Structure and Function of an Alpine Ecosystem

Niwot Ridge, Colorado

AvWilliam D. Bowman,Timothy R. Seastedt

Inbunden, Engelska, 2001

Del i serien The Long-Term Ecological Research Network Series

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Beskrivning

This book provides a complete overview of an alpine ecosystem, based on the long-term research conducted at the Niwot Ridge LTER. There is, at present, no general book on alpine ecology. The alpine ecosystem features conditions near the limits of biological existence, and is a useful laboratory for asking more general ecological questions, because it offers large environmental change over relatively short distances. Factors such as macroclimate, microclimate, soil conditions, biota, and various biological factors change on differing scales, allowing insight into the relative contributions of the different factors on ecological outcomes.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2001-05-24
Mått:155 x 231 x 22 mm
Vikt:612 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:The Long-Term Ecological Research Network Series
Antal sidor:352
Förlag:OUP USA
ISBN:9780195117288

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This is an important contribution destined to become a standard reference for alpine ecosystem research.

Innehållsförteckning

Contributors Foreword 1: William D. Bowman: Introduction: Historical Perspectives on Significance of Alpine Ecosystem Studies I Physical Environment 2: David Greenland: Climate 3: herman Sievering: Atmospheric Chemistry and Deposition 4: Nel Caine: Geomorphic Systems of Green Lakes Valley 5: Mark W. Williams and Nel Caine: Hydrology and Hydrochemistry II Ecosystem Structures 6: Marilyn D. Walker et al: The Vegetation: Hierarchical Species-Environment Relationships 7: David M. Armstrong et al: Vertebrates 8: Timothy R. Seastedt: Soils III Ecosystem Function 9: Willaim D. Bowman and Melany C. Fisk: Primary Production 10: Russell K. Monson et al: Plant Nutrient Relations 11: Timothy R. Seastedt: Controls on Decomposition Processes in Alpine Tundra 12: Melany C. Fisk et al: Nitrogen Cycling 13: Steven K. Schmidt et al: Soil-Atmosphere Gas Exchange 14: Denise Dearing: Plant-Herbivore Interactions IV Past and Future 15: Scott A. Elias: Paleoecology and Late Quaternary Environments of the Colorodo Rockies 16: Jeffrey M. Welker et al: Environmental Chagne and Future Directions in Alpine Research Index