期刊全称 | Animals‘ Influence on the Landscape and Ecological Importance | 期刊简称 | Natives, Newcomers, | 影响因子2023 | Friedrich-Karl Holtmeier | 视频video | | 发行地址 | Addresses the functional role of animals in landscape ecosystems and the practical implications for landscape management and nature conservation.Assesses the role of animals with special regard to the | 图书封面 |  | 影响因子 | In its first English-language edition, this book introduces the many-faceted interactions of animal populations with their habitats. From soil fauna, ants and termites to small and large herbivores, burrowing mammals and birds, the author presents a comprehensive analysis of animals and ecosystems that is as broad and varied as all nature. Chapter 2 addresses the functional role of animals in landscape ecosystems, emphasizing fluxes of energy and matter within and between ecosystems, and the effects of animals on qualitative and structural habitat change. Discussion includes chapters on the role of animal population density and the impacts of native herbivores on vegetation and habitats from the tropics to the polar regions. Cyclic mass outbreaks of species such as the larch bud moth in Switzerland, the mountain pine beetle and the African red-billed weaver bird are described and analyzed. Other chapters discuss Zoochory – the dispersal of seeds by ants, mammals and birds – and the influence of burrowing animals on soil development and geomorphology. Consideration extends to the impact of feral domestic animals. Chapter 5 focuses on problems resulting from introduction of alien ani | Pindex | Book 2015 |
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