Alaska's changing boreal forest / ed. by Chapin F.S. III et al.; ill. ed. by Chapin M.C. - Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 2006. - xiv, 354 p.: ill. - (Long-term ecological research network series). - Ind.: p.338-354. - ISBN 0-19-515431-2  Место хранения:   039 | Институт мерзлотоведения CO РАН | Якутск

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Part I. Alaska's Past and Present Environment 1. The Conceptual Basis of LTER Studies in the Alaskan Boreal Forest ................................................ 3 F. Stuart Chapin III, John Yarie, Keith Van Cleve, and Leslie A. Viereck 2. Regional Overview of Interior Alaska ........................ 12 James E. Beget, David Stone, and David L. Verbyla 3. State Factor Control of Soil Formation in Interior Alaska ... 21 Chien-Lu Ping, Richard D. Boone, Marcus H. Clark, Edmond С. Packee, and David K. Swanson 4. Climate and Permafrost Dynamics of the Alaskan Boreal Forest ............................................... 39 Larry D. Hinzman, Leslie A. Viereck, Phyllis С. Adams, Vladimir E. Romanovsky, and Kenji Yoshikawa 5. Holocene Development of the Alaskan Boreal Forest ........... 62 Andrea H. Lloyd, Mary E. Edwards, Bruce P. Finney, Jason A. Lynch, Valerie Barber, and Nancy H. Bigelow Part II. Forest Dynamics 6. Floristic Diversity and Vegetation Distribution in the Alaskan Boreal Forest ................................... 81 F. Stuart Chapin III, Teresa Hollingsworth, David F. Murray, Leslie A. Viereck, and Marilyn D. Walker 7. Successional Processes in the Alaskan Boreal Forest ........ 100 F. Stuart Chapin III, Leslie A. Viereck, Phyllis С. Adams, Keith Van Cleve, Christopher L. Fastie, Robert A. Ott, Daniel Mann, and Jill F Johnstone 8. Mammalian Herbivore Population Dynamics in the Alaskan Boreal Forest .............................................. 121 Eric Rexstad and Knut Kielland 9. Dynamics of Phytophagous Insects and Their Pathogens in Alaskan Boreal Forests .................................. 133 Richard A. Werner, Kenneth F. Raffa, and Barbara L. Illman 10.Running Waters of the Alaskan Boreal Forest ................ 147 Mark W. Oswood, Nicholas F. Hughes, and Alexander M. Milner Part III. Ecosystem Dynamics 11.Controls over Forest Production in Interior Alaska ......... 171 John Yarie and Keith Van Cleve 12.The Role of Fine Roots in the Functioning of Alaskan Boreal Forests ............................................. 189 Roger W. Ruess, Ronald L. Hendrick, Jason C. Vogel, and Bjartmar Sveinbjörnsson 13.Mammalian Herbivory, Ecosystem Engineering, and Ecological Cascades in Alaskan Boreal Forests .............. 211 Knut Kielland, John P. Bryant, and Roger W. Ruess 14.Microbial Processes in the Alaskan Boreal Forest ........... 227 Joshua P. Schimel and F. Stuart Chapin III 15.Patterns of Biogeochemistry in Alaskan Boreal Forests ...... 241 David W. Valentine, Knut Kielland, F. Stuart Chapin III, A. David McCuire, and Keith Van Cleve Part IV. Changing Regional Processes 16.Watershed Hydrology and Chemistry in the Alaskan Boreal Forest: The Central Role of Permafrost ........................ 269 Larry D. Hinzman, W. Robert Bolton, Kevin С. Petrone, Jeremy B. Jones, and Phyllis С. Adams 17.Fire Trends in the Alaskan Boreal Forest ................... 285 Eric S. Kasischke, T. Scott Rupp, and David L. Verbyla 18.Timber Harvest in Interior Alaska .......................... 302 Tricia L. Wurtz, Robert A. Ott, and John С. Maisch 19.Climate Feedbacks in the Alaskan Boreal Forest ............. 309 A. David McCuire and F. Stuart Chapin III 20.Communication of Alaskan Boreal Science with Broader Communities ................................................ 323 Elena B. Sparrow, Janice С. Dawe, and F. Stuart Chapin III 21.Summary and Synthesis: Past and Future Changes in the Alaskan Boreal Forest ............................... 332 F. Stuart Chapin III, A. David McGuire, Roger W. Ruess, Marilyn W. Walker, Richard D. Boone, Mary E. Edwards, Bruce P. Finney, Larry D. Hinzman, Jeremy B. Jones, Glenn P. Juday, Eric S. Kasischke, Knut Kielland, Andrea H. Lloyd, Mark W. Oswood, Chien-Lu Ping, Eric Rexstad, Vladimir E. Romanovsky, Joshua P. Schimel, Elena B. Sparrow, Bjartmar Sveinbjörnsson, David W. Valentine, Keith Van Cleve, David L. Verbyla, Leslie A. Viereck, Richard A. Werner, Tricia L. Wurtz, and John Yarie Index ......................................................... 339