Ecosystem Organization of a Complex Landscape: Long-Term Research in the Bornhöved Lake District, Germany

ISBN-13: 9783540758105 / Angielski / Twarda / 2008 / 392 str.

L. Kappen

Opis

This book presents the major findings of a 12-year ecological study of the Bornhoved Lake District, situated some 30 km south of Kiel. Historically speaking, the present research scheme, like comparable long-term ecosystem studies at Gottingen, Bayreuth, Munchen, and Berchtesgaden, has been conceived as the core of a comprehensive ecological surveillance system for Germany (Ellenberg et al. 1978). Comprising three interrelated components, namely an ecological monitoring network, comparative ecosystem research, and an environmental specimen bank, this system is intended to promote both ecological science and planning and policy. In this connection the geo- and bioscientifically based ecosystem research aims at understanding the structure and functions of systems, the natural equilibrium and stress tolerance of singular components and the entire system against changes and disturbances from within and from outside, and the relationships between diversity, productivity, and stability. Thus, ecosystem research forms the indispensable basis for the rational analysis of the comprehensive data sets made available by ecological monitoring networks and for the adequate selection of plant, animal, and soil specimens for environmental specimen banking purposes.

Recenzje

Aus den Rezensionen: "Dieser Band fasst die wesentlichen Ergebnisse eines der großen Ökosystemforschungsprojekte Deutschlands zusammen, an dem 12 Jahre lang zahlreiche Wissenschaftler unterschiedlichster Disziplinen überwiegend von der Universität Kiel beteiligt waren. ... Insgesamt konnten fast 2.000 Arten aus den untersuchten Gruppen in den vier betrachteten Hauptlebensräumen ... nachgewiesen werden. Der Band wird durch ein äußerst umfangreiches Literaturverzeichnis ... und einen Index abgerundet, der das schnelle Auffinden der gesuchten Information erleichtert ..." (Jürgen Dengler, in: Kieler Notizen zur Pflanzenkunde, 2009, Vol. 33, Issue 2, S. 134)

Spis treści

Part I Research Programme and Study Area 1 General Concept of the Research Programme and Methodology of Investigations Otto Fränzle, Ludger Kappen, Hans-Peter Blume, Klaus Dierssen, Ulrich Irmler, Winfrid Kluge, Uwe Schleuß and Joachim Schrautzer 2 Ecological Setting of the Study Area Hans-Peter Blume, Otto Fränzle, Georg Hörmann, Ulrich Irmler, Winfried Kluge, Uwe Schleuß and Joachim Schrautzer Part II Structure and Function of Ecosystems in a Complex Landscape 3 Ecophysiological Key Processes in Agricultural and Forest Ecosystems Oliver Dilly, Christiane Eschenbach, Werner Leo Kutsch, Ludger Kappen and Jean Charles Munch 4 Carbon and Energy Balances of Different Ecosystems and Ecosystem Complexes of the Bornhöved Lake District Werner L. Kutsch, Georg Hörmann and Ludger Kappen 5 Water Relations at Different Scales Georg Hörmann, Matthias Herbst and Christiane Eschenbach 6 Site-Related Biocoenotic Dynamics Ulrich Irmler, Oliver Dilly, Joachim Schrautzer and Klaus Dierssen 7 Biocoenotic Interactions between Different Ecotopes Ulrich Irmler, Franz Hölker, Hans-Werner Pfeiffer, Walter Nellen and Hauke Reuter 8 Element Fluxes in Atmosphere, Vegetation and Soil Otto Fränzle and Claus-Georg Schimming 9 Transport Processes between Lake Belau and its Drainage Basin Winfrid Kluge and Otto Fränzle 10 Lake Belau Otto Fränzle and Gerald Schernewski 11 Ecological Gradients as Causes and Effects of Ecosystem Organization Felix Müller, Otto Fränzle, Claus-G Schimming Part III From Research to Application 12 An Indicator-Based Characterization of the Bornhöved Key Ecosystems Joachim Schrautzer, Felix Müller, Hans-Peter Blume, Uwe Heinrich,Ernst-Walter Reiche†, Uwe Schleuß and Klaus Dierssen 13 Ecosystem Research and Sustainable Land Use Management Jan Barkmann, Hans-Peter Blume, Ullrich Irmler, Winfried Kluge, Werner Kutsch, Heinrich Reck, Ernst-Walter Reiche †, Michael Trepel, Wilhelm Windhorst and Klaus Dierssen 14 Conclusions: Perspectives for an Integrative Landscape Planning, Management and Monitoring Klaus Dierssen and Jan Barkmann

O autorze

Hans-Peter Blume war bis zu seiner Emeritierung Professor für Bodenkunde an der Universität Kiel. Er studierte Agrarwissenschaften und Chemie in Kiel und nahm an bodengenetischen und -ökologischen Forschungen über Böden in Deutschland, der Sahara, der Antarktis und in städtischen Ballungsräumen teil. Er ist Ehrendoktor der Universität Hohenheim und federführender Herausgeber des "Handbuchs der Bodenuntersuchung" sowie des "Handbuchs der Bodenkunde".