Floodplain Forest Ecosystem Before Water Management Measures by M. Penka; M. Vyskot; E. Klimo; F. Vasicek ISBN 13: 9780444995667

Amsterdam Oxford New York Tokyo: Elsevier Publishing Company, 1985 Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First English Language Edition. Octavo. 466 pages. preface, 1. Natural conditions of floodplain forests; 2. basic environmental factors; 3.Primary Production; 4.Some physiological processes of a floodplain forest; 5.Secondary Production; 6. Decomposition; 7. Cycling of Mineral Nutrients. Each heading has extensive treatment by a various authors U. of Agriculture, Brno.. Black marker line on foreedge textblock and fr endpaper. Else pages clean, binding tight, green covers near fine, in green DJ (removable mylar protector added by bookseller).

Elsevier Science Ltd, 1986-02-01. Hardcover. Very Good. in x in x in. Unread. Ex University of California, Berkeley Forest Library. No DJ. The ultimate motivation for the study which is the subject of this book was the need to draw conclusions on the impact of man's activity on natural ecosystems. The results characterize the situation of the south-Moravian floodplain forest in the period of fading uncontrolled floods before the extensive technical measures successively changed the moisture regime by eliminating inundation and lowering the level of underground water. This publication is unique in Czechoslovakia as it records the ecological situation in the floodplain forest prior to the major and irreversible changes. The study also documents the exceptional role played by the Central-European floodplain forest in maintaining the gene pool and structure of the one thousand or so species in flora and fauna of an agricultural r