Banded Vegetation Patterning in Arid and Semiarid Environments
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Banded Vegetation Patterning in Arid and Semiarid Environments
Author: David J. Tongway
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2012-12-06
Total Pages: 266
ISBN-13: 1461302072
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAerial photography has revealed the striking, widespread phenomenon of repeating patterns of vegetation in more arid areas of the world. Two interdependent phases, bands of dense and sparse vegetation, alternate in the landscape. This volume synthesizes half a century's accumulated knowledge of both theoretical and applied landscape function from a variety of these regions. It covers structure, dynamics, and methods of study, as well as disturbances to these landscapes and relevant management issues. Various chapters discuss the role of modeling in answering questions about the origins and complex processes of banded landscapes.
Banded Vegetation Patterning in Arid and Semiarid Environments
Author: David J. Tongway
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2001-06-15
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780387988399
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAerial photography has revealed the striking, widespread phenomenon of repeating patterns of vegetation in more arid areas of the world. Two interdependent phases, bands of dense and sparse vegetation, alternate in the landscape. This volume synthesizes half a century's accumulated knowledge of both theoretical and applied landscape function from a variety of these regions. It covers structure, dynamics, and methods of study, as well as disturbances to these landscapes and relevant management issues. Various chapters discuss the role of modeling in answering questions about the origins and complex processes of banded landscapes.
How the World Computes
Author: Barry S. Cooper
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2012-05-28
Total Pages: 773
ISBN-13: 3642308708
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Turing Centenary Conference and the 8th Conference on Computability in Europe, CiE 2012, held in Cambridge, UK, in June 2012. The 53 revised papers presented together with 6 invited lectures were carefully reviewed and selected with an acceptance rate of under 29,8%. The CiE 2012 Turing Centenary Conference will be remembered as a historic event in the continuing development of the powerful explanatory role of computability across a wide spectrum of research areas. The papers presented at CiE 2012 represent the best of current research in the area, and forms a fitting tribute to the short but brilliant trajectory of Alan Mathison Turing. Both the conference series and the association promote the development of computability-related science, ranging over mathematics, computer science and applications in various natural and engineering sciences such as physics and biology, and also including the promotion of related non-scientific fields such as philosophy and history of computing.
Environmental Indicators
Author: Robert H. Armon
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2015-01-05
Total Pages: 1061
ISBN-13: 9401794995
DOWNLOAD EBOOKEnvironmental indicators are the first line of warning against hazards caused by humans or nature catastrophes to prevent diseases and death of living organisms. The present book covers a large variety of environmental indicators from physical-chemistry through economical, bioinformatics, electromagnetic irradiation and health aspects, all dealing with environmental pollution. This volume has been intended to environmentalists, engineers, scientists and policy makers as well to anybody interested in the latest development in the indicator field.
Ecosystem Function in Heterogeneous Landscapes
Author: Gary M. Lovett
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2007-12-21
Total Pages: 494
ISBN-13: 0387240918
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis groundbreaking work connects the knowledge of system function developed in ecosystem ecology with landscape ecology's knowledge of spatial structure. The book elucidates the challenges faced by ecosystem scientists working in spatially heterogeneous systems, relevant conceptual approaches used in other disciplines and in different ecosystem types, and the importance of spatial heterogeneity in conservation resource management.
Progress in Mathematical Ecology
Author: Sergei Petrovskii
Publisher: MDPI
Published: 2018-12-07
Total Pages: 215
ISBN-13: 3038973122
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book is a printed edition of the Special Issue "Progress in Mathematical Ecology" that was published in Mathematics
Patterns of Land Degradation in Drylands
Author: Eva Nora Mueller
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2013-08-15
Total Pages: 388
ISBN-13: 9400757271
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book explores the theory of ecogeomorphic pattern-process linkages, using case studies from Europe, Africa, Australia and North America. Sets forth a research agenda for the emerging field of ecogeomorphology in drylands land-degradation studies.
Tree Species Effects on Soils: Implications for Global Change
Author: Dan Binkley
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
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Total Pages: 380
ISBN-13: 9781402034459
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHandbook of Ecological Restoration
Author: Martin R. Perrow
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2002-09-05
Total Pages: 634
ISBN-13: 9780521791298
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe two volumes of this handbook provide a comprehensive account of the emerging and vibrant science of the ecological restoration of both habitats and species. Ecological restoration aims to achieve complete structural and functional, self-maintaining biological integrity following disturbance. In practice, any theoretical model is modified by a number of economic, social and ecological constraints. Consequently, material that might be considered as rehabilitation, enhancement, reconstruction or re-creation is also included. Restoration in Practice provides details of state-of-the-art restoration practice in a range of biomes within terrestrial and aquatic (marine, coastal and freshwater) ecosystems. Policy and legislative issues on all continents are also outlined and discussed. The accompanying volume, Principles of Restoration defines the underlying principles of restoration ecology. The Handbook of Ecological Restoration will be an invaluable resource to anyone concerned with the restoration, rehabilitation, enhancement or creation of habitats in aquatic or terrestrial systems, throughout the world.
