Ecosystem function in heterogeneous landscapes /
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| Meeting name: | Cary Conference (10th : 2003 : Millbrook, N.Y.) |
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| Imprint: | New York, NY : Springer, c2005. |
| Description: | xxiv, 489 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5871150 |
Table of Contents:
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- Contributors
- Participants in the 2003 Cary Conference
- 1. Ecosystem Function in Heterogeneous Landscapes
- Section I. Challenges and Conceptual Approaches
- Editors' Introduction to Section I
- 2. Causes and Consequences of Spatial Heterogeneity in Ecosystem Function
- 3. The Template: Patterns and Processes of Spatial Variation
- 4. Thoughts on the Generation and Importance of Spatial Heterogeneity in Ecosystems and Landscapes
- 5. Reciprocal Cause and Effect Between Environmental Heterogeneity and Transport Processes
- Section II. Perspectives from Different Disciplines
- Editors' Introduction to Section II
- 6. Population Ecology in Spatially Heterogeneous Environments
- 7. Heterogeneity in Hydrologic Processes: A Terrestrial Hydrologic Modeling Perspective
- 8. Spatial Heterogeneity in Infectious Disease Epidemics
- 9. Spatial Heterogeneity and Its Relation to Processes in the Upper Ocean
- Section III. Illustrations of Heterogeneity and Ecosystem Function
- Editors' Introduction to Section III
- 10. Heterogeneity in Arid and Semiarid Lands
- 11. Formation of Soil-Vegetation Patterns
- 12. Spatial Patterning of Soil Carbon Storage Across Boreal Landscapes
- 13. Heterogeneity in Urban Ecosystems: Patterns and Process
- 14. Origins, Patterns, and Importance of Heterogeneity in Riparian Systems
- 15. Flowpaths as Integrators of Heterogeneity in Streams and Landscapes
- 16. Causes and Consequences of Spatial Heterogeneity in Lakes
- Section IV. Application of Frameworks and Concepts
- Editors' Introduction to Section IV
- 17. The Importance of Multiscale Spatial Heterogeneity in Wildland Fire Management and Research
- 18. The Role of Spatial Heterogeneity in the Management of Freshwater Resources
- 19. The Roles of Spatial Heterogeneity and Ecological Processes in Conservation Planning
- Section V. Synthesis
- Editors' Introduction to Section V
- 20. Challenges in Understanding the Functions of Ecological Heterogeneity
- 21. Spatial Pattern and Ecosystem Function: Reflections on Current Knowledge and Future Directions
- 22. Spatial Heterogeneity: Past, Present, and Future
- 23. Heterogeneity and Ecosystem Function: Enhancing Ecological Understanding and Applications
- 24. Conceptual Frameworks: Plan for a Half-Built House
- Index
