Tropical ecosystems and ecological concepts (Record no. 38680)

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fixed length control field 01644cam a22002414a 4500
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
ISBN 0521642515
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
ISBN 0521645239
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
ISBN 9780521645232
082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 577
Item number OSB
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME
Personal name Osborne, Patrick L.
245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Tropical ecosystems and ecological concepts
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication Cambridge, U.K. ;
-- New York :
Name of publisher Cambridge University Press,
Year of publication c2000.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Number of Pages xi, 464 p. :
Other physical details ill., maps ;
500 ## - GENERAL NOTE
General note Included Index
505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note The tropical environment --<br/>Hot deserts and environmental factors --<br/>Grasslands and primary production --<br/>Savanna and population dynamics --<br/>Lakes, energy flow and biogeochemical cycling --<br/>Rivers, floodplains and estuaries: the flood-pulse and river continuum concepts --<br/>Wetlands and succession --<br/>Tropical rain forests and biodiversity --<br/>Mountains, zonation and community gradients --<br/>Mangroves, seagrasses and decomposition --<br/>Coral reefs and community ecology --<br/>Isolated habitats and biogeography: islands in the sea, air and land --<br/>Cities and human ecology --<br/>Global ecology: biodiversity conservation, climate change and sustainable development.
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc This introductory textbook, aimed at students studying tropical ecology, provides a comprehensive guide to the major tropical biomes and is unique in its balanced coverage of both aquatic and terrestrial systems, and its international scope.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical Term Ecology
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical Term Tropics.
856 41 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS
Uniform Resource Identifier http://www.loc.gov/catdir/samples/cam032/99047853.html
856 42 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS
Uniform Resource Identifier http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/cam0210/99047853.html
856 41 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS
Uniform Resource Identifier http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/cam025/99047853.html
942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA)
Koha item type Reference Books
Holdings
Collection code Home library Current library Shelving location Date acquired Source of acquisition Cost, normal purchase price Full call number Accession Number Koha item type
Reference Main Library Main Library Reference 11/05/2004 Purchased 3025.00 577 OSB 008936 Reference Books

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