Author: William Williams
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 146125230X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 217
Book Description
When Springer-Verlag undertook publication of this volume, two opportunities arose. The first was to bring together the significant findings ofthe interacting parts of a large field experiment on a whole ecosystem. Scientific specialists and the public are rightly concerned with large-scale impacts of human activity on landscapes and with the challenge of predicting subtle, long-range repercussions of air pollution. A fundamental issue is whether ecological systems like grasslands, which have evolved for several million years under stressful conditions such as variable climate and overgrazing, are more robust than other systems in tolerating new atmospheric impacts of pollution and toxicity. At what level, and when, will an extra geochemical input, like sulfur (Chapter 4), an essential nutrient for proteins and life processes, become an overload on these systems? Some grasses and grassland ecosystems seem fairly adaptable to burdens in addition to those of weather change and tissue removal. How can experts learn to project the future of the heartland of America and other grasslands of the world on the basis of only a few years of observation and control? The second opportunity addresses a broader aspect of the project that is of interest to many readers who are not concerned with details of physiology or food chains, or the overall productivity and variations of a single plant-animal-soil community.
The Effects of SO2 on a Grassland
Author: William Williams
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 146125230X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 217
Book Description
When Springer-Verlag undertook publication of this volume, two opportunities arose. The first was to bring together the significant findings ofthe interacting parts of a large field experiment on a whole ecosystem. Scientific specialists and the public are rightly concerned with large-scale impacts of human activity on landscapes and with the challenge of predicting subtle, long-range repercussions of air pollution. A fundamental issue is whether ecological systems like grasslands, which have evolved for several million years under stressful conditions such as variable climate and overgrazing, are more robust than other systems in tolerating new atmospheric impacts of pollution and toxicity. At what level, and when, will an extra geochemical input, like sulfur (Chapter 4), an essential nutrient for proteins and life processes, become an overload on these systems? Some grasses and grassland ecosystems seem fairly adaptable to burdens in addition to those of weather change and tissue removal. How can experts learn to project the future of the heartland of America and other grasslands of the world on the basis of only a few years of observation and control? The second opportunity addresses a broader aspect of the project that is of interest to many readers who are not concerned with details of physiology or food chains, or the overall productivity and variations of a single plant-animal-soil community.
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 146125230X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 217
Book Description
When Springer-Verlag undertook publication of this volume, two opportunities arose. The first was to bring together the significant findings ofthe interacting parts of a large field experiment on a whole ecosystem. Scientific specialists and the public are rightly concerned with large-scale impacts of human activity on landscapes and with the challenge of predicting subtle, long-range repercussions of air pollution. A fundamental issue is whether ecological systems like grasslands, which have evolved for several million years under stressful conditions such as variable climate and overgrazing, are more robust than other systems in tolerating new atmospheric impacts of pollution and toxicity. At what level, and when, will an extra geochemical input, like sulfur (Chapter 4), an essential nutrient for proteins and life processes, become an overload on these systems? Some grasses and grassland ecosystems seem fairly adaptable to burdens in addition to those of weather change and tissue removal. How can experts learn to project the future of the heartland of America and other grasslands of the world on the basis of only a few years of observation and control? The second opportunity addresses a broader aspect of the project that is of interest to many readers who are not concerned with details of physiology or food chains, or the overall productivity and variations of a single plant-animal-soil community.
Chronic Effects of SO2 on Western Wheatgrass in a Montana Grassland
Author: Rodney Keith Heitschmidt
Publisher:
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Category : Plants
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Plants
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
Third Interim Report
Author: J. L. Dodd
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Air
Languages : en
Pages : 166
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Air
Languages : en
Pages : 166
Book Description
The Effects of Carbon Dioxide Enrichment on Two C-4 Grassland Species
Author: George Herman Riechers
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Andropogon scoparius
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Andropogon scoparius
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
Environmental Impacts of Coal Mining & Utilization
Author: M.J. Chadwick
Publisher: Elsevier
ISBN: 1483286304
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 359
Book Description
As coal is considered as a substitute for other fuels, more serious attention is being given to the environmental impacts of the whole coal fuel cycle: mining, transport, storage, combustion and conversion. This volume presents an up-to-date account of these environmental impacts and the recent developments to combat and control them. A feature of the book is the way in which it discusses not only the experience and developments in North America and Western Europe but also presents much information made available for this study on the developments in the socialist countries of Eastern Europe.
Publisher: Elsevier
ISBN: 1483286304
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 359
Book Description
As coal is considered as a substitute for other fuels, more serious attention is being given to the environmental impacts of the whole coal fuel cycle: mining, transport, storage, combustion and conversion. This volume presents an up-to-date account of these environmental impacts and the recent developments to combat and control them. A feature of the book is the way in which it discusses not only the experience and developments in North America and Western Europe but also presents much information made available for this study on the developments in the socialist countries of Eastern Europe.
The Effects of Acid Deposition on the Terrestrial Environment in the United Kingdom
Author: United Kingdom Terrestrial Effects Review Group
Publisher: Bernan Press(PA)
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
Publisher: Bernan Press(PA)
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
Insect-Plant Interactions
Author: Elizabeth A. Bernays
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 100069755X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 171
Book Description
First Published in 1989, this book explores the relationship between plants and insects and the ways in which they interact with each other. Carefully compiled and filled with a vast repertoire of notes, diagrams, and references this book serves as a useful reference for students of oncology, and other practitioners in their respective fields.
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 100069755X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 171
Book Description
First Published in 1989, this book explores the relationship between plants and insects and the ways in which they interact with each other. Carefully compiled and filled with a vast repertoire of notes, diagrams, and references this book serves as a useful reference for students of oncology, and other practitioners in their respective fields.
Bibliography of Agriculture
Author:
Publisher:
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Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 1732
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 1732
Book Description
The Effects of Air Pollution and Acid Rain on Fish, Wildlife, and Their Habitats
Author: M. A. Peterson
Publisher:
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Category : Acid rain
Languages : en
Pages : 74
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Acid rain
Languages : en
Pages : 74
Book Description
Grasslands and Herbivore Production in Europe and Effects of Common Policies
Author: Christian Huyghe
Publisher: Editions Quae
ISBN: 2759221563
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
Funded by and written during theEuropean Multisward project, this open access ebook presents an inventory of grasslands and forage crops in Europe by placing them in the production system in which they are embedded, and studying the technical, economic and regulatory determinants of past and present trends. Profusely illustrated with maps, it also features many case studies in all European regions and interviews of farmers and key stakeholders.
Publisher: Editions Quae
ISBN: 2759221563
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
Funded by and written during theEuropean Multisward project, this open access ebook presents an inventory of grasslands and forage crops in Europe by placing them in the production system in which they are embedded, and studying the technical, economic and regulatory determinants of past and present trends. Profusely illustrated with maps, it also features many case studies in all European regions and interviews of farmers and key stakeholders.