Grasslands, Systems Analysis and Man Book

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. Úlehlová 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.