Terrestrial Ecosystems in Changing Environments
“Terrestrial Ecosystems in Changing Environments” by Herman Henry Shugart, published by Cambridge University Press on March 26, 1998, spans 537 pages and is presented in English. This book addresses the significant challenge of predicting how terrestrial ecosystems may respond to large-scale human-induced changes. Shugart explores fundamental ecological concepts and theoretical developments, providing a comprehensive overview of the quantitative analyses necessary for understanding natural systems’ responses to environmental shifts.
Readers will find a detailed examination of key ecological concepts such as the ecosystem paradigm, niche theory, and vegetation/climate relationships. The book includes various ecological models and discusses their applications in predicting ecosystem dynamics over long periods and across extensive areas. Additionally, Shugart highlights new findings related to terrestrial landscapes and their interactions with climatic conditions, particularly in the context of human land use and global change. This edition serves as a valuable resource for those interested in ecology and environmental science.
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Predicting how terrestrial ecosystems might respond in the future to large-scale human-generated changes is a major challenge for ecologists. In Terrestrial Ecosystems in Changing Environments, Herman H. Shugart describes the fundamental ecological concepts, theoretical developments, and quantitative analyses involved in understanding the responses of natural systems to change. The key ecological concepts described include the ecosystem paradigm, niche theory, vegetation/climate relationships, landscape ecology and ecological modeling. A variety of ecological models are presented, and their applications in predicting responses to change are considered. The challenge of producing ecological models capable of predicting long-term and large-area ecosystem dynamics is reviewed and several examples are provided. Finally, some of the exciting new findings regarding terrestrial landscapes and their feedback with their climatic setting are discussed in the context of human land use and global change.
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