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Lamto

Structure, Functioning, and Dynamics of a Savanna Ecosystem

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Editors:
  1. Luc Abbadie

    1. Biogéochimie et écologie des milieux continentaux, Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris cedex 05, France

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  2. Jacques Gignoux

    1. Biogéochimie et écologie des milieux continentaux, Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris cedex 05, France

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  3. Xavier Roux

    1. Laboratoire d’écologie microbienne, CNRS-Université Lyon 1, Villeurbanne cedex, France

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  4. Michel Lepage

    1. IRD, Ouagadougou 01, Burkina Faso

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  • Synthesizing over 30 years worth of ecological research conducted at Lamto in Cote d'Ivoire, Africa, this book comprises information on the structure, function, and dynamics of a humid savanna

Part of the book series: Ecological Studies (ECOLSTUD, volume 179)

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Table of contents (21 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XIX
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  2. History of the Lamto Ecology Station and Ecological Studies at Lamto

    1. History of the Lamto Ecology Station and Ecological Studies at Lamto

      • Roger Vuattoux, Souleymane Konaté, Luc Abbadie, Sébastien Barot, Jacques Gignoux, Gaëlle Lahoreau
      Pages 1-12

  3. The Environment

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 13-13
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    2. Geology, Landform, and Soils

      • Luc Abbadie, Jean-Claude Menaut
      Pages 15-24

    3. Climate

      • Xavier Le Roux
      Pages 25-44

    4. Environmental Constraints on Living Organisms

      • Luc Abbadie, Jacques Gignoux, Michel Lepage, Xavier Le Roux
      Pages 45-61

    5. Vegetation

      • Jean-Claude Menaut, Luc Abbadie
      Pages 63-74

  4. Structure and Functioning of Plant Cover

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 75-75
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    2. Soil-Plant-Atmosphere Exchanges

      • Xavier Le Roux, Bruno Monteny
      Pages 77-113

    3. Biomass Cycle and Primary Production

      • Jacques Gignoux, Patrick Mordelet, Jean-Claude Menaut
      Pages 115-137

    4. Tree/Grass Interactions

      • Patrick Mordelet, Xavier Le Roux
      Pages 139-161

    5. Modeling the Relationships between Vegetation Structure and Functioning, and Modeling Savanna Functioning from Plot to Region

      • Xavier Le Roux, Jacques Gignoux, Guillaume Simioni
      Pages 163-183

    6. Modification of the Savanna Functioning by Herbivores

      • Xavier Le Roux, Luc Abbadie, Hervé Fritz, Hélène Leriche
      Pages 185-198

  5. Carbon Cycle and Soil Organic Matter Dynamics

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 199-199
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    2. Origin, Distribution, and Composition of Soil Organic Matter

      • Luc Abbadie, Hassan Bismarck Nacro
      Pages 201-218

    3. Soil Carbon and Organic Matter Dynamics

      • Luc Abbadie, Hassan Bismarck Nacro, Jacques Gignoux
      Pages 219-234

    4. Perturbations of Soil Carbon Dynamics by Soil Fauna

      • Michel Lepage, Luc Abbadie, Guy Josens, Souleymane Konaté, Patrick Lavelle
      Pages 235-251

  6. The Nitrogen Cycle

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 253-253
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    2. Nitrogen Inputs to and Outputs from the Soil-Plant System

      • Luc Abbadie
      Pages 255-275

    3. Nitrogen Dynamics in the Soil-Plant System

      • Luc Abbadie, Jean-Christophe Lata
      Pages 277-297
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About this book

Known as "a dream place for scientists" the Lamto savannas, located on the edge of the Cote d'Ivoire rain forests, are some of the only savannas in the world where ongoing ecological research has endured for over forty years. Drawing from and synthesizing this abundance of research, the book examines the structure, function, and dynamics of the Lamto humid savanna. Beginning with the history of the Lamto ecology station, proceeding on to an overview of the major enivronmental conditions of the site, and specifically examining the integrative view of energy and nutrient fluxes relative to the dynamics of the region's vegetation, this exacting work is as unique and treasured as Lamto itself.

Reviews

From the reviews:

"This new volume is good news for savanna ecologists. It is a summary and integration of some four decades of ecological research in the savanna of Lamto in Ivory Coast, West Africa. … a most interesting book that is of great value to savanna ecologists. … This is a very valuable and interesting book which I certainly recommend to all savanna ecologists, and I congratulate the authors with their achievement." (Marinus J. A. Werger, Phytocoenologia, Vol. 38 (1-2), August, 2008)

Editors and Affiliations

  • Biogéochimie et écologie des milieux continentaux, Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris cedex 05, France

    Luc Abbadie, Jacques Gignoux

  • Laboratoire d’écologie microbienne, CNRS-Université Lyon 1, Villeurbanne cedex, France

    Xavier Roux

  • IRD, Ouagadougou 01, Burkina Faso

    Michel Lepage

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Lamto

  • Book Subtitle: Structure, Functioning, and Dynamics of a Savanna Ecosystem

  • Editors: Luc Abbadie, Jacques Gignoux, Xavier Roux, Michel Lepage

  • Series Title: Ecological Studies

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-33857-8

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag New York 2006

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-387-94844-7Published: 20 March 2006

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4419-2854-2Published: 29 November 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-0-387-33857-6Published: 22 November 2006

  • Series ISSN: 0070-8356

  • Series E-ISSN: 2196-971X

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XX, 415

  • Number of Illustrations: 158 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Ecology, Biodiversity, Ecosystems, Plant Ecology, Terrestial Ecology

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