
Ecosystem Organization of a Complex Landscape
Long-Term Research in the Bornhöved Lake District, Germany
Springer (Publisher)
Published on 31. March 2008
Book
Hardback
XX, 392 pages
978-3-540-75810-5 (ISBN)
Description
This book presents the major findings of a 12-year ecological study of the Bornhöved Lake District, situated some 30 km south of Kiel. Historically speaking, the present research scheme, like comparable long-term ecosystem studies at Göttingen, Bayreuth, München, and Berchtesgaden, has been conceived as the core of a comprehensive ecological surveillance system for Germany (Ellenberg et al. 1978). Comprising three interrelated components, namely an ecological monitoring network, comparative ecosystem research, and an environmental specimen bank, this system is intended to promote both ecological science and planning and policy. In this connection the geo- and bioscientifically based ecosystem research aims at understanding the structure and functions of systems, the natural equilibrium and stress tolerance of singular components and the entire system against changes and disturbances from within and from outside, and the relationships between diversity, productivity, and stability. Thus, ecosystem research forms the indispensable basis for the rational analysis of the comprehensive data sets made available by ecological monitoring networks and for the adequate selection of plant, animal, and soil specimens for environmental specimen banking purposes.
Reviews / Votes
Aus den Rezensionen: "Dieser Band fasst die wesentlichen Ergebnisse eines der großen Ökosystemforschungsprojekte Deutschlands zusammen, an dem 12 Jahre lang zahlreiche Wissenschaftler unterschiedlichster Disziplinen überwiegend von der Universität Kiel beteiligt waren. ... Insgesamt konnten fast 2.000 Arten aus den untersuchten Gruppen in den vier betrachteten Hauptlebensräumen ... nachgewiesen werden. Der Band wird durch ein äußerst umfangreiches Literaturverzeichnis ... und einen Index abgerundet, der das schnelle Auffinden der gesuchten Information erleichtert ..." (Jürgen Dengler, in: Kieler Notizen zur Pflanzenkunde, 2009, Vol. 33, Issue 2, S. 134)More details
Series
Edition
2008
Language
English
Place of publication
Berlin
Germany
Publishing group
Springer Berlin
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Research
Illustrations
150 s/w Abbildungen, 5 farbige Abbildungen
XX, 392 p. 155 illus., 5 illus. in color.
Dimensions
Height: 241 mm
Width: 160 mm
Thickness: 27 mm
Weight
781 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-540-75810-5 (9783540758105)
DOI
10.1007/978-3-540-75811-2
Schweitzer Classification
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Otto Fränzle | Ludger Kappen | Hans-Peter Blume
Ecosystem Organization of a Complex Landscape
Long-Term Research in the Bornhöved Lake District, Germany
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Otto Fränzle | Ludger Kappen | Hans-Peter Blume
Ecosystem Organization of a Complex Landscape
Long-Term Research in the Bornhöved Lake District, Germany
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06/2008
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Content
Research Programme and Study Area.- General Concept of the Research Pogramme and Methodology of Investigations.- Ecological Setting of the Study Area.- Structure and Function of Ecosystems in a Complex Landscape.- Ecophysiological Key Processes in Agricultural and Forest Ecosystems.- Carbon and Energy Balances of Different Ecosystems and Ecosystem Complexes of the Bornhöved Lake District.- Water Relations at Different Scales.- Site-Related Biocoenotic Dynamics.- Biocoenotic Interactions between Different Ecotopes.- Element Fluxes in Atmosphere, Vegetation and Soil.- Transport Processes between Lake Belau and its Drainage Basin.- Lake Belau.- Ecological Gradients as Causes and Effects of Ecosystem Organization.- From Research to Application.- An Indicator-Based Characterization of the Bornhöved Key Ecosystems.- Ecosystem Research and Sustainable Land Use Management.- Conclusions: Perspectives for Integrative Landscape Planning, Management and Monitoring.