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Beck, E.: Optimierung der Lehre durch Evaluation und Qualitätszirkel Originalarbeiten Beck, E.: Von der Qualitätsevaluation zur Qualitätsoptimierung der Hochschullehre Messerli, V. & Zech, T.: Verschiedene Ansätze von Qualitätsmanagement an lehrerbildenden Hochschulen. Zwei Fallbeispiele Messerli, V. & Affolter, B.: Aus der QM-Praxis: Evaluation und Qualitätszirkel in der Hochschullehre Zech, T.: Aus der QM-Praxis: Qualitätszirkel in verschiedenen Bereichen der Hochschule Messerli, V.: Aus der QM-Praxis: Nutzung von Evaluationsdaten zur Entwicklung und Steuerung der Hochschule Nair, C. S.: Quality assurance and evaluation in the higher education system of Australia Hill, D. & Hemmings, B.: Evolution of quality assurance: An Australian case study

This textbook covers Plant Ecology from the molecular to the global level. It covers the following areas in unprecedented breadth and depth: - Molecular ecophysiology (stress physiology: light, temperature, oxygen deficiency, drought, salt, heavy metals, xenobiotica and biotic stress factors) - Autecology (whole plant ecology: thermal balance, water, nutrient, carbon relations) - Ecosystem ecology (plants as part of ecosystems, element cycles, biodiversity) - Synecology (development of vegetation in time and space, interactions between vegetation and the abiotic and biotic environment) - Global aspects of plant ecology (global change, global biogeochemical cycles, land use, international conventions, socio-economic interactions) The book is carefully structured and well written: complex issues are elegantly presented and easily understandable. It contains more than 500 photographs and drawings, mostly in colour, illustrating the fascinating subject. The book is primarily aimed at graduate students of biology but will also be of interest to post-graduate students and researchers in botany, geosciences and landscape ecology. Further, it provides a sound basis for those dealing with agriculture, forestry, land use, and landscape management.

A tropical mountain ecosystem in one of the „hottest“ biodiversity hotspots worldwide was investigated by some 30 research teams of numerous disciplines in the natural and social sciences. Ecosystem analysis followed two gradients: an altitudinal gradient and a gradient of land-use intensity and ecosystem regeneration, respectively. This volume addresses a multitude of ecologically relevant aspects: macro- and microclimate; physics, chemistry and biology of soils; water relations, matter turnover and nutrient availability; plant growth and biomass partitioning; floral composition and plant life forms; vegetation structure and dynamics; organismic interactions, diversity and population biology of birds, moths and microarthropods; forest management, and reforestation with indigenous species; ethnobotanical and social aspects. New hypotheses are presented with regard to biodiversity and ecosystem functioning, as well as sustainable management of an ecosystem in a biodiversity hotspot.