Ecosystem function in Savannas : measurement and modeling at landscape to global scales /
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| Imprint: | Boca Raton : CRC Press, c2011. |
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| Description: | xxxix, 559 p., [24] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 25 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8303414 |
Table of Contents:
- List of Figures
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Editors
- Lead Authors
- Contributors
- Reviewers
- Section I. Savannas: Biogeographical and Ecological Perspectives
- 1. Biogeography and Dynamics of Global Tropical and Subtropical Savannas: A Spatiotemporal View
- 2. Tree-Grass Interactions in Savannas: Paradigms, Contradictions, and Conceptual Models
- Section II. Carbon, Water and Trace Gas Fluxes in Global Savannas
- 3. Disturbance and Climatic Drivers of Carbon Dynamics of a North Australian Tropical Savanna
- 4. Functional Convergence in Ecosystem Carbon Exchange in Adjacent Savanna Vegetation Types of the Kruger National Park, South Africa
- 5. Flux Dynamics in the Cerrado and Cerrado-Forest Transition of Brazil
- 6. Woody Plant Rooting Depth and Ecosystem Function of Savannas: A Case Study from the Edwards Plateau Karst, Texas
- 7. The Dynamics of Energy, Water, and Carbon Fluxes in a Blue Oak (Quercus douglasii) Savanna in California
- Section III. Remote Sensing of Biophysical and Biochemical Characteristics in Savannas
- 8. Quantifying Carbon in Savannas: The Role of Active Sensors in Measurements of Tree Structure and Biomass
- 9. Remote Sensing of Tree-Grass Systems: The Eastern Australian Woodlands
- 10. Remote Sensing of Fractional Cover and Biochemistry in Savannas
- 11. Woody Fractional Cover in Kruger National Park, South Africa: Remote Sensing-Based Maps and Ecological Insights
- 12. Remote Sensing of Global Savanna Fire Occurrence, Extent, and Properties
- Section IV. Perspectives on Patch- to Landscape-Scale Savanna Processes and Modeling
- 13. Understanding Tree-Grass Coexistence and Impacts of Disturbance and Resource Variability in Savannas
- 14. Spatially Explicit Modeling of Savanna Processes
- 15. Interaction of Fire and Rainfall Variability on Tree Structure and Carbon Fluxes in Savannas: Application of the Flames Model
- 16. Population and Ecosystem Modeling of Land Use and Climate Change Impacts on Arid and Semiarid Savanna Dynamics
- Section V. Regional Carbon Dynamics in Savanna Systems: Remote Sensing and Modeling Applications
- 17. Integration of Remote Sensing and Modeling to Understand Carbon Fluxes and Climate Interactions in Africa
- 18. Timescales and Dynamics of Carbon in Australia's Savannas
- 19. Land Use Change and the Carbon Budget in the Brazilian Cerrado
- 20. Land Use Changes (1970-2020) and Carbon Emissions in the Colombian Llanos
- 21. Modeling Vegetation, Carbon, and Nutrient Dynamics in the Savanna Woodlands of Australia with the AussieGRASS Model
- Section VI. Continental and Global Scale Modeling of Savannas
- 22. Carbon Cycles and Vegetation Dynamics of Savannas Based on Global Satellite Products
- 23. CENTURY-SAVANNA Model for Tree-Grass Ecosystems
- 24. Climate-Fire Interactions and Savanna Ecosystems: A Dynamic Vegetation Modeling Study for the African Continent
- Section VII. Understanding Savannas as Coupled Human-Natural Systems
- 25. People in Savanna Ecosystems: Land Use, Change, and Sustainability
- 26. Social and Environmental Changes in Global Savannas: Linking Social Variables to Biophysical Dynamics
- Section VIII. Synthesis
- 27. Current Approaches to Measurement, Remote Sensing, and Modeling in Savannas: A Synthesis
- Index
