Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-174) and index.
Contents:
Introduction to open ecosystems : a global anomaly and a local example -- The pattern of open ecosystems and the climates in which they occur -- Uncertain ecosystems : the conceptual framework -- The nature of open ecosystems -- The origins of closed and open ecosystems : Fossils and phylogenies -- Soils and open ecosystems -- Fire and open ecosystems -- Vertebrate herbivory and open ecosystems -- The future of open ecosystems.
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