Potentials and limitations of ecosystem analysis

Potentials and limitations of ecosystem analysis [electronic resource] / edited by E.-D. Schulze and H. Zwölfer.

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The identification of inputs and outputs is the first and probably most important step in testing and analyzing complex systems. Following accepted natural laws such as the conservation of mass and the principle of electroneutrality, the input/output analysis of the system, be it steady or in connec...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Springer)
Other Authors: Schulze, E.-D. (Ernst-Detlef), 1941-, Zwölfer, H.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin ; New York : Springer, ©1987.
Series:Ecological studies ; v. 61.
Subjects:
Ecology.
Biotic communities.
Environmental monitoring.
Table of Contents:
  • To the Problem of Ecosystem Analysis
  • to the Problem of Ecosystem Analysis
  • 1 Input/Output Analysis of Ecosystems
  • Preface
  • A. Stability, Elasticity, and Resilience of Terrestrial Ecosystems with Respect to Matter Balance
  • B. Water and Carbon Fluxes in Ecosystems
  • C. Environmental Transfer of Some Organic Micropollutants
  • D. Simple and Diversified Crop Rotations
  • Approach and Insight into Agroecosystems
  • 2 Processes and Functions at the Primary Producer Level
  • Preface
  • A. Plant Specialization to Environments of Different Resource Availability
  • B. Control of Leaf Carbon Assimilation
  • Input of Chemical Energy into Ecosystems
  • C. Plant Architecture and Resource Competition
  • D. Responses to Water and Nutrients in Coniferous Ecosystems
  • E. Physiological Ecology, Disturbance, and Ecosystem Recovery
  • F.A Hierarchic Approach in Causal Ecosystem Analysis. The Calcifuge-Calcicole Problem in Alpine Grasslands
  • G. Extinction and Naturalization of Plant Species as Related to Ecosystem Structure and Function
  • H. Flowers as Food Sources and the Cost of Outcrossing
  • 3 Processes and Functions at the Consumer Level
  • Preface
  • A. Species Richness, Species Packing, and Evolution in Insect-Plant Systems
  • B. Niche Structure and Evolution in Ecosystems
  • C. Predictability in Lake Ecosystems: the Role of Biotic Interactions
  • D. Saline Lake Ecosystems
  • E. Characteristics of Lotic Ecosystems and Consequences for Future Research Directions
  • F. Experimental Analysis of Processes Between Species on Marine Tidal Flats
  • G. On Methods of Analyzing Ecosystems: Lessons from the Analysis of Forest-Insect Systems
  • Synthesis (With 1 Figure)
  • Spezies Index.

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