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    Soil biological communities and ecosystem resilience by COST Action FP1305 (Project). Meeting

    Published: Springer, 2017
    Description: 1 online resource.
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    The Mongolian ecosystem network : environmental issues under climate and social changes by SpringerLink (Online service)

    Published: Springer, 2013
    Description: 1 online resource (xii, 319) : illustrations (some color), maps.
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    Mangrove ecosystems of Asia : status, challenges and management strategies by SpringerLink (Online service)

    Published: Springer, 2014
    Description: 1 online resource (xvi, 471 pages) : illustrations (some color)
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    Alpine plant life : functional plant ecology of high mountain ecosystems 3rd ed. by Körner, Christian, 1949-

    Published: Springer, 2021
    Description: 1 online resource (507 pages)
    Contents: “…PRELIMINARY (ToC of second edition) 1 Plant ecology at high elevations -- The concept of limitation -- A regional and historical account -- The challenge of alpine plant research -- 2 The alpine life zone -- Altitudinal boundaries -- Global alpine land area -- Alpine plant diversity -- Origin of alpine floras -- Alpine growth forms -- 3 Alpine climate -- Which alpine climate -- Common features of alpine climates -- Regional features of alpine climates -- 4 The climate plants experience -- Interactions of relief, wind and sun -- How alpine plants influence their climate -- The geographic variation of alpine climate -- 5 Life under snow: protection and limitation -- Temperatures under snow -- Solar radiation under snow -- Gas concentrations under snow -- Plant responses to snowpack -- 6 Alpine soils -- Physics of alpine soil formation -- The organic compound -- The interaction of organic and inorganic compounds -- 7 Alpine treelines -- About trees and lines -- Current altitudinal positions of climatic treelines -- Treeline-climate relationships -- Intrazonal variations and pantropical plateauing of alpine treelines -- Treelines in the past -- Attempts at a functional explanation of treelines -- A hypothesis for treeline formation -- Growth trends near treelines -- Evidence for sink limitation -- 8 Climatic stress -- Survival of low temperature extremes -- Avoidance and tolerance of low temperature extremes -- Heat stress in alpine plants -- Ultraviolet radiation -- a stress factor -- 9 Water relations -- Ecosystem water balance -- Soil moisture at high altitudes -- Plant water relations -- a brief review of principles -- Water relations of alpine plants -- Desiccation stress -- Water relations of special plant types -- 10 Mineral nutrition -- Soil nutrients -- The nutrient status of alpine plants -- Nutrient cycling and nutrient budgets -- Nitrogen fixation -- Mycorrhiza -- Responses of vegetation to variable nutrient supply -- 11 Uptake and loss of carbon -- Photosynthetic capacity of alpine plants -- Photosynthetic responses to the environment -- Daily carbon gain of leaves -- The seasonal carbon gain of leaves -- C4 and CAM photosynthesis at high altitudes -- Tissue respiration of alpine plants -- Ecosystem carbon balance -- 12 Carbon investments -- Non-structural carbohydrates -- Lipids and energy content -- Carbon costs of leaves and roots -- Whole plant carbon allocation -- 13 Growth dynamics and phenology -- Seasonal growth -- Diurnal leaf extension -- Rates of plant dry matter accumulation -- Functional duration of leaves and roots -- 14 Cell division and tissue formation -- Cell size and plant size -- Mitosis and the cell cycle -- From meristem activity to growth control -- 15 Plant biomass production -- The structure of alpine plant canopies -- Primary productivity of alpine vegetation -- Plant dry matter pools -- Biomass losses through herbivores -- 16 Plant reproduction -- Flowering and pollination -- Seed development and seed size -- Germination -- Alpine seed banks and natural recruitment -- Clonal propagation -- Alpine plant age -- Community processes -- 17 Global change at high elevation -- Alpine land use -- The impact of altered atmospheric chemistry -- Climatic change and alpine ecosystems -- References (with chapter annotation) -- Taxonomic index (genera) -- Geographical index -- Color plates -- Plant life forms -- The alpine life zone -- Environmental stress -- The human dimension.…”
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    Advances in ecological research. Volume 22. The ecological consequences of global climate change by ScienceDirect (Online service)

    Published: Academic Press, 1992
    Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 337 pages) : illustrations.
    Contents: “…Soil Organic Matter Dynamics and Climate Change; VIII. …”
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    Jungle by BBC Worldwide Ltd, Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm), Infobase

    Published: Infobase, 2013
    Description: 1 streaming video file (50 min.) : sd., col.
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    Ecosystems of California by ProQuest (Firm)

    Published: University of California Press, 2016
    Description: 1 online resource (xx, 984 pages) : illustrations, maps.
    Contents: “…Alagona, [et al. ...] -- Relationships between population and land use -- Population -- Land use -- 6. …”
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