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For your convenience, we provide Powerpoint files that have been used for
lecturing in an Ecosystem Ecology course using this textbook at the University
of Alaska. These files are intended as either raw material for faculty
members to develop their own lectures for similar courses or for students to
review the material that is presented in this textbook. They are best viewed
with the latest versions of Internet Explorer or Netscape.
Powerpoint files are currently being updated in the fall of 2007.
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| Part I | Context | |||
| Chapter 1 | The Ecosystem Concept (September 7, 2007) |
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| Chapter 2 | Earth's Climate System (September 17, 2007) |
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| Chapter 3 | Geology and Soils (Sept. 18, 2007) |
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| Part II | Mechanisms | |||
| Chapter 4 | Terrestrial Water and Energy Balance (Oct. 14, 2007) |
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| Chapter 5 | Carbon Input to Terrestial Ecosystems (Oct.14, 2007) |
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| Chapter 6 | Terrestrial Production Processes (Oct. 14, 2007) |
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| Chapter 7 | Terrestrial Decomposition (Oct. 21, 2007) |
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| Chapter 8 | Terrestrial Plant Nutrient Use (Oct. 21, 2007) |
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| Chapter 9 | Terrestrial Nutrient Cycling (Oct. 25, 2007) |
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| Chapter 10 | Aquatic Carbon and Nutrient Cycling (Nov. 11, 2007) |
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| Chapter 11 | Trophic Dynamics (Nov. 11, 2007) |
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| Chapter 12 | Community Effects on Ecosystem Processes (Nov. 11, 2007) |
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| Part III | Patterns | |||
| Chapter 13 | Temporal Dynamics (Nov. 29, 2007) |
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| Chapter 14 | Landscape Heterogeneity and Ecosystem Dynamics (Nov. 29, 2007) |
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| Part IV | Integration | |||
| Chapter 15 | Global Biogeochemical Cycles | View | Download | |
| Chapter 16 | Managing and Sustaining Ecosystems | View | Download |