Overview

This book presents the major findings of a 12-year ecological study of the Bornhöved Lake District, situated some 30 km south of Kiel. Historically speaking, the present research scheme, like comparable long-term ecosystem studies at Göttingen, Bayreuth, München, and Berchtesgaden, has been conceived as the core of a comprehensive ecological surveillance system for Germany (Ellenberg et al. 1978). Comprising three interrelated components, namely an ecological monitoring network, comparative ecosystem research, and an environmental specimen bank, this system is intended to promote both ecological science and planning and policy. In this connection the geo- and bioscientifically based ecosystem research aims at understanding the structure and functions of systems, the natural equilibrium and stress tolerance of singular components and the entire system against changes and disturbances from within and from outside, and the relationships between diversity, productivity, and stability. Thus, ecosystem research forms the indispensable basis for the rational analysis of the comprehensive data sets made available by ecological monitoring networks and for the adequate selection of plant, animal, and soil specimens for environmental specimen banking purposes.

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Author:   Otto Fränzle ,  Ludger Kappen ,  Hans-Peter Blume ,  Klaus Dierßen
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
Edition:   Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2008
Volume:   202
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.629kg
ISBN:  

9783642094941

ISBN 10:   3642094945
Pages:   392
Publication Date:   18 November 2010
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Research Programme and Study Area.- General Concept of the Research Pogramme and Methodology of Investigations.- Ecological Setting of the Study Area.- Structure and Function of Ecosystems in a Complex Landscape.- Ecophysiological Key Processes in Agricultural and Forest Ecosystems.- Carbon and Energy Balances of Different Ecosystems and Ecosystem Complexes of the Bornhöved Lake District.- Water Relations at Different Scales.- Site-Related Biocoenotic Dynamics.- Biocoenotic Interactions between Different Ecotopes.- Element Fluxes in Atmosphere, Vegetation and Soil.- Transport Processes between Lake Belau and its Drainage Basin.- Lake Belau.- Ecological Gradients as Causes and Effects of Ecosystem Organization.- From Research to Application.- An Indicator-Based Characterization of the Bornhöved Key Ecosystems.- Ecosystem Research and Sustainable Land Use Management.- Conclusions: Perspectives for Integrative Landscape Planning, Management and Monitoring.

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Aus den Rezensionen: Dieser Band fasst die wesentlichen Ergebnisse eines der grossen A-kosystemforschungsprojekte Deutschlands zusammen, an dem 12 Jahre lang zahlreiche Wissenschaftler unterschiedlichster Disziplinen uberwiegend von der Universitat Kiel beteiligt waren. ... Insgesamt konnten fast 2.000 Arten aus den untersuchten Gruppen in den vier betrachteten Hauptlebensraumen ... nachgewiesen werden. Der Band wird durch ein ausserst umfangreiches Literaturverzeichnis ... und einen Index abgerundet, der das schnelle Auffinden der gesuchten Information erleichtert ... (Jurgen Dengler, in: Kieler Notizen zur Pflanzenkunde, 2009, Vol. 33, Issue 2, S. 134)

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