Author | Waring, Richard H |
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Title | Forest ecosystems [electronic resource] : analysis at multiple scales / Richard H. Waring, Steven W. Running |
Imprint | Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier/Academic Press, c2007 |
Edition | 3rd ed |
Connect to | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780123706058 |
Descript | xviii, 420 p., [25] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 24 cm |
pt. 1. Introduction to analysis of seasonal cycles for water, carbon, and minerals through forest stands. Water cycles -- Carbon cycle -- Mineral cycles -- pt. 2. Introduction to temporal scaling. Temporal changes in forest structure and function -- Susceptibility and response of forests to disturbance -- pt. 3. 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 -- Advances in eddy-flux analyses, remote sensing, and evidence of climate change