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Table of contents (16 chapters)
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Context
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Mechanisms
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Patterns
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Integration
Keywords
- biogeochemical cycles
- carbon input
- community effects
- ecosystem concept
- ecosystem dynamics
- energy balance
- landscape heterogeneity
- nutrient cycling
- sustaining ecosystem
- terrestrial decomposition
- terrestrial nutrient cycling
- terrestrial plant nutrient use
- terrestrial production processes
- terrestrial water
- trophic dynamics
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"This textbook includes 16 chapters, each ending with a summary, review questions and references to additional readings. … It is especially characterized by the great importance (250 pp.) which is attributed to abiotic aspects of ecosystem ecology and to production processes as well as nutrient cycling … . All these chapters are structured in an excellent and well organized way. … Altogether, the authors have well succeeded in writing a comprehensive textbook, mainly for graduate students." (Angelika Schwabe, Phytocoenologia, Vol. 34 (3), 2004)
"This comprehensive textbook outlines the central processes that characterize terrestrial ecosystems, tracing the flow of water, carbon, and nutrients from their abiotic origins to their cycles through plants, animals, and decomposer organisms. … This book synthesizes current advances in ecology with established theory to offer a complete survey of ecosystem pattern and process in the terrestrial environment. … suitable for use in all courses on ecosystem ecology. Resource managers, land use managers, and researchers will also welcome its thorough presentation of ecosystem essentials." (Ethology, Ecology & Evolution, Vol. 15 (4), 2003)
Authors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Principles of Terrestrial Ecosystem Ecology
Authors: F. Stuart Chapin, Pamela A. Matson, Harold A. Mooney
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/b97397
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
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eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag New York 2002
eBook ISBN: 978-0-387-21663-8
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 442
Topics: Terrestial Ecology, Plant Ecology, Ecology, Biodiversity, Ecosystems