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Ecosystems / Gordon Dickinson and Kevin Murphy

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Routledge introductions to environmentPublication details: London : Routledge, [2007]Edition: 2nd edDescription: xvi, 205 p. : figs., tabs., maps ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9780415332798
  • 9780415332798
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Partial contents:
The nature of ecosystems -- How ecosystems work: Operational and support functions -- Energy flow and energetics -- Material cycles in ecosystems -- Ecosystems in high-stress environments: Meeting environmental challenges -- The role of disturbance and succession in ecosystem functioning -- Life in a crowd: Productive and intermendiate ecosystems -- Biomes: World ecosystem types -- Human impacts on ecosystems: Humans as as ecological factor -- Large-scale human impacts on ecosystems -- Global environmental change: Ecosystem response and biosphere impacts
Summary: Gordon Dickinson and Kevin Murphy introduce the basic concepts and processes in the ecosystem, and explore its role in solving environmental problems.
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General General ATU Dublin Road General Shelves 577 DIC (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available G106011

Previous edition published in 1998

Includes bibliographical references and index

The nature of ecosystems -- How ecosystems work: Operational and support functions -- Energy flow and energetics -- Material cycles in ecosystems -- Ecosystems in high-stress environments: Meeting environmental challenges -- The role of disturbance and succession in ecosystem functioning -- Life in a crowd: Productive and intermendiate ecosystems -- Biomes: World ecosystem types -- Human impacts on ecosystems: Humans as as ecological factor -- Large-scale human impacts on ecosystems -- Global environmental change: Ecosystem response and biosphere impacts

Gordon Dickinson and Kevin Murphy introduce the basic concepts and processes in the ecosystem, and explore its role in solving environmental problems.

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