California Grasslands - Ecology and Management

1. Auflage 2007
ISBN: 978-0-520-25220-2
Verlag: University of California Press

Buch, Englisch, 408 Seiten, Cloth Over Boards, Format (B × H): 221 mm x 283 mm, Gewicht: 1362 g

Grasslands are one of California's most important ecosystems in terms of both biodiversity and economic value. Bringing together the large amount of research conducted in recent years on California's grasslands, this comprehensive, state-of-the-art sourcebook addresses the pressing need to understand this unique habitat. Providing an authoritative summary of current grassland science and management, leading scholars examine the history of grasslands from the Pleistocene through European settlement; describe resources that influence grassland structure and productivity focusing on water, nutrient dynamics, global environmental change, and soil biology; explore genetics, ecological interactions, grazing systems, and fire; and discuss grassland management, restoration, and public policy.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Stromberg, Mark R.

Stromberg, Mark

Corbin, Jeffrey

D'Antonio, Carla

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Ebenen & Grasland
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Naturschutzbiologie, Biodiversität
• Geowissenschaften Geologie Umweltgeologie, Geoökologie
• Geowissenschaften Geologie Paläoökologie
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Ökologie
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltmanagement, Umweltökonomie
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Meeres- und Süßwasserökologie
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Terrestrische Ökologie
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Angewandte Physik Soziophysik, Wirtschaftsphysik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction

OVERVIEW
2. Systematics Of California Grasses (Poaceae)
3. Community Classification and Nomenclature

HISTORY
4. Pleistocene and Pre-European Grassland Ecosystems
Late Quaternary Paleoecology of Grasslands and other Grassy Habitats
5. Native American Uses and Management of California's Grasslands
6. Ecology of Invasive Non-native Species in California Grassland

RESOURCES
7. Water Relations
8. Mechanisms determining patterns of nutrient dynamics
9. Soil Biology and Carbon Sequestration in Grasslands
10. Resource limitation

ECOLOGICAL INTERACTIONS
11. Genes on the Range: Population Genetics
12. Serpentine Grasslands
13. Competitive Interactions
14. Dynamics of Woody Species in the California Grassland
15. Ecology of Native Animals in California Grasslands
16. History and Ecology of Feral Pig Invasions in California Grasslands
17. Grazing ecology of California grasslands
18. Fire in California Grasslands
19. Response to Changing Atmosphere and Climate

POLICY AND MANAGEMENT
20. Grazing Management on California's Mediterranean Grasslands
21. California Grassland Restoration
22. Exotic Plant Management in California Annual Grasslands
23. Regulatory Protection and Conservation
24. Epilogue: Future Directions

Über Autor(innen)

Mark R. Stromberg is Resident Reserve Director, Hastings Natural History Reserve, University of California, Berkeley. Jeffrey D. Corbin is Assistant Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at Union College. Carla M. D'Antonio is Professor in the Environmental Studies and the Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology at the University of California, Santa Barbara.