Forest Ecosystems
eBook - ePub

Forest Ecosystems

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eBook - ePub

Forest Ecosystems

About this book

2009 Outstanding Academic Title, Choice

This acclaimed textbook is the most comprehensive available in the field of forest ecology. Designed for advanced students of forest science, ecology, and environmental studies, it is also an essential reference for forest ecologists, foresters, and land managers.

The authors provide an inclusive survey of boreal, temperate, and tropical forests with an emphasis on ecological concepts across scales that range from global to landscape to microscopic. Situating forests in the context of larger landscapes, they reveal the complex patterns and processes observed in tree-dominated habitats.

The updated and expanded second edition covers

• Conservation
• Ecosystem services
• Climate change
• Vegetation classification
• Disturbance
• Species interactions
• Self-thinning
• Genetics
• Soil influences
• Productivity
• Biogeochemical cycling
• Mineralization
• Effects of herbivory
• Ecosystem stability

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Yes, you can access Forest Ecosystems by David A. Perry,Ram Oren,Stephen C. Hart in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Biological Sciences & Ecology. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. Preface
  7. 1 Introduction
  8. 2 Basic Terminology and Concepts
  9. 3 Forests as Part of the Global Ecosystem
  10. 4 Major Forest Types and Their Climatic Controls
  11. 5 Local Variation in Community Type The Landscape Mosaic
  12. 6 Change in Time An Overview
  13. 7 Disturbance in Forest Ecosystems
  14. 8 Patterns and Mechanisms of Succession
  15. 9 The Structure of Local Ecosystems
  16. 10 How Biodiversity Is Created and Maintained
  17. 11 The Biological Web Interactions among Species
  18. 12 Size-Density Relationships in Forests over Time and across Space
  19. 13 Genetic and Evolutionary Aspects of Species Interactions
  20. 14 Soil The Fundamental Resource
  21. 15 Primary Productivity
  22. 16 Forest Nutrition
  23. 17 Biogeochemical Cycling Nutrient Inputs to and Losses from Local Ecosystems
  24. 18 Biogeochemical Cycling The Intrasystem Cycle
  25. 19 Herbivores in Forest Ecosystems
  26. 20 Ecosystem Stability I Introduction and Case Studies
  27. 21 Ecosystem Stability II The Role of Biodiversity
  28. 22 Ecosystem Stability III Conserving Species
  29. 23 The Future
  30. Bibliography
  31. Index
  32. Footnotes