Vegetation of the Earth and Ecological Systems of the Geo-biosphere

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Autor principal: Walter, Heinrich. (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: eBook
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 1985.
Edición:3rd ed. 1985.
Colección:Heidelberg Science Library,
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Acceso en línea:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-96859-4
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.