Ebook: Long-Term Ecological Research: Between Theory and Application
- Tags: Environment general, Ecology, Environmental Monitoring/Analysis, Geographical Information Systems/Cartography, Statistical Theory and Methods, Sociology general
- Year: 2010
- Publisher: Springer Netherlands
- Edition: 1
- Language: English
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Ecosystems change on a multitude of spatial and temporal scales. While analyses of ecosystem dynamics in short timespans have received much attention, the impacts of changes in the long term have, to a great extent, been neglected, provoking a lack of information and methodological know-how in this area.
This book fills this gap by focusing on studies dealing with the investigation of complex, long-term ecological processes with regard to global change, the development of early warning systems, and the acquisition of a scientific basis for strategic conservation management and the sustainable use of ecosystems.
Theoretical ecological questions of long-term processes, as well as an international dimension of long-term monitoring, observations and research are brought together. The outcome is an overview on different aspects of long-term ecological research.
Concepts and results of case studies in both aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems are discussed. The different time dimensions, as well as scales from the community and ecosystems up to the landscape scale are included. Finally, research is linked with application in different fields of ecology, and urgent future infrastructural, methodological and research demands and challenges are described.
This book will be of interest not only to ecologists, conservation biologists, biodiversity scientists and environmentalists, but also to administrators of protected areas and natural resource managers.
Ecosystems change on a multitude of spatial and temporal scales. While analyses of ecosystem dynamics in short timespans have received much attention, the impacts of changes in the long term have, to a great extent, been neglected, provoking a lack of information and methodological know-how in this area.
This book fills this gap by focusing on studies dealing with the investigation of complex, long-term ecological processes with regard to global change, the development of early warning systems, and the acquisition of a scientific basis for strategic conservation management and the sustainable use of ecosystems.
Theoretical ecological questions of long-term processes, as well as an international dimension of long-term monitoring, observations and research are brought together. The outcome is an overview on different aspects of long-term ecological research.
Concepts and results of case studies in both aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems are discussed. The different time dimensions, as well as scales from the community and ecosystems up to the landscape scale are included. Finally, research is linked with application in different fields of ecology, and urgent future infrastructural, methodological and research demands and challenges are described.
This book will be of interest not only to ecologists, conservation biologists, biodiversity scientists and environmentalists, but also to administrators of protected areas and natural resource managers.
Ecosystems change on a multitude of spatial and temporal scales. While analyses of ecosystem dynamics in short timespans have received much attention, the impacts of changes in the long term have, to a great extent, been neglected, provoking a lack of information and methodological know-how in this area.
This book fills this gap by focusing on studies dealing with the investigation of complex, long-term ecological processes with regard to global change, the development of early warning systems, and the acquisition of a scientific basis for strategic conservation management and the sustainable use of ecosystems.
Theoretical ecological questions of long-term processes, as well as an international dimension of long-term monitoring, observations and research are brought together. The outcome is an overview on different aspects of long-term ecological research.
Concepts and results of case studies in both aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems are discussed. The different time dimensions, as well as scales from the community and ecosystems up to the landscape scale are included. Finally, research is linked with application in different fields of ecology, and urgent future infrastructural, methodological and research demands and challenges are described.
This book will be of interest not only to ecologists, conservation biologists, biodiversity scientists and environmentalists, but also to administrators of protected areas and natural resource managers.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xvii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Long-Term Ecosystem Research Between Theory and Application – An Introduction....Pages 3-7
Front Matter....Pages 9-9
Theoretical Demands for Long-Term Ecological Research and the Management of Long-Term Data Sets....Pages 11-25
Long-Term Ecosystem Dynamics: Theoretical Concepts of Environmental Change....Pages 27-38
The Scientific Potential of Environmental Monitoring....Pages 39-55
Front Matter....Pages 57-57
Twenty-Eight Years of the US-LTER Program: Experience, Results, and Research Questions....Pages 59-74
Introducing the Next Generation of Ecosystem Research in Europe: LTER-Europe’s Multi-Functional and Multi-Scale Approach....Pages 75-93
The Role of Ecosystem Modelling for Long-Term Ecological Research....Pages 95-105
The Role of Statistics for Long-Term Ecological Research....Pages 107-129
The Role of Remote Sensing in LTER Projects....Pages 131-142
Front Matter....Pages 143-143
Long-Term Ecological Change in the Northern Wadden Sea....Pages 145-153
Long-Term Model Simulation of Environmental Conditions to Identify Externally Forced Signals in Biological Time Series....Pages 155-162
Long-Term Investigations in Brackish Ecosystems....Pages 163-178
Long-Term Ecological Research in Freshwater Ecosystems....Pages 179-187
Long-Term Monitoring in Rivers of South Germany Since the 1970s – Macrophytes as Indicators for the Assessment of Water Quality and Its Implications for the Conservation of Rivers....Pages 189-199
Front Matter....Pages 201-201
Long-Term Observations of Soil Mesofauna....Pages 203-220
Tracing Biogeochemical Processes in Small Catchments Using Non-linear Methods....Pages 221-242
Long-Term Measurements to Quantify the Impact of Arable Management Practices on Deep Seepage and Nitrate Leaching....Pages 243-252
Long-Term Ecosystem Research in a Beech Forest of Northern Germany....Pages 253-261
A Conceptual Framework for Integrated Functional Landscape Monitoring in the Wider Countryside of Central Europe....Pages 263-278
Temporal Changes and Spatial Determinants of Plant Species Diversity and Genetic Variation....Pages 279-297
Front Matter....Pages 201-201
Integration of Long-Term Environmental Data by the Example of the UNECE Heavy Metals in Mosses Survey in Germany: Application of a WebGIS-Based Metadata System....Pages 299-313
Front Matter....Pages 315-315
Monitoring of Ecosystems: Two Different Approaches – Long-Term Observation Versus Success Control....Pages 317-325
National Parks as Model Regions for Interdisciplinary Long-Term Ecological Research: The Bavarian Forest and Sumava National Parks Underway to Transboundary Ecosystem Research....Pages 327-344
Turning Long-Term Monitoring into Policy – Using the National Park Schleswig-Holstein Wadden Sea as an Example....Pages 345-354
Design and Importance of Multi-tiered Ecological Monitoring Networks....Pages 355-374
Front Matter....Pages 375-375
Conceptualising Long-Term Socio-ecological Research (LTSER): Integrating the Social Dimension....Pages 377-398
Integrating Social Sciences into Long-Term Ecological Research....Pages 399-410
Ecosystem Manipulation and Restoration on the Basis of Long-Term Conceptions....Pages 411-428
Exploratories for Large-Scale and Long-Term Functional Biodiversity Research....Pages 429-443
Front Matter....Pages 445-445
On the Way to an Integrative Long-Term Ecosystem Research – Milestones, Challenges, and some Conclusions....Pages 447-451
Back Matter....Pages 453-456
Ecosystems change on a multitude of spatial and temporal scales. While analyses of ecosystem dynamics in short timespans have received much attention, the impacts of changes in the long term have, to a great extent, been neglected, provoking a lack of information and methodological know-how in this area.
