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Beavers in North America are “ecosystem engineers” that modify the availability of resources to other organisms by changing the physical environment at a landscape scale (Jones et al. 1994, Lawton and Jones 1995).
Capuchin monkeys (Cebus; Cebidae), for example, switch their diet to include more seeds and/or invertebrates during the dry season (Chapman 1987; Brown and Zunino 1990; Galetti and Pedroni 1994). Similarly, squirrel monkeys (Saimiri; ...
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This book represents the initial probing of this central ques tion. It will be followed by other volumes in this series examining in depth the functional role of biodiversity in various ecosystems of the world.
The book brings together the world's leading scientists and researchers, from more than thirty countries, involved with invasive alien species, to offer a comprehensive summary and synthesis of the current state of knowledge on the subject.
The diversity of the earth's climates superimposed upon a complex configuration of physical features has provided the conditions for the evolution of a remarkable array of living things which are linked together into complex ecosystems.
Principles of Terrestrial Ecosystem Ecology
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This is certainly true for the Mediterranean Sea basin which in many ways represents a sort of ecological-cultural unit; this is also valid for CaUfornia and Chile, which were both settled by Spaniards and which showed periods of vigorous ...
The book is comprised of three major sections. The first section is a review of the processes that operate globally to influence productivity--these are the initial conditions of any model of primary productivity.
Although, as W.D. Billings notes in his chapter in this book. the development of physiological ecology can be traced back to the very beginnings of the study of ecology it...
This 1992 book is a treatment of what was known about climbing plants, written by a group of experts.
Sulfur Dioxide and Vegetation: Physiology, Ecology, and Policy Issues
... initiatives around such issues as air and water pollution , biodiversity and cultural diversity , desertification and deforestation , indigenous agriculture and food production , toxins and hazardous waste disposal , global warming ...
Effect of the long-term elevation of CO2 concentration in the field on the quantum yield of photosynthesis of the C3 ... components and component limitations, and on water use efficicency in wheat (Triticum Aestivum L.) Plant Physiol.
This book examines the differences and similarities in the earth system components - the ocean, atmosphere, and the land - between western portions of the northern and southern Western Hemispheres, past, present, and projected.
The rapidly changing nature of animal production systems, especially increasing intensification and globalization, is playing out in complex ways around the world. Over the last century, livestock keeping evolved from...
Changing patterns of global commerce are leading to the breakdown of biogeographic barriers that have historically kept the floras and faunas of different continents separate. Some introduced species not only...
... EcoCELLs open—flow, mass-balance mesocosms that continuously operate for the measurement of C, water, and energy fluxes (Griffin et al., 1996). Sunflowers (Helianthus annus) were grown in two EcoCELLs, one with ambient CO2 (399 ppm) and ...