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 |
Table of Contents:
- 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