This book fills this gap by focusing on studies dealing with the investigation of complex, long-term ecological processes with regard to global change, the development of early warning systems, and the acquisition of a scientific basis for strategic conservation management and the sustainable use of ecosystems.
Theoretical ecological questions of long-term processes, as well as an international dimension of long-term monitoring, observations and research are brought together. The outcome is an overview on different aspects of long-term ecological research.
Concepts and results of case studies in both aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems are discussed. The different time dimensions, as well as scales from the community and ecosystems up to the landscape scale are included. Finally, research is linked with application in different fields of ecology, and urgent future infrastructural, methodological and research demands and challenges are described.
This book will be of interest not only to ecologists, conservation biologists, biodiversity scientists and environmentalists, but also to administrators of protected areas and natural resource managers.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xvii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Long-Term Ecosystem Research Between Theory and Application – An Introduction....Pages 3-7
Front Matter....Pages 9-9
Theoretical Demands for Long-Term Ecological Research and the Management of Long-Term Data Sets....Pages 11-25
Long-Term Ecosystem Dynamics: Theoretical Concepts of Environmental Change....Pages 27-38
The Scientific Potential of Environmental Monitoring....Pages 39-55
Front Matter....Pages 57-57
Twenty-Eight Years of the US-LTER Program: Experience, Results, and Research Questions....Pages 59-74
Introducing the Next Generation of Ecosystem Research in Europe: LTER-Europe’s Multi-Functional and Multi-Scale Approach....Pages 75-93
The Role of Ecosystem Modelling for Long-Term Ecological Research....Pages 95-105
The Role of Statistics for Long-Term Ecological Research....Pages 107-129
The Role of Remote Sensing in LTER Projects....Pages 131-142
Front Matter....Pages 143-143
Long-Term Ecological Change in the Northern Wadden Sea....Pages 145-153
Long-Term Model Simulation of Environmental Conditions to Identify Externally Forced Signals in Biological Time Series....Pages 155-162
Long-Term Investigations in Brackish Ecosystems....Pages 163-178
Long-Term Ecological Research in Freshwater Ecosystems....Pages 179-187
Long-Term Monitoring in Rivers of South Germany Since the 1970s – Macrophytes as Indicators for the Assessment of Water Quality and Its Implications for the Conservation of Rivers....Pages 189-199
Front Matter....Pages 201-201
Long-Term Observations of Soil Mesofauna....Pages 203-220
Tracing Biogeochemical Processes in Small Catchments Using Non-linear Methods....Pages 221-242
Long-Term Measurements to Quantify the Impact of Arable Management Practices on Deep Seepage and Nitrate Leaching....Pages 243-252
Long-Term Ecosystem Research in a Beech Forest of Northern Germany....Pages 253-261
A Conceptual Framework for Integrated Functional Landscape Monitoring in the Wider Countryside of Central Europe....Pages 263-278
Temporal Changes and Spatial Determinants of Plant Species Diversity and Genetic Variation....Pages 279-297
Front Matter....Pages 201-201
Integration of Long-Term Environmental Data by the Example of the UNECE Heavy Metals in Mosses Survey in Germany: Application of a WebGIS-Based Metadata System....Pages 299-313
Front Matter....Pages 315-315
Monitoring of Ecosystems: Two Different Approaches – Long-Term Observation Versus Success Control....Pages 317-325
National Parks as Model Regions for Interdisciplinary Long-Term Ecological Research: The Bavarian Forest and Sumava National Parks Underway to Transboundary Ecosystem Research....Pages 327-344
Turning Long-Term Monitoring into Policy – Using the National Park Schleswig-Holstein Wadden Sea as an Example....Pages 345-354
Design and Importance of Multi-tiered Ecological Monitoring Networks....Pages 355-374
Front Matter....Pages 375-375
Conceptualising Long-Term Socio-ecological Research (LTSER): Integrating the Social Dimension....Pages 377-398
Integrating Social Sciences into Long-Term Ecological Research....Pages 399-410
Ecosystem Manipulation and Restoration on the Basis of Long-Term Conceptions....Pages 411-428
Exploratories for Large-Scale and Long-Term Functional Biodiversity Research....Pages 429-443
Front Matter....Pages 445-445
On the Way to an Integrative Long-Term Ecosystem Research – Milestones, Challenges, and some Conclusions....Pages 447-451
Back Matter....Pages 453-456
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