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Forests and Global Change: Ecological Reviews

Editat de David A. Coomes, David F. R. P. Burslem, William D. Simonson
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 19 feb 2014
Forests hold a significant proportion of global biodiversity and terrestrial carbon stocks and are at the forefront of human-induced global change. The dynamics and distribution of forest vegetation determines the habitat for other organisms, and regulates the delivery of ecosystem services, including carbon storage. Presenting recent research across temperate and tropical ecosystems, this volume synthesises the numerous ways that forests are responding to global change and includes perspectives on: the role of forests in the global carbon and energy budgets; historical patterns of forest change and diversification; contemporary mechanisms of community assembly and implications of underlying drivers of global change; and the ways in which forests supply ecosystem services that support human lives. The chapters represent case studies drawn from the authors' expertise, highlighting exciting new research and providing information that will be valuable to academics, students, researchers and practitioners with an interest in this field.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781107041851
ISBN-10: 1107041856
Pagini: 492
Ilustrații: 82 b/w illus. 12 colour illus. 26 tables
Dimensiuni: 170 x 244 x 27 mm
Greutate: 1.13 kg
Ediția:New.
Editura: Cambridge University Press
Colecția Cambridge University Press
Seria Ecological Reviews

Locul publicării:New York, United States

Cuprins

Preface; 1. Forests and global change: an overview William D. Simonson, David A. Coomes and David F. R. P. Burslem; Part I. Forest Dynamics and Global Change: 2. Forests and the climate system John Grace; 3. Global change and Mediterranean forests: current impacts and potential responses Fernando Valladares, Raquel Benavides, Sonia G. Rabasa, Juli G. Pausas, Susana Paula, William D. Simonson and Mario Díaz; 4. Recent changes in tropical forest biomass and dynamics Oliver L. Phillips and Simon L. Lewis; 5. Disequilibrium and transient dynamics: disentangling responses to climate change versus broader anthropogenic impacts on temperate forests of eastern North America Charles D. Canham; Part II. Species Traits and Responses to Changing Resource Availability: 6. Floristic shifts versus critical transitions in Amazonian forest systems Jérôme Chave; 7. Traits, states and rates: understanding coexistence in forests Drew W. Purves and Mark C. Vanderwel; 8. The functional role of biodiversity in the context of global change Michael Scherer-Lorenzen; 9. Exploring evolutionarily meaningful vegetation definitions in the tropics: a community phylogenetic approach Ary T. Oliveira-Filho, R. Toby Pennington, Jay Rotella and Matt Lavin; 10. Drought as a driver of tropical tree species regeneration dynamics and distribution patterns Liza S. Comita and Bettina M. J. Engelbrecht; 11. Tree performance across gradients of soil resource availability Richard K. Kobe, Thomas W. Baribault and Ellen K. Holste; Part III. Detecting and Modelling Global Change: 12. A chemical-evolutionary basis for remote sensing of tropical forest diversity Gregory P. Asner; 13. Forests in a greenhouse atmosphere: predicting the unpredictable? Harald Bugmann; 14. Detecting and projecting changes in forest biomass from plot data Helene C. Muller-Landau, Matteo Detto, Ryan A. Chisholm, Stephen P. Hubbell and Richard Condit; 15. Analysis of anthropogenic impacts on forest diversity as a contribution to empirical theory Adrian C. Newton and Christian Echeverría; Index.

Recenzii

'Forests and Global Change provides a balanced suite of methodical approaches: long-term plots, a variety of models, phylogenetics and remote sensing … readers not only gain a better understanding of how forests function, but also how that understanding can be used to help conserve them.' Audrey Barker Plotkin, Ecology
'This is an important book for ecologists and anyone who is interested in or teaching about the effects of climate change. Some good suggestions for further research are made and there is a useful index of the many topics addressed.' Professor Sir Ghillean Prance, The Biologist

Descriere

This book synthesises recent research across temperate and tropical forest ecosystems, to present the numerous ways forests are responding to global change.