John A. Matthews, Matthews John a.

The Ecology of Recently-Deglaciated Terrain

A Geoecological Approach to Glacier Forelands

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book provides the first comprehensive review of the ecology of these fascinating regions and develops a model based on both physical and biological processes for interpreting their varied nature.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 408
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Dezember 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 660g
• ISBN-13: 9780521056694
• ISBN-10: 0521056691
• Artikelnr.: 23438168

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction
2. The nature of the timescale
3. The physical landscape
4. Soil development
5. Plant succession: patterns and environmental factors
6. Plant succession: processes and models
7. The ecological significance of recently-deglaciated terrain.