Man's Impact on Vegetation

ISBN-13: 9789400972711 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 380 str.

W. Holzner; Marinus J. a. Werger; I. Ikusima

Opis

We have edited this book in honour ofMakoto Numata, the nestor of Japanese plant ecology, who will celebrate his 65th birthday in November 1982 and will be retiring from office in March 1983. As the main concern of his work during the last years was to educate people in ecological understanding - probably the only possibility for mankind to master the 'environmental problems' - the topic chosen for this book seemed the most suitable one to honour the retiree. We hope that this volume will prove to be useful for many in carrying through this important task of modern ecology. We are grateful to the authors and particularly to Mr. Peters and the staff of Dr. W. Junk publishers for their patient cooperation. We are also indebted to Jan Knaapen for making the index. Wien, Utrecht and Chiba, June 1982 The Editors VII Contents Preface...VII List of contributors...XI A biography of Makoto Numata by I. Ikusima ...

Spis treści

A biography of Makoto Numata.- One: General aspects of man’s impact upon vegetation.- 1. Man’s attitude towards vegetation.- 2. Comparing the primary productivity of natural and managed vegetation: an example from Germany.- 3. Prediction of man’s impact on plant species diversity: a challenge for vegetation science.- 4. Effects of air pollution on vegetation.- 5. Human impact on aquatic macrophytes.- 6. Fire as an anthropogenic factor in vegetation ecology.- Two: Man’s impact in the various vegetation zones of the earth.- 7. Human impact on tropical moist forest.- 8. Tropical grasslands, savannas, woodlands: natural and manmade.- 9. Human impact on desert vegetation.- 10. Human impact on the vegetation of the Mediterranean basin.- 11. Man and the equilibrium between deciduous forest and grassland.- 12. Grassland as natural or semi-natural vegetation.- 13. Heaths as natural and semi-natural vegetation.- 14. Human impact on closed boreal forest (taiga).- 15. Modern human impact in the Arctic.- 16. Human impact on tree borderlines.- 17. Human impact on island vegetation.- 18. Urban environments and vegetation.- Three: Long and severely influenced areas: special features of man’s impact.- 19. Human impact on landscape and vegetation in the Central High Andes.- 20. Man’s impact upon the flora and vegetation in Central Europe.- 21. Man and vegetation in the Middle East.- 22. Man’s impact on vegetation and landscape in the Himalayas.- 23. The geographical distribution of natural and cultural vegetation in the humid subtropics of China.- 24. Secondary forests and coppices in southwestern Japan.- 25. Man’s impact on the wetlands in Japan.- 26. The urban vegetation of Tokyo and Sendai, Japan.- 27. Man’s impact on vegetation in Japan and Central Europe: a comparison.- Systematic index.