Lamto: Structure, Functioning And Dynamics Of A Savanna Ecosystem: 179 - Rilegato

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ISBN 10: 0387948449 ISBN 13: 9780387948447

Casa editrice: Springer Nature, 2006

Riassunto

Synthesizing 40 years of ongoing ecological research, this book examines the structure, function, and dynamics of the Lamto humid savanna. From the history of the Lamto ecology station, to an overview of enivronmental conditions of the site, and examining the integrative view of energy and nutrient fluxes relative to the dynamics of the region's vegetation, this exacting work is as unique and treasured as Lamto itself.

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From the reviews:

"This new volume is good news for savanna ecologists. It is a summary and integration of some four decades of ecological research in the savanna of Lamto in Ivory Coast, West Africa. ... a most interesting book that is of great value to savanna ecologists. ... This is a very valuable and interesting book which I certainly recommend to all savanna ecologists, and I congratulate the authors with their achievement." (Marinus J. A. Werger, Phytocoenologia, Vol. 38 (1-2), August, 2008)

Contenuti

History of the Lamto Ecology Station and Ecological Studies at Lamto.- History of the Lamto Ecology Station and Ecological Studies at Lamto.- The Environment.- Geology, Landform, and Soils.- Climate.- Environmental Constraints on Living Organisms.- Vegetation.- Structure and Functioning of Plant Cover.- Soil-Plant-Atmosphere Exchanges.- Biomass Cycle and Primary Production.- Tree/Grass Interactions.- Modeling the Relationships between Vegetation Structure and Functioning, and Modeling Savanna Functioning from Plot to Region.- Modification of the Savanna Functioning by Herbivores.- Carbon Cycle and Soil Organic Matter Dynamics.- Origin, Distribution, and Composition of Soil Organic Matter.- Soil Carbon and Organic Matter Dynamics.- Perturbations of Soil Carbon Dynamics by Soil Fauna.- The Nitrogen Cycle.- Nitrogen Inputs to and Outputs from the Soil-Plant System.- Nitrogen Dynamics in the Soil-Plant System.- Role of Soil Fauna in Nitrogen Cycling.- Plant Community Dynamics.- Spatial Pattern, Dynamics, and Reproductive Biology of the Grass Community.- Structure, Long-Term Dynamics, and Demography of the Tree Community.- Modeling Tree and Grass Dynamics: From Demographic to Spatially Explicit Models.- Toward an Integration of Savanna Structure, Functioning, and Dynamics.- A Synthetic Overview of Lamto Savanna Ecology: Importance of Structure-Functioning-Dynamics Relationships.- Perspectives: From the Lamto Experience to Critical Issues for Savanna Ecology Research.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Springer Nature
• Data di pubblicazione: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0387948449
• ISBN 13: 9780387948447
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Lingua: Inglese
• Numero di pagine: 415
• Redattore: Abbadie Luc, Gignoux Jacques, Leroux Xavier, Lepage Michel