Book Description
This book is a printed edition of the Special Issue "Urban and Periurban Forest Diversity and Ecosystem Services" that was published in Forests
Author : Scott X. Chang
Publisher : MDPI
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 18,74 MB
Release : 2018-04-27
Category : Science
ISBN : 303842384X
This book is a printed edition of the Special Issue "Urban and Periurban Forest Diversity and Ecosystem Services" that was published in Forests
Author : Scott Chang
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 50,88 MB
Release : 2017
Category : Electronic book
ISBN : 9783038423850
Author : Robert G. Qualls
Publisher : MDPI
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 34,51 MB
Release : 2020-12-03
Category : Science
ISBN : 3039368001
The long-term productivity of forest ecosystems depends on the cycling of nutrients. The effect of carbon dioxide fertilization on forest productivity may ultimately be limited by the rate of nutrient cycling. Contemporary and future disturbances such as climatic warming, N-deposition, deforestation, short rotation sylviculture, fire (both wild and controlled), and the invasion of exotic species all place strains on the integrity of ecosystem nutrient cycling. Global differences in climate, soils, and species make it difficult to extrapolate even a single important study worldwide. Despite advances in the understanding of nutrient cycling and carbon production in forests, many questions remain. The chapters in this volume reflect many contemporary research priorities. The thirteen studies in this volume are arranged in the following subject groups: • N and P resorption from foliage worldwide, along chronosequences and along elevation gradients; • Litter production and decomposition; • N and P stoichiometry as affected by N deposition, geographic gradients, species changes, and ecosystem restoration; • Effects of N and P addition on understory biomass, litter, and soil; • Effects of burning on soil nutrients; • Effects of N addition on soil fauna.
Author : L.O. Nilsson
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 660 pages
File Size : 27,22 MB
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9401104557
From the research results and discussions presented in this book it becomes clear that a profound understanding of the various interrelationships of the nutritional aspects allows the implementation of specific management strategies to improve stability and productivity of forest ecosystems. In particular the effects of environmental changes as related to the impacts of air pollution, global change and land use on nutrient uptake and cycling processes in forest ecosystems are dealt with in detail. The book is divided into six main issues and each topic contains reviews as well as selected results of recent studies.
Author : L. O. Nilsson
Publisher :
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 28,38 MB
Release : 1995
Category : Science
ISBN :
Author : Petra Marschner
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 409 pages
File Size : 18,13 MB
Release : 2007-05-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 3540680276
This book presents a comprehensive overview of nutrient cycling processes and their importance for plant growth and ecosystem sustainability. The book combines fundamental scientific studies and devised practical approaches. It contains contributions of leading international authorities from various disciplines resulting in multidisciplinary approaches, and all chapters have been carefully reviewed. This volume will support scientists and practitioners alike.
Author : Friederike Lang
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 355 pages
File Size : 31,37 MB
Release : 2021-10-18
Category : Science
ISBN : 2889714993
Author : Robert G. Qualls
Publisher :
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 42,81 MB
Release : 2020
Category :
ISBN : 9783039368013
The long-term productivity of forest ecosystems depends on the cycling of nutrients. The effect of carbon dioxide fertilization on forest productivity may ultimately be limited by the rate of nutrient cycling. Contemporary and future disturbances such as climatic warming, N-deposition, deforestation, short rotation sylviculture, fire (both wild and controlled), and the invasion of exotic species all place strains on the integrity of ecosystem nutrient cycling. Global differences in climate, soils, and species make it difficult to extrapolate even a single important study worldwide. Despite advances in the understanding of nutrient cycling and carbon production in forests, many questions remain. The chapters in this volume reflect many contemporary research priorities. The thirteen studies in this volume are arranged in the following subject groups: • N and P resorption from foliage worldwide, along chronosequences and along elevation gradients; • Litter production and decomposition; • N and P stoichiometry as affected by N deposition, geographic gradients, species changes, and ecosystem restoration; • Effects of N and P addition on understory biomass, litter, and soil; • Effects of burning on soil nutrients; • Effects of N addition on soil fauna.
Author : A. F. Harrison
Publisher :
Page : 488 pages
File Size : 20,87 MB
Release : 1990
Category : Biogeochemical cycles
ISBN :
A source of information for environmental scientists involved in research of the inputs, cycling and losses of nutrients in terrestrial ecosystems. A division has been made into a series of sections, dealing in turn with inputs, losses, turnover and plant uptake
Author : Jenni A. Stockan
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 34,15 MB
Release : 2016-07-07
Category : Science
ISBN : 1316684008
Wood ants play an ecologically dominant and conspicuous role in temperate boreal forests, making a keystone contribution to woodland ecosystem functions and processes. Wood ant taxonomy and global distributions set the scene for this text's exploration of wood ants as social insects, examining their flexible social structures, genetics, population ecology, and behaviour, from nest-mate recognition to task allocation. Wood ants' interactions with their environment and with other organisms are essential to their success: competition, predation and mutualism are described and analysed. Bringing together the expertise of ecological researchers and conservation practitioners, this book provides practical and theoretical advice about sampling and monitoring these insects, and outlines the requirements for effective conservation. This is an indispensable resource for wood ant researchers, entomologists, conservationists and ecological consultants, as well as anyone interested in social insects, keystone species and the management and conservation of forest ecosystems.