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Paysages et nature.
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ISBN: 2905724005 8874391617 Year: 2004 Publisher: Paris : Milan : Musée d'Orsay ; 5 Continents Editions,

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Paddestoelen en natuurbeheer : wat kan de beheerder ?
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ISBN: 9050110789 Year: 1994 Publisher: Hoogwoud : Koninklijke nederlandse natuurhistorische vereniging (KNNV),


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Bioclimatology and biogeography of Africa
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ISBN: 9783540851929 9783540851912 Year: 2009 Publisher: Berlin : Springer,

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Covering an area of over 130 million km2 spanning the equator and tropics, the African continent features a spectacular geographic diversity. Consequently, it is characterised by extremely variable climatic, edaphic and ecological conditions, associated with a wide range of natural vegetation and wildlife, as well as human population density, crops and livestock. In this book, Henry Le Houérou presents his bioclimatic and biogeographic classification of Africa. The extensive data provide the basis for comparisons between various African regions, and with regions on other continents such as Latin America or the Indian subcontinent. The results constitute a rational basis for national, regional and sub-regional rural development planning, and for agricultural research dealing with aspects such as plant and animal introductions, the extrapolation or interpolation of experimental or developmental findings, and ecosystems dynamics. Possible problems of applications are also examined. Henry Le Houérou (Montpellier, France) For his substantial contribution to the work of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), he was awarded a share of the Nobel Peace Prize bestowed on the IPCC in 2007 (equally with Al Gore and others).

Plant Respiration : From Cell to Ecosystem.
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ISBN: 1280283971 9786610283972 1402035896 1402035888 9781402035883 9781402035890 9048169038 Year: 2005 Publisher: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer,

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Respiration in plants, as in all living organisms, is essential to provide metabolic energy and carbon skeletons for growth and maintenance. As such, respiration is an essential component of a plant’s carbon budget. Depending on species and environmental conditions, it consumes 25-75% of all the carbohydrates produced in photosynthesis – even more at extremely slow growth rates. Respiration in plants can also proceed in a manner that produces neither metabolic energy nor carbon skeletons, but heat. This type of respiration involves the cyanide-resistant, alternative oxidase; it is unique to plants, and resides in the mitochondria. The activity of this alternative pathway can be measured based on a difference in fractionation of oxygen isotopes between the cytochrome and the alternative oxidase. Heat production is important in some flowers to attract pollinators; however, the alternative oxidase also plays a major role in leaves and roots of most plants. A common thread throughout this volume is to link respiration, including alternative oxidase activity, to plant functioning in different environments.


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Gradients in a Tropical Mountain Ecosystem of Ecuador
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ISBN: 9783540735250 9783540735267 3540735259 3540735267 3642092667 Year: 2008 Volume: 198 Publisher: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer,

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A tropical mountain ecosystem in one of the "hottest" biodiversity hotspots worldwide was investigated by some 30 research teams of numerous disciplines in the natural and social sciences. Ecosystem analysis followed two gradients: an altitudinal gradient and a gradient of land-use intensity and ecosystem regeneration, respectively. This volume addresses a multitude of ecologically relevant aspects: macro- and microclimate; physics, chemistry and biology of soils; water relations, matter turnover and nutrient availability; plant growth and biomass partitioning; floral composition and plant life forms; vegetation structure and dynamics; organismic interactions, diversity and population biology of birds, moths and microarthropods; forest management, and reforestation with indigenous species; ethnobotanical and social aspects. New hypotheses are presented with regard to biodiversity and ecosystem functioning, as well as sustainable management of an ecosystem in a biodiversity hotspot.

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Mountain ecology --- Biodiversity --- Ecosystem management --- Biodiversity conservation --- Rain forest ecology --- Rain forests --- Sustainable development --- Ecologie des montagnes --- Biodiversité --- Ecosystèmes --- Ecologie des forêts pluviales --- Forêts pluviales --- Développement durable --- Management --- Gestion --- Conservation --- EPUB-LIV-FT LIVBIOLO SPRINGER-B --- Management. --- Endangered ecosystems. --- Biodiversity. --- Plant Ecology. --- Animal ecology. --- Forests and forestry. --- Environmental management. --- Ecosystems. --- Animal Ecology. --- Forestry Management. --- Environmental Management. --- Environmental stewardship --- Stewardship, Environmental --- Environmental sciences --- Forest land --- Forest lands --- Forest planting --- Forest production --- Forest sciences --- Forestation --- Forested lands --- Forestland --- Forestlands --- Forestry --- Forestry industry --- Forestry sciences --- Land, Forest --- Lands, Forest --- Silviculture --- Sylviculture --- Woodlands --- Woods (Forests) --- Agriculture --- Natural resources --- Afforestation --- Arboriculture --- Logging --- Timber --- Tree crops --- Trees --- Animals --- Zoology --- Ecology --- Botany --- Plants --- Biological diversification --- Biological diversity --- Biotic diversity --- Diversification, Biological --- Diversity, Biological --- Biology --- Biocomplexity --- Ecological heterogeneity --- Numbers of species --- Threatened ecosystems --- Biotic communities --- Nature conservation --- Phytoecology --- Vegetation ecology --- Plant ecology. --- Forestry management. --- Forest administration --- Forest plants --- Forest resource administration --- Forest resource management --- Forest stewardship --- Forest vegetation management --- Forestry management --- Forests and forestry --- Stewardship, Forest --- Vegetation management, Forest --- Biocenoses --- Biocoenoses --- Biogeoecology --- Biological communities --- Biomes --- Biotic community ecology --- Communities, Biotic --- Community ecology, Biotic --- Ecological communities --- Ecosystems --- Natural communities --- Population biology --- Administration --- Control --- Floristic ecology


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De vegetatie van Nederland. 2. Deel 2 : Plantengemeenschappen van wateren, moerassen en natte heiden
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ISBN: 9188716058 9188716031 918871604X 9188716066 9188716074 9080398837 Year: 1995 Publisher: Leiden : Opulus press,

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Na ruim 25 jaar verschijnt er een nieuw overzicht van de plantengemeenschappen in ons land dat uitkomt in vijf delen. De eerste drie delen zijn verschenen in 1995 en 1996, deel 5 komt uit in de herfst van 1998. Deel 1 gaat in op de grondslagen, methoden en toepassingen van de plantensociologie. In deel 2 zijn de plantengemeenschappen van open water, bronnen, moerassen, hoogvenen en natte heiden behandeld. In deel 3 komen de graslanden, zomen en droge heiden aan de orde, in deel 4 wordt de plantengroei van de kust en van binnenlandse pioniermilieus behandeld en deel 5 omvat de ruigten, struwelen en bossen.

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