Forest ecosystems : analysis at multiple scales
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Forest ecosystems : analysis at multiple scales
Academic Press, c1998
2nd ed
- : disc
Available at 16 libraries
Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 321-364) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This book provides new methods of analysis by introducing new techniques to explore the changes in climatic cycles, the implications of wide-scale pollution, fire and other ecological disturbances that have a global effect on all life forms. It provides the reader with almost 40 percent new material in an attempt to organize principles and provide examples for expanding the horizon of ecosystem analyses. It also defines terms and explains concepts in a variety of ways by providing models, equations, graphs, and tabular examples. To help facilitate analysis, the book includes a CD-ROM with additional illustrations and Forest BGC software. It includes additional coverage of regional and global scaling issues. New chapters on ecosystem modeling, remote sensing and monitoring of atmospheric chemistry are added.
Table of Contents
Forest Ecosystem Analysis at Multiple Time and Space Scales. Introduction to the Analysis of Seasonal Cycles of Water, Carbo, and Minerals Through Forest Stands: Water Cycle. Carbon Cycle. Mineral Cycles. Introduction to Temporal Scaling: Temporal Changes in Forest Structure and Function. Susceptibility and Response of Forest to Disturbance. Introduction to Spatial Scaling and Spatial/Temporal Modeling: Spatial Scaling Methods for Landscape and Regional Ecosystem Analysis. Regional and Landscape Ecological Analysis. The Role of Forests in Global Ecology. Epilogue. Bibliography.
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