Open Ecosystems
ecology and evolution beyond the forest edge
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 21 August 2019
- ISBN 9780198812456
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages192 pages
- Size 253x195x15 mm
- Weight 636 g
- Language English 0
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Short description:
Explores the geography, ecology, and antiquity of 'open ecosystems' which include grasslands, savannas, and shrublands.
MoreLong description:
This book explores the geography, ecology, and antiquity of 'open ecosystems', which include grasslands, savannas, and shrublands. They occur in climates that can support closed forest ecosystems and often form mosaics with forest patches. With the aid of remote sensing, it is now clear that open ecosystems are a global phenomenon and occur over vast areas in climates that could also support forests. This book goes beyond regional narratives and seeks general explanations for their existence. It develops the theme of open ecosystems as being widespread and ancient, with a distinct biota from that of closed forests. It examines hypotheses for their maintenance in climate zones favouring the development of forests, including fire, vertebrate herbivory, and soils hostile for tree growth.
Open Ecosystems: ecology and evolution beyond the forest edge provides an accessible introduction for graduate students and researchers of open (non-forested) ecosystem ecology in departments of ecology, geography, and environmental science. It will also be of relevance and use to professional ecologists, biogeographers, and global change biologists requiring a concise, authoritative overview of the topic.
Open Ecosystems was a fascinating read, packed with authoritative evidence, personal observations and experimental support across the globe. The content makes out, and often challenges, a solid body of past and novel ecological hypotheses, presented in a rather coherent manner. The ultimate strength of this book is that it clearly defines research gaps and provides important guidelines for future research aimed at an improved understanding of OEs.
Table of Contents:
Introduction to open ecosystems: a global anomaly and a local example
The pattern of open ecosystems and the climates in which they occur
Uncertain ecosystems: the conceptual framework
The nature of open ecosystems
The origins of closed and open ecosystems: Fossils and phylogenies
Soils and open ecosystems
Fire and open ecosystems
Vertebrate herbivory and open ecosystems
The future of open ecosystems
