Author: Hansford T. Shacklette
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Botany
Languages : en
Pages : 736
Book Description
Field work was conducted throughout Alaska (excluding the Aleutian Islands) to determine relationships between plant community development and soils and other environmental factors (temperature, exposure, frost action, and water).
INFLUENCES OF THE SOIL ON BOREAL AND ARCTIC PLANT COMMUNITIES.
Author: Hansford T. Shacklette
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Botany
Languages : en
Pages : 736
Book Description
Field work was conducted throughout Alaska (excluding the Aleutian Islands) to determine relationships between plant community development and soils and other environmental factors (temperature, exposure, frost action, and water).
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Botany
Languages : en
Pages : 736
Book Description
Field work was conducted throughout Alaska (excluding the Aleutian Islands) to determine relationships between plant community development and soils and other environmental factors (temperature, exposure, frost action, and water).
Biogeography of Microscopic Organisms
Author: Diego Fontaneto
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1139496581
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 387
Book Description
Bringing together the viewpoints of leading experts in taxonomy, ecology and biogeography of different taxa, this book synthesises discussion surrounding the so-called 'everything is everywhere' hypothesis. It addresses the processes that generate spatial patterns of diversity and biogeography in organisms that can potentially be cosmopolitan. The contributors discuss questions such as: are microorganisms (e.g. prokaryotes, protists, algae, yeast and microscopic fungi, plants and animals) really cosmopolitan in their distribution? What are the biological properties that allow such potential distribution? Are there processes that would limit their distribution? Are microorganisms intrinsically different from macroscopic ones? What can microorganisms tell us about the generalities of biogeography? Can they be used for experimental biogeography? Written for graduate students and academic researchers, the book promotes a more complete understanding of the spatial patterns and the general processes in biogeography.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1139496581
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 387
Book Description
Bringing together the viewpoints of leading experts in taxonomy, ecology and biogeography of different taxa, this book synthesises discussion surrounding the so-called 'everything is everywhere' hypothesis. It addresses the processes that generate spatial patterns of diversity and biogeography in organisms that can potentially be cosmopolitan. The contributors discuss questions such as: are microorganisms (e.g. prokaryotes, protists, algae, yeast and microscopic fungi, plants and animals) really cosmopolitan in their distribution? What are the biological properties that allow such potential distribution? Are there processes that would limit their distribution? Are microorganisms intrinsically different from macroscopic ones? What can microorganisms tell us about the generalities of biogeography? Can they be used for experimental biogeography? Written for graduate students and academic researchers, the book promotes a more complete understanding of the spatial patterns and the general processes in biogeography.
Tundra Ecosystems
Author: Tammy Gagne
Publisher: ABDO
ISBN: 1629699233
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 51
Book Description
This title will introduce readers to tundra ecosystems, the plants and animals that thrive there, its climate, its food web, any threats to it, and conservation efforts. Readers will also learn about the most well known tundras and their unique characteristics. . Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Core Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.
Publisher: ABDO
ISBN: 1629699233
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 51
Book Description
This title will introduce readers to tundra ecosystems, the plants and animals that thrive there, its climate, its food web, any threats to it, and conservation efforts. Readers will also learn about the most well known tundras and their unique characteristics. . Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Core Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.
