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100	1		_aChapin III, F. Stuart. _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aPrinciples of Terrestrial Ecosystem Ecology _h[electronic resource] / _cby F. Stuart Chapin III, Pamela A. Matson, Peter M. Vitousek.
250			_a2.
264		1	_aNew York, NY : _bSpringer New York : _bImprint: Springer, _c2012.
300			_aXV, 529 p. 250 illus., 48 illus. in color. _bonline resource.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
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505	0		_aPreface -- I. CONTEXT -- The Ecosystem Concept -- Earth's Climate System -- Geology, Soils, and Sediments -- II. MECHANISMS -- Water and Energy Balance -- Carbon Inputs to  Ecosystems -- Plant Carbon Budgets -- TerrDecomposition and Ecosystem Carbon Budgets -- Plant Nutrient Use -- Nutrient Cycling -- Trophic Dynamics -- Species Effects on Ecosystem Processes -- III. PATTERNS -- Temporal Dynamics -- Landscape Heterogeneity and Ecosystem Dynamics -- IV. INTEGRATION -- Changes in the Earth System -- Managing and Sustaining Ecosystem -- Abbreviations -- Glossary -- References.
520			_aHumans have directly modified half of the ice-free terrestrial surface and use 40% of terrestrial production. We are causing the sixth major extinction event in the history of life on Earth. With the Earth’s climate, flora, and fauna changing rapidly, there is a pressing need to understand terrestrial ecosystem processes and their sensitivity to environmental and biotic changes. This book offers a framework to do just that.   Ecosystem ecology regards living organisms, including people, and the elements of their environment as components of a single integrated system. The comprehensive coverage in this textbook examines the central processes at work in terrestrial ecosystems, including their freshwater components. It traces the flow of energy, water, carbon, and nutrients from their abiotic origins to their cycles through plants, animals, and decomposer organisms. As well as detailing the processes themselves, the book goes further to integrate them at various scales of magnitude—those of the ecosystem, the wider landscape and the globe. It synthesizes recent advances in ecology with established and emerging ecosystem theory to offer a wide-ranging survey of ecosystem patterns and processes in our terrestrial environment.   Featuring review questions at the end of each chapter, suggestions for further reading, and a glossary of ecological terms, Principles of Terrestrial Ecosystem Ecology is a vitally relevant text suitable for study in all courses in ecosystem ecology. Resource managers and researchers in many fields will welcome its thorough presentation of ecosystem essentials.
650		0	_aLife sciences.
650		0	_aEcology.
650		0	_aBiodiversity.
650		0	_aEndangered ecosystems.
650		0	_aPlant Ecology.
650	1	4	_aLife Sciences.
650	2	4	_aEcology.
650	2	4	_aTerrestial Ecology.
650	2	4	_aBiodiversity.
650	2	4	_aEcosystems.
650	2	4	_aPlant Ecology.
700	1		_aMatson, Pamela A. _eauthor.
700	1		_aVitousek, Peter M. _eauthor.
710	2		_aSpringerLink (Online service)
773	0		_tSpringer eBooks
776	0	8	_iPrinted edition: _z9781441995032
856	4	0	_uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-9504-9
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