Ecosystems [
This introduction examines the development of the ecosystem concept, explains how ecosystems function and analyses the complex interactions between life and its physical environment.
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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London ; New York :
Routledge ,
2007
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| Edition: | 2nd ed |
| Series: | Routledge introductions to environment series
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| Online Access: | MyiLibrary NetLibrary |
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| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (p [192]-198) and index | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a 1. The nature of ecosystems -- 2. How ecosystems work : operational and support functions -- 3. Energy flow and energetics -- 4. Material cycles in ecosystems -- 5. Ecosystems in high-stress environments : meeting environmental challenges -- 6. The role of disturbance and succession in ecosystem functioning -- 7. Life in a crowd : productive and intermediate ecosystems -- 8. Biomes : world ecosystem types -- 9. Human impacts on ecosystems : humans as an ecological factor -- 10. Large-scale human impacts on ecosystems -- 11. Global environmental change : ecosystem response and biosphere impacts | |
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