Ecology and the Environment
Author: Russell K. Monson
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 9781461475002
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
In this book, plant biology is considered from the perspective of plants and their surrounding environment, including both biotic and abiotic interactions. The intended audience is undergraduate students in the middle or final phases of their programs of study. Topics are developed to provide a rudimentary understanding of how plant-environment interactions span multiple spatiotemporal scales, and how this rudimentary knowledge can be applied to understand the causes of ecosystem vulnerabilities in the face of global climate change and expansion of natural resource use by human societies. In all chapters connections are made from smaller to larger scales of ecological organization, providing a foundation for understanding plant ecology. Where relevant, environmental threats to ecological systems are identified and future research needs are discussed. As future generations take on the responsibility for managing ecosystem goods and services, one of the most effective resources that can be passed on is accumulated knowledge of how organisms, populations, species, communities and ecosystems function and interact across scales of organization. This book is intended to provide some of that knowledge, and hopefully provide those generations with the ability to avoid some of the catastrophic environmental mistakes that prior generations have made.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 9781461475002
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
In this book, plant biology is considered from the perspective of plants and their surrounding environment, including both biotic and abiotic interactions. The intended audience is undergraduate students in the middle or final phases of their programs of study. Topics are developed to provide a rudimentary understanding of how plant-environment interactions span multiple spatiotemporal scales, and how this rudimentary knowledge can be applied to understand the causes of ecosystem vulnerabilities in the face of global climate change and expansion of natural resource use by human societies. In all chapters connections are made from smaller to larger scales of ecological organization, providing a foundation for understanding plant ecology. Where relevant, environmental threats to ecological systems are identified and future research needs are discussed. As future generations take on the responsibility for managing ecosystem goods and services, one of the most effective resources that can be passed on is accumulated knowledge of how organisms, populations, species, communities and ecosystems function and interact across scales of organization. This book is intended to provide some of that knowledge, and hopefully provide those generations with the ability to avoid some of the catastrophic environmental mistakes that prior generations have made.
Ecology of Arctic Environments. (Special Publication No. 13 of the British Ecological Society).
Author: S. J. Woodin
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Structure and Function of an Alpine Ecosystem
Author: William D. Bowman
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0195344294
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
This book will provide 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.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0195344294
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
This book will provide 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.
Vegetation and Production Ecology of an Alaskan Arctic Tundra
Author: Larry L. Tieszen
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1461263077
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 686
Book Description
This volume on botanical research in tundra represents the culmination of four years of intensive and integrated field research centered at Barrow, Alaska. The volume summarizes the most significant results and interpretations of the pri mary producer projects conducted in the U.S. IBP Tundra Biome Program (1970-1974). Original data reports are available from the authors and can serve as detailed references for interested tundra researchers. Also, the results of most projects have been published in numerous papers in various journals. The introduction provides a brief overview of other ecosystem components. The main body presents the results in three general sections. The summary chapter is an attempt to integrate ideas and information from the previous papers as well as extant literature. In addition, this chapter focuses attention on pro cesses of primary production which should receive increased emphasis. Although this book will not answer all immediate questions, it hopefully will enhance future understanding of the tundra, particularly as we have studied it in Northern Alaska.
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1461263077
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 686
Book Description
This volume on botanical research in tundra represents the culmination of four years of intensive and integrated field research centered at Barrow, Alaska. The volume summarizes the most significant results and interpretations of the pri mary producer projects conducted in the U.S. IBP Tundra Biome Program (1970-1974). Original data reports are available from the authors and can serve as detailed references for interested tundra researchers. Also, the results of most projects have been published in numerous papers in various journals. The introduction provides a brief overview of other ecosystem components. The main body presents the results in three general sections. The summary chapter is an attempt to integrate ideas and information from the previous papers as well as extant literature. In addition, this chapter focuses attention on pro cesses of primary production which should receive increased emphasis. Although this book will not answer all immediate questions, it hopefully will enhance future understanding of the tundra, particularly as we have studied it in Northern Alaska.
Estimation of Available Phosphorus in Soils by Extraction with Sodium Bicarbonate
Author: Sterling Robertson Olsen
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Soils
Languages : en
Pages : 20
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Soils
Languages : en
Pages : 20
Book Description
The Nature of Plant Communities
Author: J. Bastow Wilson
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 110848221X
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 373
Book Description
Provides a comprehensive review of the role of species interactions in the process of plant community assembly.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 110848221X
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 373
Book Description
Provides a comprehensive review of the role of species interactions in the process of plant community assembly.
The Biology of Soil
Author: Richard Bardgett
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780198525035
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Soil science has undergone a renaissance with increasing awareness of the importance of soil organisms and below-ground biotic interactions as drivers of community and ecosystem properties.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780198525035
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Soil science has undergone a renaissance with increasing awareness of the importance of soil organisms and below-ground biotic interactions as drivers of community and ecosystem properties.