Structure and Function of an Alpine Ecosystem
Niwot Ridge, Colorado
1st Edition
Published on 26. April 2001
352 pages
978-0-19-534429-5 (ISBN)
Description
This book will provide a complete overview of an alpine ecosystem, based on the long-term research conducted at the Niwot Ridge LTER. There is, at present, no general book on alpine ecology. The alpine ecosystem features conditions near the limits of biological existence, and is a useful laboratory for asking more general ecological questions, because it offers large environmental change over relatively short distances. Factors such as macroclimate, microclimate, soil conditions, biota, and various biological factors change on differing scales, allowing insight into the relative contributions of the different factors on ecological outcomes.
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William D. Bowman | Timothy R. Seastedt
Structure and Function of an Alpine Ecosystem
Niwot Ridge, Colorado
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05/2001
Oxford University Press Inc
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Content
- Intro
- Contents
- Contributors
- Foreword
- 1 Introduction: Historical Perspective and Significance of Alpine Ecosystem Studies
- I: Physical Environment
- 2 Climate
- 3 Atmospheric Chemistry and Deposition
- 4 Geomorphic Systems of Green Lakes Valley
- 5 Hydrology and Hydrochemistry
- II: Ecosystem Structure
- 6 The Vegetation: Hierarchical Species-Environment Relationships
- 7 Vertebrates
- 8 Soils
- III: Ecosystem Function
- 9 Primary Production
- 10 Plant Nutrient Relations
- 11 Controls on Decomposition Processes in Alpine Tundra
- 12 Nitrogen Cycling
- 13 Soil-Atmosphere Gas Exchange
- 14 Plant-Herbivore Interactions
- IV: Past and Future
- 15 Paleoecology and Late Quaternary Environments of the Colorado Rockies
- 16 Environmental Change and Future Directions in Alpine Research
- Index
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- J
- K
- L
- M
- N
- O
- P
- R
- S
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