Grasslands, Systems Analysis and Man.

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List of contributors Foreword J. B. Cragg Contents of IBP 18 Introduction A. I. Breymeyer Part I. Processes and Productivity: 1. Abiotic subsystem W. T. Hinds and G. M. van Dyne 2. Autotrophic subsystem J. S. Singh, M. J. Trlica, P. G. Risser, R. E. Redmann and J. K. Marshall 3. Small herbivore subsystem L. Andrzejewska and G. Gyllenberg 4. Large herbivore subsystem G. M. van Dyne, N. R. Brockington, Z. Szocs, J. Duek and C. A. Ribic 5. Invertebrate predator subsystem A. Kajak 6. Vertebrate predator subsystem L. D. Harris and G. B. Bowman 7. Decomposer subsystem D. C. Coleman, A. Sasson, A. I. Breymeyer, M. C. Dash, Y. Dommergues, H. W. Hunt, E. A. Paul, R. Schaefer, B. Ulehlova and R. I. Zlotin Part II. Systems Synthesis: 8. Nutrient cycling F. E. Clark, C. V. Cole and R. A. Bowman 9. Comparative studies of ecosystem function N. I. Bazilevich and A. A. Titlyanova 10. Total-system simulation models G. S. Innis, I. Noy-Meir, M. Godron and G. M. van Dyne 11. Trophic structure and relationships A. I. Breymeyer Part III. System Utilization: 12. Management impacts on structure and function of sown grasslands K. J. Hutchinson and K. L. King 13. Simulation of intensively managed grazing systems N. G. Seligman and G. W. Arnold 14. Reflections and projections G. M. van Dyne Index.