Geoecology : an evolutionary approach

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Geoecology : an evolutionary approach

Richard John Huggett

Routledge, 1995

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-300) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Animals, plants and soils interact with one another, with the terrestrial spheres, and with the rest of the Cosmos. On land, this rich interaction creates landscape systems or geoecosystems. Geoecology investigates the structure and function of geoecosystems, their components and their environment. The author develops a simple dynamic systems model, the `brash' equation, to form the conceptual framework for the book suggesting an `ecological' and `evolutionary' approach. Exploring internal of `ecological' interactions between geoecosystems and their near-surface environments - the atmosphere, hydrosphere, toposhere, and lithosphere - and external influences, both geological and cosmic, Geoecology presents geoecosystems as dynamic entities constantly responding to changes within themselves and their surroundings. An `evolutionary' view emerges of geoecological systems, and the animals, plants, and soils comprising them, providing a new way of thinking for the whole environmental complex and the rich web of interdependencies contained therein.

Table of Contents

Prologue Part I: Introducting Geoecosystems 1. Terrestrial Spheres 2. Interdependence in Geoecosystems 3. Climate and Soils 4. The Climate of a Life 5. Altitude 6. Substrate 7. Topography 8. Insularity 9. Disturbance

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  • NCID
    BA2509607X
  • ISBN
    • 0415086892
    • 0415087104
  • LCCN
    94030627
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    London ; New York
  • Pages/Volumes
    xx, 320 p.
  • Size
    25 cm
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