Forest Ecosystems

1. Forest Ecosystem Analysis at Multiple Time and Space ScalesI. Introduction II. The Scientific Domain of Forest Ecosystem AnalysisIII. The Space/Time Domain of Ecosystem AnalysisIV. Time and Space Scaling from the Stand/Seasonal LevelV. Management Applications of Ecosystem AnalysisVI. Related TextbooksVII. Web Site for Updated MaterialsSection I. Introduction to Analysis of Seasonal Cycles of Water, Carbon, and Minerals through Forest Stands2. Water CyclesI. IntroductionII. Heat and Water Vapor Transfer from VegetationIII. Water Flow through TreesIV. Water Storage and Losses from SnowV. Water Flow across and through SoilVI. Coupled Water Balance ModelsVII. Summary3. Carbon CycleI. IntroductionII. PhotosynthesisIII. Autotrophic RespirationIV. Heterotrophic RespirationV. Modeling Photosynthesis and RespirationVI. Net Primary Production and AllocationVII. Comparison of Forest Ecosystem ModelsVIII. Summary4. Mineral CyclesI. IntroductionII. Plant Processes Affecting Nutrient CyclingIII. Sources of NutrientsIV. Soil and Litter ProcessesV. Mass Balance and Models of Mineral CyclesVI. SummarySection II. Introduction to Temporal Scaling5. Temporal Changes in Forest Structure and FunctionI. IntroductionII. Structural Stages in Stand DevelopmentIII. Functional Responses of Stands at Different Stages in DevelopmentIV. Looking Back in TimeV. Ecosystem Models, Projections Forward in TimeVI. Summary6. Susceptibility and Response of Forests to DisturbanceI. IntroductionII. Biotic FactorsIII. Abiotic FactorsIV. Summary Section III. Introduction to Spatial Scaling and Spatial/Temporal Modeling7. Spatial Scaling Methods for Landscape and Regional Ecosystem AnalysisI. IntroductionII. Abiotic Site VariablesIII. Providing the Driving Variables, ClimatologyIV. Describing the EcosystemV. Spatially Explicit Landscape Pattern AnalysisVI. Data Layer InconsistenciesVII. Summary8. Regional and Landscape Ecological AnalysisI. IntroductionII. Horizontal Connections: Biotic Analysis of Forest PatternsIII. Vertical Connections: Forest-Atmosphere InteractionsIV. Vertical and Horizontal Connections: Regional BiogeochemistryV. Summary9. The Role of Forests in Global EcologyI. IntroductionII. Global Forest DistributionIII. Forest-Climate InteractionsIV. Forests in the Global Carbon CycleV. Forests and BiodiversityVI. Sustainability of Global ForestsVII. Summary10. Advances in Eddy-Flux Analyses, Remote Sensing, and Evidence of Climate ChangeI. IntroductionII. Eddy-Covariance FluxesIII. New Remote Sensing of ForestsIV. Climate Change and ForestsEpilogueBibliographyIndex