TY  - BOOK
AU  - Perry,David A.
AU  - Oren,Ram
AU  - Hart,Stephen C.
TI  - Forest ecosystems
SN  - 9780801888403 (hardcover : alk. paper)
AV  - QK 938.F6 P47F 2008
PY  - 2008///
CY  - Baltimore
PB  - Johns Hopkins University Press
KW  - FOREST ECOLOGY
N1  - Includes index; Introduction -- Basic terminology and concepts -- Forests as part of the global ecosystem -- Major forest types and their climatic controls -- Local variation in community type: the landscape mosaic -- Change in time: an overview -- Disturbance in forest ecosystems -- Patterns and mechanisms of succession -- The structure of local ecosystems -- How biodiversity is created and maintained -- The biological web: interactions among species -- Size-density relationships in forests over time and across space -- Genetic and evolutionary aspects of species interactions -- Soil: the fundamental resource -- Primary productivity -- Forest nutrition -- Biogeochemical cycling: nutrient inputs to and losses from local ecosystems -- Biogeochemical cycling: the intrasystem cycle -- Herbivores in forest ecosystems -- Ecosystem stability I: introduction and case studies -- Ecosystem stability II: the role of biodiversity -- Ecosystem stability III: conserving species -- The future
ER  -