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Ecosystem Services, Biodiversity and Environmental Change in a Tropical Mountain Ecosystem of South Ecuador

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    Book Overview
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    Chapter 1 The Study Area
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    Chapter 2 Environmental Changes Affecting the Andes of Ecuador
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    Chapter 3 The Challenges of Sustainable Development in the Podocarpus-El Cóndor Biosphere Reserve
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    Chapter 4 The Research Unit RU 816: Overall Approach in the Light of the Ecosystem Services Concept
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    Chapter 5 Landscape History, Vegetation History, and Past Human Impacts
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    Chapter 6 Past Dynamics of Speciation in Andean Mountain Rainforests
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    Chapter 7 Diversity in Soil Fungi, Protists, and Microarthropods
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    Chapter 8 Plant Diversity and Its Relevance for the Provision of Ecosystem Services
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    Chapter 9 Supporting, Regulating, and Provisioning Hydrological Services
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    Chapter 10 The Carbon Balance of Tropical Mountain Forests Along an Altitudinal Transect
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    Chapter 11 Current Regulating and Supporting Services: Nutrient Cycles
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    Chapter 12 Natural Landslides Which Impact Current Regulating Services: Environmental Preconditions and Modeling
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    Chapter 13 Conservation, Management of Natural Forests and Reforestation of Pastures to Retain and Restore Current Provisioning Services
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    Chapter 14 Mycorrhiza Networks Promote Biodiversity and Stabilize the Tropical Mountain Rain Forest Ecosystem: Perspectives for Understanding Complex Communities
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    Chapter 15 Current Provisioning Services: Pasture Development and Use, Weeds (Bracken) and Management
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    Chapter 16 Current Provisioning Ecosystem Services for the Local Population: Landscape Transformation, Land Use, and Plant Use
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    Chapter 17 Sustainable Agriculture and Conservation Payments Are Key Factors in Mitigating Tropical Forest Loss
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    Chapter 18 Climate Change: Effects on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning
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    Chapter 19 Ecosystem Services, Biodiversity and Environmental Change in a Tropical Mountain Ecosystem of South Ecuador
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    Chapter 20 Impacts of Local Land-Use Change on Climate and Hydrology
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    Chapter 21 Current and Future Variations of Nutrient Depositions and Influences on Tree Growth
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    Chapter 22 Nutrient Additions Affecting Matter Turnover in Forest and Pasture Ecosystems
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    Chapter 23 Effects of Nutrient Addition on the Productivity of Montane Forests and Implications for the Carbon Cycle
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    Chapter 24 Climate Change and Its Impact on Current and Future Vegetation Dynamics and Carbon Cycling
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    Chapter 25 Sustainable Use of Tropical Forests: A Plea for a Landscape View
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    Chapter 26 Future Provisioning Services: Repasturisation of Abandoned Pastures, Problems, and Pasture Management
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    Chapter 27 Synopsis: Towards a Sustainable Land Use Portfolio
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    Chapter 28 Knowledge Transfer for Conservation and Sustainable Management of Natural Resources: A Case Study from Southern Ecuador
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    Chapter 29 The Role of Biodiversity Research for the Local Scientific Community
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Chapter title
The Carbon Balance of Tropical Mountain Forests Along an Altitudinal Transect
Chapter number 10
Book title
Ecosystem Services, Biodiversity and Environmental Change in a Tropical Mountain Ecosystem of South Ecuador
Published by
Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, January 2013
DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-38137-9_10
Book ISBNs
978-3-64-238136-2, 978-3-64-238137-9
Authors

Christoph Leuschner, Alexandra Zach, Gerald Moser, Jürgen Homeier, Sophie Graefe, Dietrich Hertel, Bärbel Wittich, Nathalie Soethe, Susanne Iost, Marina Röderstein, Viviana Horna, Katrin Wolf, Leuschner, Christoph, Zach, Alexandra, Moser, Gerald, Homeier, Jürgen, Graefe, Sophie, Hertel, Dietrich, Wittich, Bärbel, Soethe, Nathalie, Iost, Susanne, Röderstein, Marina, Horna, Viviana, Wolf, Katrin

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United States 1 2%
Unknown 46 98%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 10 21%
Researcher 10 21%
Student > Ph. D. Student 7 15%
Student > Doctoral Student 4 9%
Student > Bachelor 4 9%
Other 2 4%
Unknown 10 21%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Environmental Science 15 32%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 10 21%
Earth and Planetary Sciences 6 13%
Engineering 2 4%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 1 2%
Other 1 2%
Unknown 12 26%