Vegetation of the Earth and Ecological Systems of the Geo-biosphere
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Berlin, Heidelberg :
Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer,
1985.
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| Edition: | 3rd ed. 1985. |
| Series: | Heidelberg Science Library,
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-96859-4 |
Table of Contents:
- 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.