Preface to the Third Edition ................................... xi
Preface to the Second Edition ................................ xiii
Preface to the First Edition ................................... xv
Acknowledgments .............................................. xvii
1 Forest Ecosystem Analysis at Multiple Time and Space
Scales
I. Introduction ............................................ 1
II. The Scientific Domain of Forest Ecosystem Analysis ...... 2
III. The Space/Time Domain of Ecosystem Analysis ............. 4
IV. Time and Space Scaling from the Stand/Seasonal Level ... 10
V. Management Applications of Ecosystem Analysis .......... 14
VI. Related Textbooks ...................................... 16
VII. Web Site for Updated Materials ......................... 16
SECTION I. Introduction to Analysis of Seasonal Cycles of
Water, Carbon, and Minerals through Forest Stands
2 Water Cycles
I. Introduction ........................................... 19
II. Heat and Water Vapor Transfer from Vegetation .......... 21
III. Water Flow through Trees ............................... 34
IV. Water Storage and Losses from Snow ..................... 46
V. Water Flow across and through Soil ..................... 50
VI. Coupled Water Balance Models ........................... 52
VII. Summary ................................................ 57
3 Carbon Cycle
I. Introduction ........................................... 59
II. Photosynthesis ......................................... 62
III. Autotrophic Respiration ................................ 67
IV. Heterotrophic Respiration .............................. 71
V. Modeling Photosynthesis and Respiration ................ 76
VI. Net Primary Production and Allocation .................. 82
VII. Comparison of Forest Ecosystem Models .................. 96
VIII.Summary ................................................ 98
4 Mineral Cycles
I. Introduction ........................................... 99
II. Plant Processes Affecting Nutrient Cycling ............ 100
III. Sources of Nutrients .................................. 111
IV. Soil and Litter Processes ............................. 119
V. Mass Balance and Models of Mineral Cycles ............. 138
VI. Summary ............................................... 144
SECTION II. Introduction to Temporal Scaling
5 Temporal Changes in Forest Structure and Function
I. Introduction .......................................... 149
II. Structural Stages in Stand Development ................ 151
III. Functional Responses of Stands at Different Stages
in Development ........................................ 159
IV. Looking Back in Time .................................. 162
V. Ecosystem Models, Projections Forward in Time ......... 168
VI. Summary ............................................... 180
6 Susceptibility and Response of Forests to Disturbance
I. Introduction .......................................... 183
II. Biotic Factors ........................................ 184
III. Abiotic Factors ....................................... 203
IV. Summary ............................................... 218
SECTION III. Introduction to Spatial Scaling and Spatial/
Temporal Modeling
7 Spatial Scaling Methods for Landscape and Regional
Ecosystem Analysis
I. Introduction .......................................... 225
II. Abiotic Site Variables ................................ 231
III. Providing the Driving Variables, Climatology .......... 236
IV. Describing the Ecosystem .............................. 243
V. Spatially Explicit Landscape Pattern Analysis ......... 257
VI. Data Layer Inconsistencies ............................ 259
VII. Summary ............................................... 259
8 Regional and Landscape Ecological Analysis
I. Introduction .......................................... 261
II. Horizontal Connections: Biotic Analysis of Forest
Patterns .............................................. 262
III. Vertical Connections: Forest-Atmosphere
Interactions .......................................... 272
IV. Vertical and Horizontal Connections: Regional
Biogeochemistry ....................................... 274
V. Summary ............................................... 288
9 The Role of Forests in Global Ecology
I. Introduction .......................................... 291
II. Global Forest Distribution ............................ 292
III. Forest-Climate Interactions ........................... 300
IV. Forests in the Global Carbon Cycle .................... 303
V. Forests and Biodiversity .............................. 310
VI. Sustainability of Global Forests ...................... 314
VII. Summary ............................................... 315
10 Advances in Eddy-Flux Analyses, Remote Sensing, and
Evidence of Climate Change
I. Introduction .......................................... 317
II. Eddy-Covariance Fluxes ................................ 318
III. New Remote Sensing of Forests ......................... 328
IV. Climate Change and Forests ............................ 339
Epilogue ...................................................... 345
Bibliography .................................................. 347
Index ......................................................... 409
Color plates appear between pages 220-221; 260-261; 268-269;
and at the back of the book.
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