Disturbance and Ecosystems Components of Response
The earth's landscapes are being increasingly impacted by the activities of man. Unfortunately, we do not have a full understanding of the consequences of these disturbances on the earth's productive capacity. This problem was addressed by a group of Fren
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H. A. Mooney and M. Godron Contributors D. Auclair F. A. Bazzaz F. S. Chapin III R. T. T. Forman M. Godron P.-H. Gouyon S. L. Gulmon G. Heim P. Jacquard S. Jain M. Lamotte R. Lee R. Lumaret P. C. Miller H. A. Mooney M. Rapp WA. Reiners B. Saugier H. H. Shugart G. Valdeyron Ph. Vernet P. M. Vttousek D. A. Weinstein G. M. Woodwell
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Prof. HAROLD A. MOONEY, Department of Biological Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305-2493, USA Prof. M. GODRON, Universite des Sciences et Techniques du Languedoc, Laboratoire de Systematique et d'Ecologie Mediterraneennes, Institut de Botanique, Rue Auguste-Broussonnet, F-34000 Montpellier
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Volume 44
Preface
The earth's landscapes are being increasingly impacted by the activities of man. Unfortunately, we do not have a full understanding of the consequences of these disturbances on the earth's productive capacity. This problem was addressed by a group of French and U.S. ecologists who are specialists at levels of integration extending from genetics to the biosphere at a meeting at Stanford, California, sponsored by the National Science Foundation and the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique. With a few important exceptions it was found at this meeting that most man-induced disturbances of ecosystems can be viewed as largescale patterns of disturbances that have occurred, generally on a small scale, in ecosystems through evolutionary time. Man has induced dramatic large-scale changes in the environment which must be viewed at the biosphere level. Acid deposition and CO 2 increase are two examples of the consequences of man
