| Ecosystem Organization of a Complex Landscape: Long-Term Research in the Bornhöved Lake District, Germany 2008 Edition Contributor(s): Fränzle, Otto (Editor), Kappen, Ludger (Editor), Blume, Hans-Peter (Editor) |
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ISBN: 3540758100 ISBN-13: 9783540758105 Publisher: Springer OUR PRICE: $208.99 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 2008 Annotation: This volume provides a synthesis of long-term ecological analyses in the Bornh?ved Lake District as a representative landscape of northern Germany. The emphasis is on the comprehensive assessment of matter and energy fluxes in and between the terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems and their biocoenotic structures and dynamics on the one hand, and on transdisciplinary landscape planning approaches on the other. In each respect the development of novel hierarchical modelling approaches at various spatial and temporal scales is fundamental to the understanding of the structure and function of systems and to integrative resource management strategies. Thus, the book is not only commendable for ecologists, but is equally useful for botanists, zoologists, geographers, landscape planners, soil scientists, agronomers, hydrologists, climatologists and other scientists interested in energy balances or the quality and quantity of waterflows and nutrient cycles, and managers looking for relevant case studies and model answers to their questions. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science | Life Sciences - Ecology - Nature | Ecosystems & Habitats - Lakes, Ponds & Swamps - Science | Environmental Science (see Also Chemistry - Environmental) |
| Dewey: 577.82 |
| Series: Ecological Studies |
| Physical Information: 1.1" H x 6.1" W x 9.3" (1.80 lbs) 392 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Ecology |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book presents the major findings of a 12-year ecological study of the Bornh ved Lake District, situated some 30 km south of Kiel. Historically speaking, the present research scheme, like comparable long-term ecosystem studies at G ttingen, Bayreuth, M nchen, and Berchtesgaden, has been conceived as the core of a comprehensive ecological surveillance system for Germany (Ellenberg et al. 1978). Comprising three interrelated components, namely an ecological monitoring network, comparative ecosystem research, and an environmental specimen bank, this system is intended to promote both ecological science and planning and policy. In this connection the geo- and bioscientifically based ecosystem research aims at understanding the structure and functions of systems, the natural equilibrium and stress tolerance of singular components and the entire system against changes and disturbances from within and from outside, and the relationships between diversity, productivity, and stability. Thus, ecosystem research forms the indispensable basis for the rational analysis of the comprehensive data sets made available by ecological monitoring networks and for the adequate selection of plant, animal, and soil specimens for environmental specimen banking purposes. |