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 Info | Chichester ; New York : Wiley, ©1996. |
| Description | xxiii, 493 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : illustrations, maps (some color) ; 24 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | SCOPE ; 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 note | Little-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 note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 96012983 |
| ISBN | 0471956015 |