Alaska's changing boreal forest /
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| Imprint: | New York : Oxford University Press, 2006. |
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| Description: | xiv, 354 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Long-Term Ecological Research Network series |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5886204 |
Table of Contents:
- Contributors
- Part I. Alaska's Past and Present Environment
- 1. The Conceptual Basis of LTER Studies in the Alaskan Boreal Forest
- 2. Regional Overview of Interior Alaska
- 3. State Factor Control of Soil Formation in Interior Alaska
- 4. Climate and Permafrost Dynamics of the Alaskan Boreal Forest
- 5. Holocene Development of the Alaskan Boreal Forest
- Part II. Forest Dynamics
- 6. Floristic Diversity and Vegetation Distribution in the Alaskan Boreal Forest
- 7. Successional Processes in the Alaskan Boreal Forest
- 8. Mammalian Herbivore Population Dynamics in the Alaskan Boreal Forest
- 9. Dynamics of Phytophagous Insects and Their Pathogens in Alaskan Boreal Forests
- 10. Running Waters of the Alaskan Boreal Forest
- Part III. Ecosystem Dynamics
- 11. Controls over Forest Production in Interior Alaska
- 12. The Role of Fine Roots in the Functioning of Alaskan Boreal Forests
- 13. Mammalian Herbivory, Ecosystem Engineering, and Ecological Cascades in Alaskan Boreal Forests
- 14. Microbial Processes in the Alaskan Boreal Forest
- 15. Patterns of Biogeochemistry in Alaskan Boreal Forests
- Part IV. Changing Regional Processes
- 16. Watershed Hydrology and Chemistry in the Alaskan Boreal Forest: The Central Role of Permafrost
- 17. Fire Trends in the Alaskan Boreal Forest
- 18. Timber Harvest in Interior Alaska
- 19. Climate Feedbacks in the Alaskan Boreal Forest
- 20. Communication of Alaskan Boreal Science with Broader Communities
- 21. Summary and Synthesis: Past and Future Changes in the Alaskan Boreal Forest
- Index
