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The Effects of SO2 on a Grassland: A Case Study in the Northern Great Plains of the United States
. Ed(S): Lauenroth, W.K.; Preston, E. M.
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paperback. Editor(s): Lauenroth, W.K.; Preston, E. M. Series: Ecological Studies. Num Pages: 228 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PSAF; PST; RBGB; RNP; TQD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 12. Weight in Grams: 437.
When Springer-Verlag undertook publication of this volume, two opportunities arose. The first was to bring together the significant findings ofthe interacting parts of a large field experiment on a whole ecosystem. Scientific specialists and the public are rightly concerned with large-scale impacts of human activity on landscapes and with the challenge of predicting subtle, long-range repercussions of air pollution. A fundamental issue is whether ecological systems like grasslands, which have evolved for several million years under stressful conditions such as variable climate and overgrazing, are more robust than other systems in tolerating new atmospheric impacts of pollution and toxicity. At ... Read more
When Springer-Verlag undertook publication of this volume, two opportunities arose. The first was to bring together the significant findings ofthe interacting parts of a large field experiment on a whole ecosystem. Scientific specialists and the public are rightly concerned with large-scale impacts of human activity on landscapes and with the challenge of predicting subtle, long-range repercussions of air pollution. A fundamental issue is whether ecological systems like grasslands, which have evolved for several million years under stressful conditions such as variable climate and overgrazing, are more robust than other systems in tolerating new atmospheric impacts of pollution and toxicity. At ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Springer United States
Number of pages
228
Condition
New
Series
Ecological Studies
Number of Pages
207
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781461297482
SKU
V9781461297482
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