Outlines the centrla processes that characterize terrestrial ecosystems, tracing the flow of water, carbon, and nutrients from their abiotic origins to their cy... » 

Outlines the centrla processes that characterize terrestrial ecosystems, tracing the flow of water, carbon, and nutrients from their abiotic origins to their cycles through plants, animals, and decomposer organisms. The book synthesizes current advances in ecology with esthablished theory to offer a complete survey of ecosystem pattern and process in the terrestrial environment. «