Ecology of Woodlands and Forests - Description, Dynamics and Diversity

Informationen zum Autor Peter A. Thomas is Senior Lecturer in the School of Life Sciences at Keele University. Klappentext Subtitled! "Description! Dynamics & Diversity". Zusammenfassung Taking a functional rather than an ecosystem or a utilitarian approach! Thomas and Packham provide a concise account of how wooded areas have changed over time and will continue to change! particularly through harvesting and pollution. This clear! non-technical! 2007 text will be of interest to undergraduates! foresters and land managers. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1. Introduction: forest basics; 2. Forest soils, climate and zonation; 3. Primary production and forest development; 4. Reproductive strategies of forest plants; 5. Biotic interactions; 6. Biodiversity in woodlands; 7. Decomposition and renewal; 8. Energy and nutrients; 9. Forest change and disturbance; 10. Working forests; 11. The future - how will our forests change?; References.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: John Packham, John R. Packham, Peter Thomas, Peter A. Thomas, Peter Packham Thomas
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 26.07.2007
• EAN: 9780521542319
• ISBN: 978-0-521-54231-9
• Seiten: 544
• Thema: Naturwissenschaften, Medizin, Informatik, Technik > Naturwissenschaften allgemein