Forest ecosystems : analysis at multiple scales /: analysis at multiple scales. (2010)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Richard H. Waring, Steven W. Running.
• Other Names: Waring, Richard H; Running, S. W
• Contents: Preface to the Third Edition; ; Preface to the Second Edition; ; Preface to the First Edition; ; Acknowledgments; ; 1. Forest Ecosystem Analysis at Multiple Time and Space Scales; ; 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; ; Section I. Introduction to Analysis of Seasonal Cycles of Water, Carbon, and Minerals through Forest Stands; ; 2. Water Cycles; ; 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; ; 3. Carbon Cycle; ; 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; ; 4. Mineral Cycles; ; 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; ; 5. Temporal Changes in Forest Structure and Function; ; 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; ; 6. Susceptibility and Response of Forests to Disturbance; ; I. Introduction; ; II. Biotic Factors; ; III. Abiotic Factors; ; IV. Summary; ; Section III. Introduction to Spatial Scaling and Spatial/Temporal Modeling; ; 7. Spatial Scaling Methods for Landscape and Regional Ecosystem Analysis; ; 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; ; 8. Regional and Landscape Ecological Analysis; ; 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; ; 9. The Role of Forests in Global Ecology; ; 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; ; 10. Advances in Eddy-Flux Analyses, Remote Sensing, and Evidence of Climate Change; ; I. Introduction; ; II. Eddy-Covariance Fluxes; ; III. New Remote Sensing of Forests; ; IV. Climate Change and Forests; ; Epilogue; ; Bibliography; ; Index; ; ;
• Edition: 3rd ed
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : Academic Press
• Publication Date: 2010
• Extent: 1 online resource (440 pages)
• Subjects: 577.3; Forest ecology; Forest management
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780080546087; 0080546080
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