Functional roles of biodiversity : a global perspective / edited by Harold A. Mooney [and others].

Other author Mooney, Harold A.
Other author International Council of Scientific Unions. Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment.
Other author United Nations Environment Programme.
Format Book
Publication InfoChichester ; New York : Wiley, ©1996.
Descriptionxxiii, 493 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : illustrations, maps (some color) ; 24 cm.
Subjects

SeriesSCOPE ; 55
SCOPE report ; 55. ^A6994
Contents SCOPE ecosystem functioning of biodiversity program / H.A. Mooney ... [et al.] -- Arctic and alpine biodiversity : its patterns, causes and ecosystem consequences / F. Stuart Chapin III and Christian Körner -- Biodiversity and ecosystem processes in boreal regions / John Pastor ... [et al.] -- Biodiversity and ecosystem function of temperate deciduous broad-leaved forests / E.-D. Schulze ... [et al.] -- Ecosystem function of biodiversity in arid ecosystems / L.F. Huenneke and I. Noble -- Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning in grasslands / O.E. Sala ... [et al.] -- Mediterranean-type ecosystems : the influence of biodiversity on their functioning / George W. Davis ... [et al.] -- Biodiversity and tropical savanna propeties : a global view / Otto T. Solbrig, Ernesto Medina and Juan F. Silva -- Impact of biodiversity on tropical forest ecosystem processes / Gordon H. Orians, Rodolfo Dirzo and J. Hall Cushman -- Island ecosystems : do they represent natural experiments in biological diversity and ecosystem function? / Peter M. Vitousek...[et al.] -- Biodiversity and agroecosystem function / M.J. Swift ... [et al.] -- Freshwater ecosystems : linkages of complexity and processes / S. Carpenter ... [et al.] -- Biodiversity and ecosystem processes in tropical estuaries : perspectives of mangrove ecosystems / Robert R. Twilley ... [et al.] -- Predictability and uncertainty in community regulation : consequences of reduced consumer diversity in coastal rocky ecosystems / Gary W. Allison ... [et al.] -- Biodiversity and ecosystem function of coral reefs / Terence J. Done ... [et al.] -- Human impact, biodiversity and ecosystem processes in the open ocean / Mark Chandler, Les Kaufman and Sandor Mulsow -- What we have learned about the ecosystem functioning of biodiversity / H.A. Mooney ... [et al.].
Local noteLittle-303388--305131009055W
General note"Published on behalf of the Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment (SCOPE) of the International Council of Scientific Unions (ICSU) and of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)."
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 96012983
ISBN0471956015