Principles of Terrestrial Ecosystem Ecology

• Main Authors: Chapin, F. Stuart. (Author), Matson, Pamela A. (Author), Mooney, Harold A. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2002.
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Ecology.; Biodiversity.; Ecosystems.; Plant ecology.; Life Sciences.; Terrestial Ecology.; Plant Ecology.
• Online Access: View fulltext via EzAccess

Human activities are affecting the global environment in myriad ways, with numerous direct and indirect effects on ecosystems. The climate and atmospheric composition of Earth are changing rapidly. Humans have directly modi?ed half of the ice-free terr- trial surface and use 40% of terrestrial produ...

Table of Contents:

• Context
• The Ecosystem Concept
• EarthỚ"s Climate System
• Geology and Soils
• Mechanisms
• Terrestrial Water and Energy Balance
• Carbon Input to Terrestrial Ecosystems
• Terrestrial Production Processes
• Terrestrial Decomposition
• Terrestrial Plant Nutrient Use
• Terrestrial Nutrient Cycling
• Aquatic Carbon and Nutrient Cycling
• Trophic Dynamics
• Community Effects on Ecosystem Processes
• Patterns
• Temporal Dynamics
• Landscape Heterogeneity and Ecosystem Dynamics
• Integration
• Global Biogeochemical Cycles
• Managing and Sustaining Ecosystems.