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Plants and Society, 4/e
Dr. Estelle Levetin, University of Tulsa
Karen McMahon, University of Tulsa

Plant Ecology

Chapter 26 Outline


Chapter Outline

THE ECOSYSTEM 473
  Ecological Niche 473
  Food Chains and Food Webs 474
  Energy Flow and Ecological Pyramids 475
  Biological Magnification 477
BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLING 478
  The Carbon Cycle 478
  Source or Sink? 478
  The Greenhouse Effect 479
  Species Shift 481
  Global Warming Pact 482
ECOLOGICAL SUCCESSION 482
THE GREENWORLD: BIOMES 483
  Deserts 483
  Crops from the Desert 485
  Chaparral 487
  Grasslands 487
  Forests 488
ACLOSER LOOK 26.1—BUYING TIME FOR THE RAIN FOREST 490
  Harvesting Trees 492
CHAPTER SUMMARY 494
REVIEW QUESTIONS 494
FURTHER READING 494
LEARNING ONLINE 495