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Physiological Plant Ecology IV - Ecosystem Processes: Mineral Cycling, Productivity and Man's Influence (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1983)
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Physiological Plant Ecology IV - Ecosystem Processes: Mineral Cycling, Productivity and Man's Influence (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1983)
Series: Physiological Plant Ecology, 12 / D
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O. L. LANGE, P. S. NOBEL, C. B. OSMOND, and H. ZIEGLER In the last
volume of the series 'Physiological Plant Ecology' we have asked
contributors to address the bases of ecosystem processes in terms
of key plant physiological properties. It has often been suggested
that it is not profitable to attempt analysis of complex living
systems in terms of the properties of component individuals or
populations, i. e., the whole is more than the sum of its parts.
Nevertheless, assessments of ecological research over the last
century show that other approaches are seldom more helpful.
Although it is possible to describe complex systems of living
organisms in holistic terms, the most useful descriptions are found
in terms of the birth, growth and death of individ uals. This
allows analysis of performance of the parts of the whole
considering their synergistic and antagonistic interrelationships
and is the basis for a synthe sis which elucidates the specific
properties of a system. Thus it seems that the description of
ecosystem processes is inevitably anchored in physiological under
standing. If enquiry into complex living systems is to remain a
scientific exercise, it must retain tangible links with physiology.
Of course, as was emphasized in Vol. 12A, not all of our
physiological understanding is required to explore ecosystem
processes. For pragmatic purposes, the whole may be adequantely
represented as a good deal less than the sum of its parts."
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