Ecological
Studies
Analysis and Synthesis
Edited by J. Jacobs, Munchen
O. L. Lange, Wurzburg
J. S. Olson, Oak Ridge
W. Wieser, Innsbruck
Distribution rights for this series
for the U.K., the Commonwealth,
and the traditional British market
(excluding Canada):
Chapman & Hall, Ltd., London
Prices are subject
to change without notice
Vol. 1
Analysis of
Temperate
Forest
Ecosystems
logical structure-the ecosystem. The
approach follows a coordination of
primary and secondary productivity
studies, emphasizing for all trophic
levels the need for compatible methodology and integrated research programs. Specific topics of interest
include production data for forest
ecosystems and the transfers of energy and nutrient cycling on both local
and world-wide scales. It is recognized that other environmental studies, e.g., climate, soils, and management practices, are essential for interEdited by D. E. Reichle, Oak Ridge
preting ecological processes.
With 91 figures. XII, 304 pages. 1970
Cloth DM 52,-; US $18.40
This book is an attempt to unify and
synthesize massive landscape research at the meaningful level of ecoVol. 2
Integrated
Experimental
Ecology
Methods and Results of
Ecosystem Research in the
German Soiling Project
Edited by H. Ellenberg, Giittingen
With 53 figures. XX, 214 pages. 1971
Cloth DM 58,-; US $ 20.50
Ecosystems, that is, communities of
plants and animals interacting with
climate, soil and other environmental
factors, are today becoming a major
concern of biologists and others
engaged in environmental research.
They are complex systems, and it
is only through the cooperation of
workers in many disciplines that they
can be studied and better understood.
Springer-Verlag
The book is suitable for general audienees, e.g., outside reading or primary text in ecology courses. However, in content the book goes much
beyond generalities. It is a thorough
and detailed analysis of an ecosystem.
The I nternational Biological Program
(IBP) expects that such integrated
studies in experimental ecology will
yield new information on the productivity, internal dynamics, and energy
budget of ecosystems. The IBP will
be continued and strengthened in this
endeavor by Unesco's program, Man
and the Biosphere, due to start in 1972.
The West German IBP Working
Group for the Study of Terrestrial
Biological Communities was one of
the first groups to initiate field work
in accordance with the guidelines
internationally agreed under the 1964
outline plan. This volume presents
preliminary results in the form of a
joint report which may well serve as
a textbook on methods for the study
of temperate-zone forest and grassland ecosystems.
Contributions to this report are made
by botanists and zoologists specialized in various fields, microbiologists,
forestry and agricultural experts, climatologists and soil scientists. The
area studied, the High Salling, lies
approximately in the center of the Federal Republic of Germany. The reports are written in English in order to
make them accessible to an international readership.
Berlin· Heidelberg· New York
Munchen . London· Paris· Tokyo· Sydney· Wien
Studies
Analysis and Synthesis
Edited by J. Jacobs, Munchen
O. L. Lange, Wurzburg
J. S. Olson, Oak Ridge
W. Wieser, Innsbruck
Distribution rights for this series
for the U.K., the Commonwealth,
and the traditional British market
(excluding Canada):
Chapman & Hall, Ltd., London
Prices are subject
to change without notice
Vol. 1
Analysis of
Temperate
Forest
Ecosystems
logical structure-the ecosystem. The
approach follows a coordination of
primary and secondary productivity
studies, emphasizing for all trophic
levels the need for compatible methodology and integrated research programs. Specific topics of interest
include production data for forest
ecosystems and the transfers of energy and nutrient cycling on both local
and world-wide scales. It is recognized that other environmental studies, e.g., climate, soils, and management practices, are essential for interEdited by D. E. Reichle, Oak Ridge
preting ecological processes.
With 91 figures. XII, 304 pages. 1970
Cloth DM 52,-; US $18.40
This book is an attempt to unify and
synthesize massive landscape research at the meaningful level of ecoVol. 2
Integrated
Experimental
Ecology
Methods and Results of
Ecosystem Research in the
German Soiling Project
Edited by H. Ellenberg, Giittingen
With 53 figures. XX, 214 pages. 1971
Cloth DM 58,-; US $ 20.50
Ecosystems, that is, communities of
plants and animals interacting with
climate, soil and other environmental
factors, are today becoming a major
concern of biologists and others
engaged in environmental research.
They are complex systems, and it
is only through the cooperation of
workers in many disciplines that they
can be studied and better understood.
Springer-Verlag
The book is suitable for general audienees, e.g., outside reading or primary text in ecology courses. However, in content the book goes much
beyond generalities. It is a thorough
and detailed analysis of an ecosystem.
The I nternational Biological Program
(IBP) expects that such integrated
studies in experimental ecology will
yield new information on the productivity, internal dynamics, and energy
budget of ecosystems. The IBP will
be continued and strengthened in this
endeavor by Unesco's program, Man
and the Biosphere, due to start in 1972.
The West German IBP Working
Group for the Study of Terrestrial
Biological Communities was one of
the first groups to initiate field work
in accordance with the guidelines
internationally agreed under the 1964
outline plan. This volume presents
preliminary results in the form of a
joint report which may well serve as
a textbook on methods for the study
of temperate-zone forest and grassland ecosystems.
Contributions to this report are made
by botanists and zoologists specialized in various fields, microbiologists,
forestry and agricultural experts, climatologists and soil scientists. The
area studied, the High Salling, lies
approximately in the center of the Federal Republic of Germany. The reports are written in English in order to
make them accessible to an international readership.
Berlin· Heidelberg· New York
Munchen . London· Paris· Tokyo· Sydney· Wien