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Author:   Christopher S. Cronan
Publisher:   Springer International Publishing AG
Imprint:   Springer International Publishing AG
Edition:   1st ed. 2023
Weight:   0.617kg
ISBN:  

9783031452581

ISBN 10:   3031452585
Pages:   284
Publication Date:   22 November 2023
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Chapter. 1. Introduction.- Chapter. 2. Life Processes.- Chapter. 3. Environmental Analysis.- Chapter. 4. Population Ecology.- Chapter. 5. Community Ecology.- Chapter. 6. Landscape Ecology and Conservation Biology.- Chapter. 7. Forest Ecosystems.- Chapter. 8. Lake Ecosystems.- Chapter. 9. Stream Ecosystems.- Chapter. 10. Wetland Ecosystems.- Chapter. 11. Marine Ecosystems.- Chapter. 12. Agroecosystems.- Chapter. 13. Ecological Models.- Chapter. 14. Atmospheric Influences, Global Warming, and Climate Change.- Chapter. 15. Tropical Ecology and Deforestation.- Chapter. 16. The Challenges of Human Population Growth.- Epilogue.- Study Questions.- Glossary of Terms.- References.- Index.

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Christopher S. Cronan is a Professor Emeritus in the School of Biology and Ecology at the University of Maine. The author earned a B.A. in ecology at the University of Pennsylvania, a Ph.D. in Biological Sciences at Dartmouth College, and was a Charles Bullard Fellow in Forest Resources at Harvard Forest and Harvard University.  He is a former director in the School of Biology and Ecology, served as interim director of the Senator George Mitchell Center, and was founding director of the Graduate Program in Ecology and Environmental Science (EES) at the University of Maine. His research with interdisciplinary teams of scientists included fieldwork in the U.S., Canada, and Europe, and his teaching involved courses in ecology, biogeochemistry, general biology, plant physiology, limnology, natural resource policy, plant biology, and field ecology. He published a textbook entitled Ecosystem Biogeochemistry – Element Cycling in the Forest Landscape with Springer NaturePublishing in 2018 and is the author or co-author of 72 peer-reviewed scientific articles in the journals Science, Nature, BioScience, Water Resources Research, Environmental Science and Technology, Ecological Modeling, Landscape Ecology, Tree Physiology, Biogeochemistry, Analytical Chemistry, Geochimica Cosmochimica Acta, Soil Science Society of America Journal, Environmental Management, Canadian Journal of Forest Research, Oecologia, Forest Ecology and Management, Biological Conservation, Environment, Limnology and Oceanography, Landscape and Urban Planning, Applied Geography, Plant and Soil, Journal of Environmental Quality, Water, Air, & Soil Pollution, Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, Ecological Indicators, and Holarctic Ecology.  

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