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This is a comprehensive handbook in two volumes covering the heart of the continent, including Germany, Poland, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Austria, Czech Republic and Slovakia. Based on a thorough literature review with 5500 cited references and illustrated with nearly 1000 informative figures and tables, all vegetation types of this region are analysed in terms of the climatic and edaphic influences, the structure and dynamics of their communities, the ecophysiological constitution of the main plant species, important aspects of ecosystem functioning, and recent conservation issues. This volume deals with forest and scrub vegetation, be it natural or man-made, whilst Volume II is dedicated to the open habitats containing non-forest vegetation such as mires, grasslands, heaths, alpine habitats and urban vegetation. Chapters 1 and 2 of this volume present the climatic, geological and pedological characteristics of Central Europe and provide a short introduction to its phytogeography. Chapter 3 gives a concise overview of the pervasive impact of man on the ecosystems and landscapes of this region over the last 7000 years, referring to both forests and non-forest vegetation. General aspects of the ecology of Central European tree species and forests are summarised in Chapter 4, which also contains a brief review of recent anthropogenic stressors of forest ecosystems, notably over-use, climate change, and the atmospheric deposition of nitrogen and strong acids. Chapters 5, 6 and 7 deal with the broadleaved and coniferous forest communities not shaped by flooding or high water tables. Forest plantations are the topic of Chapter 8, followed by floodplain and swamp forests (Chapter 9), forest epiphytic vegetation (Chapter 10), and the scrub vegetation of forest edges and hedges (Chapter 11). The summarising chapter (12) gives an overview of the most important plant communities of Central Europe.

Life sciences. --- Life Sciences. --- Life Sciences, general. --- Biosciences --- Sciences, Life --- Science --- Forest ecology --- Forests and forestry --- Ecology

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This is a comprehensive handbook in two volumes covering the heart of the continent, including Germany, Poland, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Austria, Czech Republic and Slovakia. Based on a thorough literature review with 5500 cited references and illustrated with nearly 1000 informative figures and tables, all vegetation types of this region are analysed in terms of their climatic and edaphic influences, the structure and dynamics of their communities, the ecophysiological constitution of the main plant species, important aspects of ecosystem functioning, and recent conservation issues. This volume deals with all types of non-forest vegetation in Central Europe, from the mostly natural coastal, mire, freshwater and alpine formations to the broad array of man-made habitats including managed grasslands, heathlands and arable fields, as well as ruderal and urban ecosystems. A key topic is human impact, which has influenced and shaped these ecosystems over the last 7000 years. The 14 chapters are arranged in a sequence from the natural non-forest formations to the purely anthropogenic ones, starting with coastal ecosystems (Chapters 1 and 2: salt marshes and dunes), followed by semi-aquatic ecosystems (Chapters 3 and 4: mires and freshwater systems) and alpine and nival ecosystems (Chapter 5). The subsequent group of anthropogenic systems starts with heathlands (Chapter 6) and managed dry or mesic to wet grasslands (Chapters 7 and 8) and proceeds to the vegetation of heavy metal-rich soils (Chapter 9), ruderal wet or mesic to dry habitats (Chapters 10 and 11), ending up with the heavily disturbed vegetation (Chapters 12 and 13: vegetation of arable land and urban areas). The summarising chapter (14) gives an overview of the most important plant communities of Central Europe.     .

Biology --- biologie --- Eastern and Central Europe

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William F. Laurance summarizes key ?ndings of the Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project in Amazonia, the world's largest and longe- running experimental study on habitat fragmentation. Edge e?ects play a key role in fragment dynamics and the surrounding matrix has a major in?uence on fragment connectivity and functioning. Many Amazonian species avoid even small clearings. Konrad Fiedler et al. focus on tropical forest moths and their response to forest disturbance and recovery. Using large data sets from Borneo and Ecuador, they found strong responses of species composition to disturbance, butnotalwaysofspeciesdiversity.Beta,ratherthanalpha,diversityappeared to be meaningful to assess land use impacts. Ra?aelErnstetal.presentresultsonamphibiancommunitiesindisturbed forests of the Neo- and Afrotropics. Patterns in community composition, and hence beta diversity, is a key in understanding impacts of human disturbance. These authors argue that alterations in the functional diversity of amphibians are a good predictor of habitat change. Dietrich Hertel et al. address the e?ects of forest use and forest conv- sion on the below-ground compartment in the wet tropical forests of Sulawesi (Indonesia). The authors review the response of ?ne root biomass to forest disturbance intensity and interpret results with respect to carbon storage in the root system. Luitgard Schwendenmann et al. present data on how forest conversion a?ects soil carbon pools, carbon mineralization rates and soil respiration in Central Panama. The active soil organic carbon pool was found to be a s- sitive indicator of soil respiration and may indicate land-use changes.

Nature protection --- General ecology and biosociology --- Environmental protection. Environmental technology --- Economic geography --- landschapsecologie --- economie --- ecologie --- milieuzorg --- geografie --- milieubeheer --- ecosystemen --- milieuanalyse

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William F. Laurance summarizes key ?ndings of the Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project in Amazonia, the world's largest and longe- running experimental study on habitat fragmentation. Edge e?ects play a key role in fragment dynamics and the surrounding matrix has a major in?uence on fragment connectivity and functioning. Many Amazonian species avoid even small clearings. Konrad Fiedler et al. focus on tropical forest moths and their response to forest disturbance and recovery. Using large data sets from Borneo and Ecuador, they found strong responses of species composition to disturbance, butnotalwaysofspeciesdiversity.Beta,ratherthanalpha,diversityappeared to be meaningful to assess land use impacts. Ra?aelErnstetal.presentresultsonamphibiancommunitiesindisturbed forests of the Neo- and Afrotropics. Patterns in community composition, and hence beta diversity, is a key in understanding impacts of human disturbance. These authors argue that alterations in the functional diversity of amphibians are a good predictor of habitat change. Dietrich Hertel et al. address the e?ects of forest use and forest conv- sion on the below-ground compartment in the wet tropical forests of Sulawesi (Indonesia). The authors review the response of ?ne root biomass to forest disturbance intensity and interpret results with respect to carbon storage in the root system. Luitgard Schwendenmann et al. present data on how forest conversion a?ects soil carbon pools, carbon mineralization rates and soil respiration in Central Panama. The active soil organic carbon pool was found to be a s- sitive indicator of soil respiration and may indicate land-use changes.

Nature protection --- General ecology and biosociology --- Environmental protection. Environmental technology --- Economic geography --- landschapsecologie --- economie --- ecologie --- milieuzorg --- geografie --- milieubeheer --- ecosystemen --- milieuanalyse