various Vegetational Zones and of the Entire Biosphere -- Conclusion from an Ecological Point of View -- 1. The Population Explosion in the Developing Countries -- 2. Excessive Technological Developments in the Industrial Countries -- References.
Keywords: Ecology .; Plant science; Botany; Agriculture; Forestry; Atmospheric sciences; Ecology; Plant Sciences; Agriculture; Forestry; Atmospheric Sciences