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Responses of Northern U.S.Forests to Environmental Change
Ecological Studies 139
ISBN/EAN: 9780387989006
Umbreit-Nr.: 1511136
Sprache:
Englisch
Umfang: xix, 581 S.
Format in cm:
Einband:
gebundenes Buch
Erschienen am 19.05.2000
- Autorenportrait
- InhaltsangabeSection 1. An Introduction to Northern U.S. Forest Ecosystems.- 1. Forest Resources and Conditions.- 2. Geologic and Edaphic Factors Influencing Susceptibility of Forest Soils to Environmental Change.- 3. Climate and Atmospheric Deposition Patterns and Trends.- 4. Forest Declines in Response to Environmental Change.- Section 2. Global Change Impacts on Tree Physiology.- 5. Interacting Effects of Multiple Stresses on Growth and Physiological Processes in Northern Forest Trees.- 6. Physiological and Environmental Causes of Freezing Injury in Red Spruce.- 7. Tree Health and Physiology in a Changing Environment.- 8. Atmospheric Deposition Effects on Surface Waters, Soils, and Forest Productivity.- Section 3. Ecosystem-Scale Interactions with Global Change.- 9. Nitrogen Saturation in Experimental Forested Watersheds.- 10. Effects of Soil Warming on Carbon and Nitrogen Cycling.- 11. Regional Impacts of Climate Change and Elevated Carbon Dioxide on Forest Productivity.- 12. Regional Impacts of Ozone on Forest Productivity.- 13. Effects of Climate Change on Forest Insect and Disease Outbreaks.- 14. Forest Responses to Changing Climate: Lessons from the Past and Uncertainty for the Future.- Section 4. Summary.- 15. Summary of Prospective Global Change Impacts on Northern U.S. Forest Ecosystems.