Forest Ecosystems by Waring, Richard H. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover image Title page Table of Contents PREFACE TO THE THIRD EDITION PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Chapter 1: Forest Ecosystem Analysis at Multiple Time and Space Scales

Publisher Summary I INTRODUCTION II THE SCIENTIFIC DOMAIN OF FOREST ECOSYSTEM ANALYSIS III THE SPACE/TIME DOMAIN OF ECOSYSTEM ANALYSIS IV TIME AND SPACE SCALING FROM THE STAND/SEASONAL LEVEL V MANAGEMENT APPLICATIONS OF ECOSYSTEM ANALYSIS VI RELATED TEXTBOOKS VII WEB SITE FOR UPDATED MATERIALS

Chapter 2: Water Cycle

Publisher Summary I INTRODUCTION II HEAT AND WATER VAPOR TRANSFER FROM VEGETATION III WATER FLOW THROUGH TREES IV WATER STORAGE AND LOSSES FROM SNOW V WATER FLOW ACROSS AND THROUGH SOIL VI COUPLED WATER BALANCE MODELS VII SUMMARY

Chapter 3: Carbon Cycle

Publisher Summary I INTRODUCTION II PHOTOSYNTHESIS III AUTOTROPHIC RESPIRATION IV HETEROTROPHIC RESPIRATION V MODELING PHOTOSYNTHESIS AND RESPIRATION VI NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION AND ALLOCATION VII COMPARISON OF FOREST ECOSYSTEM MODELS VIII SUMMARY

Chapter 4: Mineral Cycles

Publisher Summary I INTRODUCTION II PLANT PROCESSES AFFECTING NUTRIENT CYCLING III SOURCES OF NUTRIENTS IV SOIL AND LITTER PROCESSES V MASS BALANCE AND MODELS OF MINERAL CYCLES VI SUMMARY

SECTION II: Introduction to Temporal Scaling

Chapter 5: Temporal Changes in Forest Structure and Function

Publisher Summary I INTRODUCTION II STRUCTURAL STAGES IN STAND DEVELOPMENT III FUNCTIONAL RESPONSES OF STANDS AT DIFFERENT STAGES IN DEVELOPMENT IV LOOKING BACK IN TIME V ECOSYSTEM MODELS, PROJECTIONS FORWARD IN TIME VI SUMMARY

Chapter 6: Susceptibility and Response of Forests to Disturbance

Publisher Summary I INTRODUCTION II BIOTIC FACTORS III ABIOTIC FACTORS IV SUMMARY

SECTION III: Introduction to Spatial Scaling and Spatial/Temporal Modeling

Publisher Summary I INTRODUCTION II ABIOTIC SITE VARIABLES III PROVIDING THE DRIVING VARIABLES, CLIMATOLOGY IV DESCRIBING THE ECOSYSTEM V SPATIALLY EXPLICIT LANDSCAPE PATTERN ANALYSIS VI DATA LAYER INCONSISTENCIES VII SUMMARY

Chapter 8: Regional and Landscape Ecological Analysis

Publisher Summary I INTRODUCTION II HORIZONTAL CONNECTIONS: BIOTIC ANALYSIS OF FOREST PATTERNS III VERTICAL CONNECTIONS: FOREST–ATMOSPHERE INTERACTIONS IV VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL CONNECTIONS: REGIONAL BIOGEOCHEMISTRY V SUMMARY

Chapter 9: The Role of Forests in Global Ecology

Publisher Summary I INTRODUCTION II GLOBAL FOREST DISTRIBUTION III FOREST–CLIMATE INTERACTIONS IV FORESTS IN THE GLOBAL CARBON CYCLE V FORESTS AND BIODIVERSITY VI SUSTAINABILITY OF GLOBAL FORESTS VII SUMMARY

Publisher Summary I INTRODUCTION II EDDY-COVARIANCE FLUXES III NEW REMOTE SENSING OF FORESTS IV CLIMATE CHANGE AND FORESTS

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