The Ecosystem Concept in Natural Resource Management

✍ Scribed by George Van Dyne (Eds.)

Publisher: Academic Press
Year: 1969
Tongue: English
Leaves: 383
Category: Library

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✦ Table of Contents

Content:
Contributors, Page ii
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
List of Contributors, Pages v-vi
Preface, Pages vii-viii, GEORGE M. VAN DYNE
INTRODUCTION TO THE MEANING, ORIGIN, AND IMPORTANCE OF ECOSYSTEM CONCEPTS, Page 1
Chapter I - The Natural Resource Ecosystem, Pages 3-7, STEPHEN H. SPURR
Chapter II - Historical Development of the Ecosystem Concept, Pages 9-22, JACK MAJOR
INTRODUCTION TO EXAMPLES OF RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH RESULTS APPLYING ECOSYSTEM CONCEPTS, Pages 23-24
Chapter III - Procedures for Study of Grassland Ecosystems, Pages 25-47, R.T. COUPLAND, R.Y. ZACHARUK, E.A. PAUL
Chapter IV - The Watershed-Ecosystem Concept and Studies of Nutrient Cycles, Pages 49-76, F.H. BORMANN, G.E. LIKENS
Chapter V - A Study of an Ecosystem: The Arctic Tundra, Pages 77-93, ARNOLD M. SCHULTZ
INTRODUCTION TO ECOSYSTEM CONCEPTS IN NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT FIELDS, Pages 95-96
Chapter VI - Range Management Viewed in the Ecosystem Framework, Pages 97-187, JAMES K. LEWIS
Chapter VII - Forestry Viewed in an Ecosystem Perspective, Pages 189-258, EGOLFS V. BAKUZIS
Chapter VIII - Ecosystem Concepts in Fish and Game Management, Pages 259-307, FREDERIC H. WAGNER
Chapter IX - Ecosystem Models in Watershed Management, Pages 309-324, CHARLES F. COOPER
INTRODUCTION TO INSTILLING THE ECOSYSTEM CONCEPT IN TRAINING, Pages 325-326
Chapter X - Implementing the Ecosystem Concept in Training in the Natural Resource Sciences, Pages 327-367, GEORGE M. VAN DYNE
Author Index, Pages 369-378
Subject Index, Pages 379-383

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