Bøger i Cambridge Studies in Ecology serien

This is a critical review of the origins and development of ecology, with emphasis on the major concepts and theories shared in the ecological traditions of plant and animal ecology, limnology, and oceanography.

This book describes the general processes of the nitrogen cycle, then gives examples, drawn from all over the world, of how the cycle is modified under particular ecological or geographical conditions. It provides a background for all those whose specialist interests interact with nitrogen cycling.

Many terrestrial plants live in close association with fungi - a mutualistic symbiosis known as "mycorrhiza". This book relates mycorrhizal biology to considerations of ecosystem dynamics, plant competition and succession.