THE ECOLOGICAL RELATIONS OF ROOTS

By PAUL LEE

1 INTRODUCTION PART I LTSER CONCEPTS, METHODS AND LINKAGES 2 SOCIOECONOMIC METABOLISM AND THE HUMAN APPROPRIATION OF NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION: WHAT PROMISE DO THEY HOLD FOR LTSER? 3 USING INTEGRATED MODELS TO ANALYSE SOCIO-ECOLOGICAL SYSTEM DYNAMICS IN LONG-TERM SOCIO-ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH – AUSTRIAN EXPERIENCES 4 MODELLING TRANSPORT AS A KEY CONSTRAINT TO URBANISATION IN PRE-INDUSTRIAL SOCIETIES 5 THE ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY OF THE DANUBE RIVER BASIN AS AN ISSUE OF LONG-TERM SOCIO-ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH 6 CRITICAL SCALES FOR LONG-TERM SOCIO-ECOLOGICAL BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH CONTENTS 7 HUMAN BIOHISTORY 8 GEOGRAPHIC APPROACHES TO LTSER: PRINCIPAL THEMES AND CONCEPTS WITH A CASE STUDY OF ANDES-AMAZON WATERSHEDS 9 THE CONTRIBUTION OF ANTHROPOLOGY TO CONCEPTS GUIDING LTSER RESEARCH PART II LTSER APPLICATIONS ACROSS ECOSYSTEMS, TIME AND SPACE 10 VIEWING THE URBAN SOCIO-ECOLOGICAL SYSTEM THROUGH A SUSTAINABILITY LENS: LESSONS AND PROSPECTS FROM THE CENTRAL ARIZONA–PHOENIX LTER PROGRAMME 11 A CITY AND ITS HINTERLAND: VIENNA’S ENERGY METABOLISM 1800–2006 12 SUSTAINING AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS IN THE OLD AND NEW WORLDS: A LONG-TERM SOCIO-ECOLOGICAL COMPARISON 13 HOW MATERIAL AND ENERGY FLOWS CHANGE SOCIO-NATURAL ARRANGEMENTS: THE TRANSFORMATION OF AGRICULTURE IN THE EISENWURZEN REGION, 1860–2000 14 THE INTIMACY OF HUMAN-NATURE INTERACTIONS ON ISLANDS 15 GLOBAL SOCIO-METABOLIC TRANSITIONS PART III LTSER FORMATIONS AND THE TRANSDISCIPLINARY CHALLENGE 16 BUILDING AN URBAN LTSER: THE CASE OF THE BALTIMORE ECOSYSTEM STUDY AND THE D C /B C ULTRA-EX PROJECT 17 DEVELOPMENT OF LTSER PLATFORMS IN LTER-EUROPE: CHALLENGES AND EXPERIENCES IN IMPLEMENTING PLACE-BASED LONG-TERM SOCIO-ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH IN SELECTED REGIONS 18 DEVELOPING SOCIO-ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH IN FINLAND: CHALLENGES AND PROGRESS TOWARDS A THRIVING LTSER NETWORK 19 THE EISENWURZEN LTSER PLATFORM (AUSTRIA) – IMPLEMENTATION AND SERVICES 20 FOSTERING RESEARCH INTO COUPLED LONG-TERM DYNAMICS OF CLIMATE, LAND USE, ECOSYSTEMS AND ECOSYSTEM SERVICES IN THE CENTRAL FRENCH ALPS 21 LONG-TERM SOCIO-ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH IN MOUNTAIN REGIONS: PERSPECTIVES FROM THE TYROLEAN ALPS 22 INTEGRATED MONITORING AND SUSTAINABILITY ASSESSMENT IN THE TYROLEAN ALPS: EXPERIENCES IN TRANSDISCIPLINARITY 23 CONCLUSIONS