Forest Ecosystems In The Alaskan Taiga
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Forest Ecosystems In The Alaskan Taiga
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Author : K. van Cleve
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2012-12-06
Forest Ecosystems In The Alaskan Taiga written by K. van Cleve and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-12-06 with Science categories.
The information presented in this book is the result of combined research efforts of scientists at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks, the Institute of Northern Forestry, USDA Forest Service, and the Systems Ecology Research Group, San Diego State University. The objective of the volume is to present a synthetic overview of structure and function of taiga forest ecosystems in interior Alaska. The data base for this work has appeared in earlier published articles including the special issue of the Canadian Journal of Forest Research Volume 13:5 (1983). Stimulus for this book was a conference held in Fairbanks from June 10-14, 1983. The papers presented at the conference were fore runners of the chapters in this book. We invited 19 scientists from North America and England to critique our research and synthesis efforts. Six of these people were asked to write introductory chapters for each section of the book. Formal presentation sessions, combined with field trips to research sites, introduced the invitees to the primary and secondary successional ecosystems with which we were dealing. A major wildfire, only 24 km from the University campus, was contained the week prior to the conference and one field trip provided graphic evidence of fire impact in subarctic forests. The conference conveners regretted that it was not possible to host a similar meeting during synthesis efforts in mid-January.
Forest Ecosystems In The Alaskan Taiga
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Author : K Van Cleve
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1986-07-17
Forest Ecosystems In The Alaskan Taiga written by K Van Cleve and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1986-07-17 with categories.
Forest Ecosystems In The Alaskan Taiga
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Author : K. van Cleve
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1986
Forest Ecosystems In The Alaskan Taiga written by K. van Cleve and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1986 with categories.
Alaska S Changing Boreal Forest
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Author : F. Stuart Chapin
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2006-01-12
Alaska S Changing Boreal Forest written by F. Stuart Chapin and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-01-12 with Science categories.
The boreal forest is the northern-most woodland biome, whose natural history is rooted in the influence of low temperature and high-latitude. Alaska's boreal forest is now warming as rapidly as the rest of Earth, providing an unprecedented look at how this cold-adapted, fire-prone forest adjusts to change. This volume synthesizes current understanding of the ecology of Alaska's boreal forests and describes their unique features in the context of circumpolar and global patterns. It tells how fire and climate contributed to the biome's current dynamics. As climate warms and permafrost (permanently frozen ground) thaws, the boreal forest may be on the cusp of a major change in state. The editors have gathered a remarkable set of contributors to discuss this swift environmental and biotic transformation. Their chapters cover the properties of the forest, the changes it is undergoing, and the challenges these alterations present to boreal forest managers. In the first section, the reader can absorb the geographic and historical context for understanding the boreal forest. The book then delves into the dynamics of plant and animal communities inhabiting this forest, and the biogeochemical processes that link these organisms. In the last section the authors explore landscape phenomena that operate at larger temporal and spatial scales and integrates the processes described in earlier sections. Much of the research on which this book is based results from the Bonanza Creek Long-Term Ecological Research Program. Here is a synthesis of the substantial literature on Alaska's boreal forest that should be accessible to professional ecologists, students, and the interested public.
Research Opportunities And Needs In The Taiga Of Alaska
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Author : Austin Edward Helmers
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1973
Research Opportunities And Needs In The Taiga Of Alaska written by Austin Edward Helmers and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1973 with Natural resources categories.
An appraisal of taiga (the northern forests of interior Alaska) environment research opportunities and needs was made based upon accomplishments since Alaskan statehood, current involvement of citizens in resource issues, information needs incident to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, and needs of new resource managing agencies and changing ownerships brought about by statehood and the settlement of aboriginal land claims. Based upon this appraisal, it is proposed that the research needs can best be met through a ultidisciplinary interagency program. The program suggests closer coordination among several departments of the University of Alaska and a number of State and Federal agencies currently involved in applicable research. The urgency of research implementation is related to rapid change and diminishing opportunity to insure orderly development of Alaska's resources.
Alaska S Changing Boreal Forest
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Author : F. Stuart Chapin
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2006-01-12
Alaska S Changing Boreal Forest written by F. Stuart Chapin and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-01-12 with Science categories.
The boreal forest is the northern-most woodland biome, whose natural history is rooted in the influence of low temperature and high-latitude. Alaska's boreal forest is now warming as rapidly as the rest of Earth, providing an unprecedented look at how this cold-adapted, fire-prone forest adjusts to change. This volume synthesizes current understanding of the ecology of Alaska's boreal forests and describes their unique features in the context of circumpolar and global patterns. It tells how fire and climate contributed to the biome's current dynamics. As climate warms and permafrost (permanently frozen ground) thaws, the boreal forest may be on the cusp of a major change in state. The editors have gathered a remarkable set of contributors to discuss this swift environmental and biotic transformation. Their chapters cover the properties of the forest, the changes it is undergoing, and the challenges these alterations present to boreal forest managers. In the first section, the reader can absorb the geographic and historical context for understanding the boreal forest. The book then delves into the dynamics of plant and animal communities inhabiting this forest, and the biogeochemical processes that link these organisms. In the last section the authors explore landscape phenomena that operate at larger temporal and spatial scales and integrates the processes described in earlier sections. Much of the research on which this book is based results from the Bonanza Creek Long-Term Ecological Research Program. Here is a synthesis of the substantial literature on Alaska's boreal forest that should be accessible to professional ecologists, students, and the interested public.
A Systems Analysis Of The Global Boreal Forest
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Author : Herman H. Shugart
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2005-03-07
A Systems Analysis Of The Global Boreal Forest written by Herman H. Shugart and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-03-07 with Nature categories.
The world's boreal forests, which lie to the south of the Arctic, are considered to be the Earth's most significant terrestrial ecosystems. A panel of ecologists here provide a synthesis of the important patterns and processes which occur in boreal forests and review the principal mechanisms which control the forest's patterns.
Climate Variability And Ecosystem Response At Long Term Ecological Research Sites
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Author : David Greenland
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2003-10-09
Climate Variability And Ecosystem Response At Long Term Ecological Research Sites written by David Greenland and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-10-09 with Science categories.
This volume in the Long-Term Ecological Research Network Series would present the work that has been done and the understanding and database that have been developed by work on climate change done at all the LTER sites. Global climate change is a central issue facing the world, which is being worked on by a very large number of scientists across a wide range of fields. The LTER sites hold some of the best available data measuring long term impacts and changes in the environment, and the research done at these sites has not previously been made widely available to the broader climate change research community. This book should appeal reasonably widely outside the ecological community, and because it pulls together information from all 20 research sites, it should capture the interest of virtually the entire LTER research community.
Fire Climate Change And Carbon Cycling In The Boreal Forest
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Author : Eric S. Kasischke
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2012-08-22
Fire Climate Change And Carbon Cycling In The Boreal Forest written by Eric S. Kasischke and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-08-22 with Science categories.
A discussion of the direct and indirect mechanisms by which fire and climate interact to influence carbon cycling in North American boreal forests. The first section summarizes the information needed to understand and manage fires' effects on the ecology of boreal forests and its influence on global climate change issues. Following chapters discuss in detail the role of fire in the ecology of boreal forests, present data sets on fire and the distribution of carbon, and treat the use of satellite imagery in monitoring these regions as well as approaches to modeling the relevant processes.
The Forest Ecosystem Of Southeast Alaska
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1974
The Forest Ecosystem Of Southeast Alaska written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1974 with Forest ecology categories.