High-latitude rainforests and associated ecosystems of the West Coast of the Americas : climate, hydrology, ecology, and conservation /
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| Imprint: | New York : Springer, c1996. |
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| Description: | xxiii, 409 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Ecological studies ; vol. 116 Ecological studies ; v. 116. |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2531970 |
Table of Contents:
- Foreword / Harold A. Mooney
- Introduction / Richard G. Lawford and Paul B. Alaback
- 1. North-South Variations in West Coast Hydrometeorological Parameters and Their Significance for Earth Systems / Richard G. Lawford
- 2. Factors Controlling the Climate of the West Coast of North America / G. A. McBean
- 3. Sulfur Cycling in Coastal Upwelling Systems and Its Potential Effects on Climate / S. Mary P. Benbow
- 4. Atmospheric and Geologic Constraints on the Biogeochemistry of North and South America Temperate Rainforests / Lars O. Hedin and Eugene D. Hetherington
- 5. Past Changes in Climate and Tree Growth in the Western Americas / Rosanne D. D'Arrigo and Gordon C. Jacoby
- 6. Constraints on Terrestrial Primary Productivity in Temperate Forests Along the Pacific Coast of North and South America / R. H. Waring and W. E. Winner
- 7. Biodiversity Patterns in Relation to Climate: The Coastal Temperate Rainforests of North America / Paul B. Alaback
- 8. Phytogeographic Relationships and Regional Richness Patterns of the Cool Temperate Rainforest Flora of Southern South America / Mary T. Kalin Arroyo, Magaly Riveros, Alejandro Penaloza, Lohengrin Cavieres and Ana Maria Faggi
- 9. A Comparative Review of Forest Dynamics and Disturbance in the Temperate Rainforest of North and South America / Thomas T. Veblen and Paul B. Alaback
- 10. Patterns of Terrestrial Vertebrate Diversity in New World Temperate Rainforests / Peter L. Meserve
- 11. Avian Communities in Temperate Rainforest of North and South America / Mary F. Willson, Toni L. De Santo, Carlos Sabag and Juan J. Armesto
- 12. The Importance of Plant-Bird Mutualisms in the Temperate Rainforests of Southern South America / Juan J. Armesto, C. Smith-Ramirez and Carlos Sabag
- 13. The Temperate Rainforest Lakes of Chile and Canada: Comparative Ecology and Sensitivity to Anthropocentric Change / Doris Soto and John G. Stockner
- 14. Implications of Patch Dynamics for Forested Ecosystems in the Pacific Northwest / G. A. Bradshaw, Frederick J. Swanson and Maria R. Fiorella
- 15. Assessing and Responding to the Effects of Climate Change on Forest Ecosystems / David L. Spittlehouse
- 16. A Comparison of the Ecology and Conservation Management of Cool Temperate Rainforest in Tasmania and the Americas / Michael J. Brown and Jennifer Read
- 17. Logging Effects on the Aquatic Ecosystem: A Case Study in the Carnation Creek Experimental Watershed on Canada's West Coast / Eugene D. Hetherington
- 18. Biodiversity of Canadian Forests, with Particular Reference to the West Coast Forests / Timothy J. B. Boyle
- 19. Afterword / Richard G. Lawford and Paul B. Alaback.
