Modern Ecology. Basic and Applied Aspects

✍ Scribed by G. Esser and D. Overdieck (Eds.)

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1991
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 820
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book is based on many case studies in the broad area of ecological studies and is derived from numerous sources originating from several countries. The book begins with discussions on morphology, stand structure, competition, mass and water balance at the stand level of vegetation as well as mineral cycles. A section deals with disturbances and management of agricultural as well as semi-natural systems. With the input of several authors, zoologists, botanists and geographers, detail is given to the eutrophication and pollution in terrestrial ecosystems. Included as well are discussions on the carbon cycle as it relates to current climate change and modern methods of remote sensing and geographical modelling. The book concludes with a chapter on urban and landscape ecology. The main feature of this book is that it includes most methods and tasks of modern ecology using case studies and incorporating all levels of integration from single plants and animals to populations and ecosystems

✦ Table of Contents

Content:
Front Matter, Page III
Copyright, Page IV
Preface, Pages V-VIII, Gerd Esser, Dieter Overdieck
Editorial advisors, Page IX
List of contributors, Pages XI-XVI
Chapter 1 - Morphology in modern ecological research, Pages 3-20, W. EBER
Chapter 2 - Vegetation structure, phytomass and phenology of the dry thorn scrub of Curaçao, West Indies, Pages 21-38, M.J.A. WERGER, C. DE BOK, B. ORANJE
Chapter 3 - Structure and phytomass production of a pioneer community, Pages 39-60, M. JOCHIMSEN, D. JANZEN
Chapter 4 - Survival and growth beneath and near parents: The case of Myrcianthes fragrans (Myrtaceae), Pages 61-76, D.F. WHIGHAM, E. CABRERA CANO
Chapter 5 - Colonizing success in plants: Genetic variation and phenotypic plasticity in life history traits in Capsella bursa–pastoris, Pages 77-96, H. HURKA, B. NEUFFER
Chapter 6 - Niches of longevity and stress, Pages 97-110, F. KLÖTZLI
Chapter 7 - Plasticity of the photosynthetic production of Galium aparine L., Pages 113-131, W.L. KUTSCH, L. KAPPEN
Chapter 8 - Diversity of photosynthetic responses in the mesic and arid Mediterranean—type climate regions of southern Africa, Pages 133-160, M.C. RUTHERFORD
Chapter 9 - The combination of measurements and mathematical modelling for assessing canopy structure effects, Pages 161-193, U. TAPPEINER, A. CERNUSCA
Chapter 10 - The water balance of deciduous forests: methods and models, Pages 195-213, B. SAUGIER, J.-Y. PONTAILLER
Chapter 11 - Combination effects of water and salt stress on growth, hydration and pigment composition in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.): A mathematical modelling approach, Pages 215-231, K.H. KREEB, T. CHEN
Chapter 12 - Ecosystem research on grassland in the Austrian Alps and in the Central Caucasus, Pages 233-271, A. CERNUSCA
Chapter 13 - Multi—element analysis in plant material, Pages 275-293, B. MARKERT
Chapter 14 - Significance of nutrient relations and symbiosis for the competitive interaction between grasses and legumes in tropical savannas, Pages 295-319, E. MEDINA, B. BILBAO
Chapter 15 - Correlations between the microbial activity, and water, air, temperature and nutrient status of different soils under different land use, Pages 321-346, H.-P. BLUME, L. BEYER, F. FRIEDRICH
Chapter 16 - Fire, dry heat and germination of savanna grasses in Botswana, Pages 349-361, W.H.O. ERNST
Chapter 17 - Does intermediate disturbance increase species richness within deciduous forest understory?, Pages 363-373, R.J. READER, K.C. TAYLOR, D.W. LARSON
Chapter 18 - Response of a Bromus erectus grassland (Mesobromion) to abandonment and different cutting regimes, Pages 375-397, H. Dierschke, M. Engels
Chapter 19 - Phytosociology in vineyards — results, problems, tasks, Pages 399-441, O. WILMANNS, A. BOGENRIEDER
Chapter 20 - The dissipation of energy through soil invertebrates in wheat field and meadow, Pages 443-455, L. RYSZKOWSKI
Chapter 21 - Lead tolerance of annuals at roadsides, Pages 459-471, U. HELLMUTH, W. SCHMIDT
Chapter 22 - Environmental mutagenesis: mutational load in natural populations of Eisenia fetida?, Pages 473-495, W. NAU, W. KÖHLER
Chapter 23 - The sublethal enchytraeid test system: guidelines and some results, Pages 497-508, W. WESTHEIDE, D. BETHKE-BEILFUSS
Chapter 24 - Transfer mechanisms and deposition rates of atmospheric pollutants, Pages 509-538, W. KUTTLER
Chapter 25 - Gaseous air pollutants and forest floor vegetation — a case study at different levels of integration, Pages 539-569, L. STEUBING, A. FANGMEIER
Chapter 26 - Eutrophication in forest ecosystems, Pages 571-578, P. JAKUCS
Chapter 27 - Animal-coenoses in the “spruce forest” ecosystem (Protozoa, Metazoa-invertebrates): Indicators of alterations in forest-ecosystems, Pages 579-600, W. FUNKE, M. ROTH-HOLZAPFEL
Chapter 28 - Carbon isotope fractionation during CO₂ fixation by plants, Pages 603-622, G.H. SCHLESER
Chapter 29 - Carbon dioxide effects on vegetation, Pages 623-657, D. OVERDIECK, M. FORSTREUTER
Chapter 30 - Tropical grasslands and their role in the global carbon cycle, Pages 659-677, D.O. HALL, J.M.O. SCURLOCK
Chapter 31 - Osnabrück Biosphere Model: structure, construction, results, Pages 679-709, G. ESSER
Chapter 32 - Vegetation and climate: a tenuous link, Pages 711-722, J. GRACE
Chapter 33 - Global ecology: the role of remote sensing, Pages 725-749, D.E. WICKLAND
Chapter 34 - Search for geographic scale regularities in ecosystem processes, Pages 751-771, A.I. BREYMEYER
Chapter 35 - Geographic modeling and modern ecology, Pages 773-804, E.O. BOX, V. MEENTEMEYER
Chapter 36 - Distribution patterns of flowering plants in the city of Zurich, Pages 807-822, E. LANDOLT
Chapter 37 - Urban ecosystems and coastal management, Pages 823-829, M. NUMATA
Chapter 38 - Landscape ecology — fundamentals, aims and perspectives, Pages 831-844, H. LESER, H. RODD