Overview

Ecosystem ecology is the integrated study of biotic and abiotic components of ecosystems and their interactions within an ecosystem framework. This science examines how ecosystems work and relates this to their components such as chemicals, bedrock, soil, plants, and animals. A major focus of ecosystem ecology is on functional processes, ecological mechanisms that maintain the structure and services produced by ecosystems. These include primary productivity (production of biomass), decomposition, and trophic interactions. Studies of ecosystem function have greatly improved human understanding of sustainable production of forage, fibre, fuel, and provision of water. Functional processes are mediated by regional-to-local level climate, disturbance, and management thus ecosystem ecology provides a powerful framework for identifying ecological mechanisms that interact with global environmental problems, especially global warming and degradation of surface water. This book presents the latest developments in the field from around the world.

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Author:   Junying Chen ,  Chuguang Guô
Publisher:   Nova Science Publishers Inc
Imprint:   Nova Science Publishers Inc
Weight:   0.956kg
ISBN:  

9781604561838

ISBN 10:   1604561831
Pages:   364
Publication Date:   01 May 2008
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Awaiting stock  
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Table of Contents

Preface; Mineral Nutrition of Forest Plants in a Changing Environment-Some Neglected Aspects; Towards the Use of Distance Sampling to Monitorise Mountain Ungulates Numbers; Soil Ecosystem: Dynamic and Sustainability; New Tools and Strategies for Biomonitoring Marine Ecosystems: Learning from Echinoderms; Interactions between Marine Mammals and Fisheries: Implications for Cod Recovery; The Mathematics of Maintenance and Acquisition; Ecological Significance of Cover Crop and no Tillage Practices for Ensuring Sustainable of Agriculture and Eco-system Service; Integrated Approach for the Assessment of Biotech Soybean Pesticides Impact on Low Order Stream Ecosystems of the Pampasic Region; Ecology and Prevalence of Actynomyces-Antagonists in Soils of Kyrgyzstan; Assessing and Managing Wildfire Risk in the Wildland-Urban Interface; Soil Nitrogen Transformation in Different Land Uses in Indian Dry Tropical Forests; Temperature and Soil Moisture Effects on the Respiration of a Grassland Area; Meteorology and Air Quality Group, Crab Influences on the Export of Plant Detritus from Salt Marshes and Mangroves: A Review; Index.

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