Transport Processes in Nature Hardback with CD-ROM: Propagation of Ecological Influences Through Environmental Space - Rilegato

Reiners, William A.; Driese, Kenneth L.

 
9780521800495: Transport Processes in Nature Hardback with CD-ROM: Propagation of Ecological Influences Through Environmental Space

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A conceptual framework for the study and understanding of the propagation of ecological influences in nature.

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Descrizione del libro

The movement of organisms, abiotic materials and energy across environments is a key element in the study of ecology. Reiners and Driese introduce a conceptual framework for the study and understanding of propagation of ecological influences in nature, and provide examples of models that describe and predict propagation.

Contenuti

Part I: 1. Flows and movements in ecology; 2. Causes, mechanisms and consequences of propagating influences; 3. How do we see nature?; 4. Representing and predicting propagation phenomena: modeling in explicit-realistic space; Part II: 5. Introduction to Part II; 6. Diffusion; 7. Colluvial transport; 8. Wind transport; 9. Fire; 10. Fluvial transport; 11. Animal movement; 12. Electromagnetic radiation; 13. The propagation of sound; References; Index.

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9780521804844: Transport Processes in Nature: Propagation of Ecological Influences Through Environmental Space

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ISBN 10:  0521804841 ISBN 13:  9780521804844
Casa editrice: Cambridge Univ Pr, 2004
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