Descript |
XV, 529 p. 250 illus., 48 illus. in color. online resource. |
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Edition |
Second Edition. |
Contents |
Preface -- I. CONTEXT -- The Ecosystem Concept -- Earth's Climate System -- Geology, Soils, and Sediments -- II. MECHANISMS -- Water and Energy Balance -- Carbon Inputs to Ecosystems -- Plant Carbon Budgets -- TerrDecomposition and Ecosystem Carbon Budgets -- Plant Nutrient Use -- Nutrient Cycling -- Trophic Dynamics -- Species Effects on Ecosystem Processes -- III. PATTERNS -- Temporal Dynamics -- Landscape Heterogeneity and Ecosystem Dynamics -- IV. INTEGRATION -- Changes in the Earth System -- Managing and Sustaining Ecosystem -- Abbreviations -- Glossary -- References. |
ISBN |
9781441995049 |
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9781441995025 (print) |
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9781441995032 (print) |
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9781441995056 (print) |
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9781493938254 (print) |
Standard # |
10.1007/978-1-4419-9504-9 doi |
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