Nutrient Cycling and Limitation : : Hawai'i as a Model System /

Nutrient Cycling and Limitation : : Hawai'i as a Model System / / Peter M. Vitousek.

The availability or lack of nutrients shapes ecosystems in fundamental ways. From forest productivity to soil fertility, from the diversity of animals to the composition of microbial communities, nutrient cycling and limitation are the basic mechanisms underlying ecosystem ecology. In this book, Pet...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
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Vitousek, Peter M.,
Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2018]
©2004
Year of Publication:2018
Language:English
Series:Princeton Environmental Institute Series
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • TABLES
  • FIGURES
  • PREFACE
  • Chapter One. INTRODUCTION
  • Chapter Two. THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS AS A MODEL ECOSYSTEM
  • Chapter Three. GRADIENTS IN ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS, GRADIENTS IN ECOSYSTEMS
  • Chapter Four. PATTERNS AND PROCESSES IN LONG-TERM ECOSYSTEM DEVELOPMENT
  • Chapter Five. EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES OF NUTRIENT LIMITATION AND THE REGULATION OF NUTRIENT CYCLING
  • Chapter Six. NUTRIENT INPUTS TO HAWAIIAN ECOSYSTEMS: PATHWAYS, RATES, AND CONTROLS
  • Chapter Seven. NUTRIENT OUTPUTS: PATHWAYS, CONTROLS, AND INPUT-OUTPUT BUDGETS
  • Chapter Eight. ISSUES AND OPPORTUNITIES
  • REFERENCES
  • INDEX

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