THE EFFECTS OF NATURAL AND ANTHROPOGENIC ENVIRONMENTAL-CHANGES ON ECOSYSTEM PROCESSES AT THE CATCHMENT SCALE

Authors
HORNUNG M REYNOLDS B
Citation
M. Hornung et B. Reynolds, THE EFFECTS OF NATURAL AND ANTHROPOGENIC ENVIRONMENTAL-CHANGES ON ECOSYSTEM PROCESSES AT THE CATCHMENT SCALE, Trends in ecology & evolution, 10(11), 1995, pp. 443-449
Citations number
53
Categorie Soggetti
Genetics & Heredity",Ecology
Journal title
Trends in ecology & evolution → ACNP
ISSN journal
01695347
Volume
10
Issue
11
Year of publication
1995
Pages
443 - 449
Database
ISI
SICI code
0169-5347(1995)10:11<443:TEONAA>2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
The catchment is the smallest natural unit of the landscape that combi nes linked terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. The fluxes of water and elements through the catchment link the various components of the sys tem; biotic and abiotic, terrestrial and aquatic, plants and soils, at mosphere and vegetation, soils and waters. A large amount of empirical evidence now demonstrates that the impacts of natural and anthropogen ic changes on the various components of catchment ecosystems are tight ly connected.