Télécharger le livre :  The Ecology of Large Herbivores in South and Southeast Asia
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Large terrestrial mammalian herbivores play critical roles in ecosystems by acting as regulators of energy and nutrient cycles, modulators of plant community composition and grassland-woodland transitions, agents of seed dispersal, and as prey for large carnivores....

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Télécharger le livre :  Mycorrhizal Networks
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The last 25 years have seen significant advances in our understanding of the mycorrhizal fungi that colonize most of the world’s plants, and the mycorrhizal networks that form and extend into the soil beyond plant roots. In addition to a thorough review of recent...

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Parution : 2015-11-16
Collection : Ecological Studies
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Télécharger le livre :  Green Roof Ecosystems
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This book provides an up-to-date coverage of green (vegetated) roof research, design, and management from an ecosystem perspective. It reviews, explains, and poses questions about monitoring, substrate, living components and the abiotic, biotic and cultural aspects...

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Parution : 2015-06-04
Collection : Ecological Studies
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Télécharger le livre :  Late Pleistocene and Holocene Environmental Change on the Olympic Peninsula, Washington
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This study brings together decades of research on the modern natural environment of Washington's Olympic Peninsula, reviews past research on paleoenvironmental change since the Late Pleistocene, and finally presents paleoecological records of changing forest composition...

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Parution : 2014-11-25
Collection : Ecological Studies
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Télécharger le livre :  Ecosystem Services, Biodiversity and Environmental Change in a Tropical Mountain Ecosystem of South Ecuador
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An interdisciplinary research unit consisting of 30 teams in the natural, economic and social sciences analyzed biodiversity and ecosystem services of a mountain rainforest ecosystem in the hotspot of the tropical Andes, with special reference to past, current and...

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Parution : 2013-07-09
Collection : Ecological Studies
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Télécharger le livre :  Insects and Ecosystem Function
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In the past two decades, an increasing number of ecologists have started to investigate the importance of biodiversity for ecological processes such as energy flow and nutrient cycling, often referred to as 'ecosystem functioning'. Insects are a dominant component of...

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Télécharger le livre :  Growth and Defence in Plants
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Plants use resources, i.e. carbon, nutrients, water and energy, either for growth or to defend themselves from biotic and abiotic stresses. This volume provides a timely understanding of resource allocation and its regulation in plants, linking the molecular with...

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Parution : 2012-09-14
Collection : Ecological Studies
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Télécharger le livre :  Seaweed Biology
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Seaweeds, also known as macroalgae, are among the most important primary producers and act as ecological engineers on rocky coasts of the world’s oceans. In addition to their extreme ecological importance they are also of high economic relevance. Complementing available...

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Parution : 2012-06-06
Collection : Ecological Studies
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Télécharger le livre :  Aralkum - a Man-Made Desert
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Having been the fourth largest lake on the globe roughly 50 years ago, today the Aral Sea no longer exists. Human activities caused its desiccation and the formation of a huge new desert, the Aralkum, which can be regarded as one of the greatest ecological catastrophes...

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Parution : 2011-09-22
Collection : Ecological Studies
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Télécharger le livre :  Peatlands of the Western Guayana Highlands, Venezuela
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The Guayana Highlands in northeastern tropical America, rising from lowland rain forests and savannas up to 3000 m elevation, are characterized by ancient tablelands called tepuis.The peatlands that developed on the tepuis constitute unique and fascinating ecosystems...

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Parution : 2011-08-04
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Télécharger le livre :  Forest Hydrology and Biogeochemistry
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This international rigorously peer-reviewed volume critically synthesizes current knowledge in forest hydrology and biogeochemistry. It is a one-stop comprehensive reference tool for researchers and practitioners in the fields of hydrology, biogeoscience, ecology,...

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Parution : 2011-06-15
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Télécharger le livre :  Plant Desiccation Tolerance
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Desiccation tolerance was essential when plants first began to conquer land, roughly 400 million years ago. While most desiccation-tolerant plants belong to basal phylogenetic taxa, this capacity has also evolved among some vascular plant species.In this volume renowned...

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Parution : 2011-06-15
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Télécharger le livre :  Human Population
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In this volume the dynamic patterns of human density and distribution are examined in relation to the viability of native species and the integrity of their habitats. Social, biological, and earth scientists describe their models, outline their conclusions from field...

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Parution : 2011-02-08
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Télécharger le livre :  The Landscape Ecology of Fire
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Global warming is expected to change fire regimes, likely increasing the severity and extent of wildfires in many ecosystems around the world. What will be the landscape-scale effects of these altered fire regimes? Within what theoretical contexts can we accurately...

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Parution : 2011-01-04
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Télécharger le livre :  Forest Management and the Water Cycle
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The protective function of forests for water quality and water-related hazards, as well as adequate water supplies for forest ecosystems in Europe, are potentially at risk due to changing climate and changing land-management practices. Water budgets of forest ecosystems...

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Parution : 2010-10-25
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Télécharger le livre :  Mangrove Dynamics and Management in North Brazil
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Mangrove ecosystems are being increasingly threatened by human activities. Their biotic productivity supplies food and other resources to the human populations that inhabit or make use of them. This volume highlights the results of a ten-year German / Brazilian research...

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Parution : 2010-09-30
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Télécharger le livre :  Amazonian Floodplain Forests
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Central Amazonian floodplain forests are an unique and endangered ecosystem. The forests grow in areas that are annually flooded by large rivers during mean periods of up to 8 months and at depths of up to 10 m. Despite this severe stress, these forests consist of over...

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Parution : 2010-09-27
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Télécharger le livre :  Permafrost Ecosystems
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Drawing from a decade-long collaboration between Japan and Russia, this important volume presents the first major synthesis of current knowledge on the ecophysiology of the coniferous forests growing on permafrost at high latitudes. It presents ecological data for a...

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Parution : 2010-01-04
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Télécharger le livre :  Functioning and Management of European Beech Ecosystems
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Temperate forests cover large areas of Europe and perform a number of important functions such as the regulation of energy and matter, production of wood and other resources, and conservation of biodiversity and habitats; they also have special signi?cance in social and...

Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2009-08-07
Collection : Ecological Studies
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Télécharger le livre :  Old-Growth Forests
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Many terms often used to describe old-growth forests imply that these forests are less vigorous, less productive and less stable than younger forests. But research in the last two decades has yielded results that challenge the view of old-growth forests being in...

Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2009-07-07
Collection : Ecological Studies
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