Terrestrial biomes : geographic distribution, biodiversity, and environmental threats /
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| Imprint: | New York : Nova Science Publishers, [2016] |
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| Description: | 1 online resource. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Environmental health--physical, chemical and biological factors Environmental health (Nova Science Publishers) |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11406100 |
Table of Contents:
- TERRESTRIAL BIOMES GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION, BIODIVERSITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL THREATS ; TERRESTRIAL BIOMES GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION, BIODIVERSITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL THREATS ; CONTENTS ; PREFACE ; Chapter 1 GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION AND BIODIVERSITY OF MICROFUNGI IN SOILS OF THE ARCTIC REGIONS (AT TAIMYR PENINSULA AND NEARBY ISLANDS AS A SIMULATION MODEL OF ARCTIC) ; Abstract; Introduction; Result; The Activity of Soil Microfungi; Taxonomical Structure of Microfungi from Polar Desert; Structure of Soil Microfungi Complexes; Conclusion; Acknowledgment; References; Biographical Sketches
- Chapter 2 THE ALASKAN TUNDRA: PLANT AND TERRESTRIAL MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES IN A CHANGING CLIMATE Abstract; Introduction; Changing Arctic Vegetation; Satellite Data and Aerial Observations; Field-Based, Direct Observations; Field-Based, Experimental Studies; Fire Consequences; Plant and Tundra Soil Microbial Communities; Global Warming Effects on Tundra Soil Microbial Communities; Conclusion; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 3 SPONTANEOUS STAND REGENERATION AND HERB LAYER RESTORATION IN POST-FIRE WOODS 16 YEARS AFTER A FOREST FIRE (RUDZINIEC FORESTS, SOUTHERN POLAND CASE)
- AbstractIntroduction; Short History of the Site; Field Methods and Data Analyses; Stand Structure and Its Natural Regeneration; Herbaceous Layer Composition; Results; Stand Structure and its Natural Regeneration in Thinned and Unthinned Post-Fire Forests; Herb Layer Composition; Microcommunities in the Thinned Forest; Microcommunities of the Unthinned Forest; Ecological Characteristics of the Herb Layer in the Thinned and Unthinned Forests; Discussion; Stand Structure and Species Composition; Stand Regeneration Dynamics; Herb Layer Composition and its Ecological Characteristics
- Species RichnessHerb Layer Horizontal Structure; Ecological Characteristics of the Herb Layer Species; Herb Layer Species with an Affinity to the Thinned and Unthinned Forests; Conclusion; Acknowledgments; References; Appendix 1. Mean, Maximum and Minimum Values of Cover and Constancy of Herbaceous Species in the Thinned Forest; Appendix 2. Mean, Maximum and Minimum Values of Cover and Constancy of Herbaceous Species in the Unthinned Forest; Chapter 4 REGULARITIES AND FEATURES OF DIFFERENTIATION AND ANTHROPOGENIC TRANSFORMATION OF STEPPE VEGETATION ; Abstract; Introduction
- Evolution and Formation of Steppe Phytobiota in the South of East European PlainThe Phytocenotic Diversity of Steppe Vegetation in the Systems of Dominant and Floristic Classifications; Syntaxons of Xerothermic Steppe Petrophyte and Psammophyte Vegetation of the Region, Selected by the Method of Braun-Blanquet; Idle Lands and Barrows As Potential Sources of Steppe Vegetation Restoration; Conclusion; References; Biographical Sketch; Chapter 5 USE OF MICROORGANISMS AS AN ENVIRONMENTAL ALTERNATIVE TO TREAT AGRO-INDUSTRIAL WASTE ; ABSTRACT ; INTRODUCTION; MATERIALS AND METHODS