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Heinrich Walter
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Universität Hohenheim, Stuttgart 70, Germany
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Siegmar-W. Breckle
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Universität Bielefeld, Bielefeld 1, Germany
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Table of contents (32 chapters)
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Zonobiome II: Tropical ZB with Summer Rainfall (Humid-Arid Climate)
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Pages 162-172
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Pages 172-199
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- Heinrich Walter, Siegmar-W. Breckle
Pages 199-214
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Zonobiome III: Subtropical Deserts (The Arid Zonobiome)
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Front Matter
Pages 215-216
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General
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Pages 217-219
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Pages 220-223
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Pages 223-227
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Pages 227-227
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Special Section
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Pages 228-261
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Pages 262-273
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Pages 274-315
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Pages 316-329
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Pages 330-365
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Pages 366-396
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Pages 397-402
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Pages 403-422
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Back Matter
Pages 423-466
About this book
In Volume 1 of this four-volume series, ecological problems of a general nature were discussed from a global point of view. Familiarity with this is essential for a full understanding of the more specialized treatment in this and subsequent volumes, for no similar approach is to be found in other ecological handbooks for beginners. This present volume deals in detail with the special ecological relation ships of the tropical and subtropical zonobiomes I to III. Most ecologists proceed from the basis of their experience in the temperate zones of the northern hemisphere. As a result, many ecological writings show a certain one-sidedness and there is a danger that generalizations made will not be broadly applicable. To avoid this, particular emphasis is laid, in this vol urne, on the special ecological features and the characteristics of the trop ical and subtropical regions. More specifically, we deal not only with the relationship of the euclimatope to zonal soils and zonal vegetation, but also pay attention to azonal conditions shown in pedobiomes and in the altitudinal belts of mountains, the orobiomes. In this and the subsequent volumes the same simple scheme is followed in treating each zonobiome: 1. climate; 2. soils; 3. producers; 4. consum ers; 5. decomposers; 6. ecosystems; 7. sub division into biomes; 8. oro biomes; 9. pedobiomes and 10. zonoecotones. Where it has appeared expedient, however, we have occasionally deviated from this scheme (see Deserts D, F, G and H).
Authors and Affiliations
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Universität Hohenheim, Stuttgart 70, Germany
Heinrich Walter
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Universität Bielefeld, Bielefeld 1, Germany
Siegmar-W. Breckle