Ecosystems of disturbed ground /

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Edition:1st ed.
Imprint:Amsterdam ; New York : Elsevier, 1999.
Description:xii, 868 p. : ill., maps ; 27 cm.
Language:English
Series:Ecosystems of the world. 16
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4177375
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Other authors / contributors:Walker, L. R.
ISBN:0444824200
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of Contents:
  • Selected chapter headings:An Introduction to Terrestrial Disturbances
  • Disturbance Regimes and Ecosystem Response on Recently-deglaciated Substrates
  • Stress and Disturbance in Cold Region Ecosystems
  • Ecological Effects of Erosion
  • Volcanic Disturbances and Ecosystem Recovery
  • Boreal Forest Disturbances
  • Disturbance by Wind in Temperate-Zone Forests
  • Background Canopy Gap and Catastrophic Wind Disturbances in Tropical Forests
  • Forest Herbivory: Insects
  • Mediterranean-Type Ecosystems and their Disturbance Regimes
  • Grazing, Fire, and Climate Effects on Primary Productivity of Grasslands and Savannas
  • Disturbance in Deserts
  • Disturbance Regimes in North American Wetlands
  • Mining
  • Disturbance Associated with Military Exercises
  • Disturbance in Urban Ecosystems
  • Disturbance and Biological Invasions: Direct Effects and Feedbacks
  • Disturbance in Temperate Forests of the Northern Hemisphere
  • Anthropogenic Disturbance and Tropical Forestry
  • Successional Changes in Agroecosystems of the Rolling Pampa
  • Physical Aspects of Soils of Disturbed Ground
  • Soil Microorganisms
  • Responses of Carbon and Nitrogen Cycles to Disturbance in Forests and Rangelands
  • Disturbance and Primary Production in Terrestrial Ecosystems
  • Patterns and Processes in Primary Succession
  • Plant Interactions During Secondary Succession