Forest Diversity and Function
Subtitle: Temperate and Boreal Systems (Ecological Studies)
Contributors: M. Scherer-Lorenzen (Editor); C. Körner (Editor); E.-D. Schulze (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: November 23, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 400
ISBN-13: 9783540221913
Subjects: Ecological science, the Biosphere; Science/Mathematics; Forest ecology; Earth Sciences - Geology; Science; Plants - General; Life Sciences - Biology - General; Life Sciences - Botany; Nature / Plants; Congresses; Taiga ecology; Forest biodiversity; Forest biological diversity
First sentence: The dramatic and accelerating changes the earth's biota has undergone over the last decades have led to considerable research effort toward understanding the nature of biotic control over the processes within ecosystems.