The Ecology of Recently-deglaciated Terrain

The Ecology of Recently-deglaciated Terrain
Author: John A. Matthews
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 414
Release: 1992-04-30
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 0521361095

The first comprehensive review of the available information on the ecology of recently-deglaciated terrain, this volume evaluates critically the methodology employed in such studies.

Advances in Ecological Research - Part 1

Advances in Ecological Research - Part 1
Author:
Publisher: Elsevier
Total Pages: 162
Release: 2024-10-22
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0443297339

Advances in Ecological Research, Volume 70 highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters written by an international board of authors - Provides the latest information on cancer research - Offers outstanding and original reviews on a range of cancer research topics - Serves as an indispensable reference for researchers and students alike

Ecological Scale

Ecological Scale
Author: David Lawrence Peterson
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Total Pages: 638
Release: 1998
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9780231105033

Ecological Scale provides invaluable perspectives on the application of the concepts of measurement, analysis, and inference in both theoretical and applied ecology, ultimately providing a broad-based understanding for resource managers and other ecological professionals.

Terrestrial Ecosystems in Changing Environments

Terrestrial Ecosystems in Changing Environments
Author: Herman Henry Shugart
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 550
Release: 1998-03-26
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9780521565233

A unique review of the problem of predicting the response of ecosystems to changed conditions.

Grasses and Grassland Ecology

Grasses and Grassland Ecology
Author: David J. Gibson
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 323
Release: 2009
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 019852918X

This book is the most up to date and thorough account of the natural history of the plants that comprise the most important food crop on Earth, the grasses and grasslands.

Unifying Geography

Unifying Geography
Author: John Anthony Matthews
Publisher: Psychology Press
Total Pages: 420
Release: 2004
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9780415305440

It can be argued that the differences in content and approach between physical and human geography, and also within its sub-disciplines, are often overemphasised. The result is that geography is often seen as a diverse and dynamic subject, but also as a disorganised and fragmenting one, without a focus. Unifying Geography focuses on the plural and competing versions of unity that characterise the discipline, which give it cohesion and differentiate it from related fields of knowledge. Each of the chapters is co-authored by both a leading physical and a human geographer. Themes identified include those of the traditional core as well as new and developing topics that are based on subject matter, concepts, methodology, theory, techniques and applications. Through its identification of unifying themes, the book will provide students with a meaningful framework through which to understand the nature of the geographical discipline. Unifying Geography will give the discipline renewed strength and direction, thus improving its status both within and outside geography.

Geoecology: An Evolutionary Approach

Geoecology: An Evolutionary Approach
Author: Richard Huggett
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 341
Release: 2002-09-11
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1134882955

Animals, plants and soils interact with one another, with the terrestrial spheres, and with the rest of the Cosmos. On land, this rich interaction creates landscape systems or geoecosystems. Geoecology investigates the structure and function of geoecosystems, their components and their environment. The author develops a simple dynamic systems model, the `brash' equation, to form the conceptual framework for the book suggesting an `ecological' and `evolutionary' approach. Exploring internal of `ecological' interactions between geoecosystems and their near-surface environments - the atmosphere, hydrosphere, toposhere, and lithosphere - and external influences, both geological and cosmic, Geoecology presents geoecosystems as dynamic entities constantly responding to changes within themselves and their surroundings. An `evolutionary' view emerges of geoecological systems, and the animals, plants, and soils comprising them, providing a new way of thinking for the whole environmental complex and the rich web of interdependencies contained therein.

The Biology of Disturbed Habitats

The Biology of Disturbed Habitats
Author: Lawrence R. Walker
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 334
Release: 2012
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0199575290

Providing a global summary of the biology of disturbance ecology, this text offers both the conceptual underpinnings and practical advice required to comprehend and address the unprecedented environmental challenges facing humans. It examines both natural and anthropogenic disturbances in aquatic and terrestrial habitats.

Landslide Ecology

Landslide Ecology
Author: Lawrence R. Walker
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 315
Release: 2012-12-06
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 1139618857

Despite their often dangerous and unpredictable nature, landslides provide fascinating templates for studying how soil organisms, plants and animals respond to such destruction. The emerging field of landslide ecology helps us understand these responses, aiding slope stabilisation and restoration and contributing to the progress made in geological approaches to landslide prediction and mitigation. Summarising the growing body of literature on the ecological consequences of landslides, this book provides a framework for the promotion of ecological tools in predicting, stabilising, and restoring biodiversity to landslide scars at both local and landscape scales. It explores nutrient cycling; soil development; and how soil organisms disperse, colonise and interact in what is often an inhospitable environment. Recognising the role that these processes play in providing solutions to the problem of unstable slopes, the authors present ecological approaches as useful, economical and resilient supplements to landslide management.