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Environmental Science: A Study of Interrelationships, 8/e
Eldon Enger, Delta College
Bradley F. Smith, Western Washington University
Kinds of Ecosystems and Communities

Chapter Outline


Succession

    Primary Succession

    Secondary Succession

    The Changing Nature of the Climax Concept

Biomes: Major Types of Terrestrial Climax Communities

    The Effect of Elevation on Climate and Vegetation

    Desert

    Grassland

Environmental Close-Up: Grassland Succession

    Savanna

Global Perspective: Tropical Rainforests--A Special Case?

    Tropical Rainforest

    Temperate Deciduous Forest

Environmental Close-Up: Forest Canopy Studies

    Taiga, Northern Coniferous Forest, or Boreal Forest

    Tundra

Major Aquatic Ecosystems

    Marine Ecosystems

    Freshwater Ecosystems

Issues & Analysis: Protecting Old-Growth Temperate Rainforests of the Pacific Northwest








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