Buch, Englisch, Band 8, 461 Seiten, Previously published in hardcover, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 7139 g
Reihe: Plant and Vegetation
Buch, Englisch, Band 8, 461 Seiten, Previously published in hardcover, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 7139 g
Reihe: Plant and Vegetation
ISBN: 978-94-007-9704-8
Verlag: Springer Netherlands
The book provides information essential for anyone interested in the ecology of the American Southwest, including land managers, environmental planners, conservationists, ecologists and students. It is unique in its coverage of the hows and whys of dynamics (changes) in the major types of vegetation occurring on southwestern mountains and plateaus. It explains the drivers and processes of change, describes historical changes and provides conceptual models that diagrammatically illustrate past, present, and potential future changes. All major types of vegetation are covered: spruce-fir, mixed conifer, and ponderosa pine forests, pinyon-juniper vegetation, subalpine-montane grassland, and Gambel oak and interior chaparral shrublands. The focus is on vegetation that is relatively undisturbed, i.e., in natural and near-natural condition, and how it responds to natural disturbances such as fire and drought, as well as to anthropogenic disturbances such as fire exclusion and invasive species
Zielgruppe
Research
Autoren/Hrsg.
Fachgebiete
- Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltmanagement, Umweltökonomie
- Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Regional- & Raumplanung Landschaftsplanung, Ländliche Planung
- Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Ebenen & Grasland
- Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Botanik
- Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Gebirge
- Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Naturschutzbiologie, Biodiversität
- Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Ökologie
- Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltschutz, Umwelterhaltung
- Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Wälder
Weitere Infos & Material
1. Introduction.- PART I Forests.- 2. Spruce-Fir Forest.- 3. Mixed Conifer Forest.- 4. Ponderosa Pine Forest.- PART II Woodland, Savanna, Grassland, and Shrublands.- 5. Pinyon-Juniper.- 6. Subalpine-Montane Grassland.- 7. Gambel Oak Shrubland.- 8. Interior Chaparral Shrubland.- Index.