Aboveground-Belowground Linkages : Biotic Interactions, Ecosystem Processes, and Global Change Hardback
by Richard D. (Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, UK) Bardgett, David A. (Department of Forest Ecology and Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Sc Wardle
Part of the Oxford Series in Ecology and Evolution series
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Aboveground-Belowground Linkages provides the most up-to-date and comprehensive synthesis of recent advances in our understanding of the roles that interactions between aboveground and belowground communities play in regulating the structure and function of terrestrial ecosystems, and their responses to global change.
It charts the historical development of this field of ecology and evaluates what can be learned from the recent proliferation of studies onthe ecological and biogeochemical significance of aboveground-belowground linkages. The book is structured around four key topics: biotic interactions in the soil; plant community effects; the role of aboveground consumers; and the influence of species gains and losses.
A concluding chapter draws together this information and identifies a number of cross-cutting themes, including consideration of aboveground-belowground feedbacks that occur at different spatial and temporal scales, the consequences of these feedbacks for ecosystem processes, and how aboveground-belowgroundinteractions link to human-induced global change.
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:312 pages, 85 black and white illustrations
- Publisher:Oxford University Press
- Publication Date:29/07/2010
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- ISBN:9780199546879
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Unavailable
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:312 pages, 85 black and white illustrations
- Publisher:Oxford University Press
- Publication Date:29/07/2010
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- ISBN:9780199546879