Forest Ecosystems
Analysis at Multiple Scales
3rd Edition
Published on 27. July 2010
440 pages
978-0-08-054608-7 (ISBN)
Description
This revision maintains the position of Forest Ecosystems as the one source for the latest information on the advanced methods that have enhanced our understating of forest ecosystems. Further understanding is given to techniques to explore the changes in climatic cycles, the implications of wide-scale pollution, fire and other ecological disturbances that have a global effect. The inclusion of models, equations, graphs, and tabular examples provides readers with a full understanding of the methods and techniques.
- Includes a revised section on important advances in regional scale analyses
- Features an update to global scale analyses including revised color images
- Provides a detailed comparison of predicted vs. observed tree diversity across 65 eco-regions
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fsl.orst.edu/~waring/Dr. Waring is an accomplished writter and professor of forest science. His notable publications include the first edition of Forest Ecosystems written in 1985. Waring, R.H. and W.H. Schlesinger. 1985. Forest ecosystems: Concepts and management. Academic Press, Inc., Orlando, FL. 338 pSteven W. Running is trained as a terrestrial ecologist, receiving the B.S. (1972) and M.S. (1973) degrees from Oregon State University, and the Ph.D. (1979) degree in Forest Ecology from Colorado State University. He has been with the University of Montana, Missoula, since 1979, where he is a Professor of Ecology. His primary research interest is the development of global and regional ecosystem biogeochemical models by integration of remote sensing with climatology and terrestrial ecology. He is a Team Member for the NASA Earth Observing System, Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer and is responsible for the EOS global terrestrial net primary production and evaporative index datasets. He has published over 240 scientific articles. He currently serves on the standing Committee for Earth Studies of the National Research Council, and on the federal Interagency Carbon Cycle Science Committee. He is a Co-Chair of the National Center for Atmospheric Research Community Climate System Model Land Working Group, a Member of the International Geosphere-Biosphere Program Executive Committee, and the World Climate Research Program, Global Terrestrial Observing System. Dr. Running is a chapter Lead Author for the 4th Assessment of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Prof. Running is an elected Fellow of the American Geophysical Union and is designated a Highly Cited Researcher by the Institute for Scientific Information.
Content
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
