Phenology of ecosystem processes : applications in global change research / Asko Noormets, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Noormets, Asko.

Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Phenology.

Bioclimatology.

Physical Description:

xv, 275 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Dordrecht ; New York : Springer Verlag, [2009]

Summary:

Changes in the seasonal timing of ecosystem carbon, water and energy exchange are key sources of variation in biosphere-atmosphere feedbacks. Referencing this variability to traditional phenological events, such as bud break or flowering, introduces additional uncertainty with little mechanistic relationship to the process of interest. Instead, the seasonal cycles of each process must be understood in the context of biological and environmental factors that affect it. Some processes, like photosynthesis, are represented with high degree of realism and accuracy in several existing ecosystem process models, whereas others still have significant uncertainties. This volume summarizes the current understanding of the seasonality of ecosystem carbon and water cycles in the temperate and boreal zones using eight case studies, highlighting sources of variability, necessary additional measurements and novel ways to analyze existing datasets. It also includes syntheses of the interaction between water and carbon fluxes as mediated by constraints from plant anatomy to the ecosystem level. This book is intended as a reference for researchers and graduate students in ecosystem ecology, modeling, climate change, phenology and land surface phenology, and as supplementary material for advanced courses in ecosystem or community ecology and biometeorology.

Contents:

Part I Phenological Phenomena

Climatic and Phenological Controls of the Carbon and Energy Balances of Three Contrasting Boreal Forest Ecosystems in Western Canada / Alan Barr, T. Andrew Black, Harry McCaughey 3

Characterizing the Seasonal Dynamics of Plant Community Photosynthesis Across a Range of Vegetation Types / Lianhong Gu, Wilfred M. Post, Dennis D. Baldocchi, T. Andrew Black, Andrew E. Suyker, Shashi B. Verma, Timo Vesala, Steve C. Wofsy 35

The Phenology of Gross Ecosystem Productivity and Ecosystem Respiration in Temperate Hardwood and Conifer Chronosequences / Asko Noormets, Jiquan Chen, Lianhong Gu, Ankur Desai 59

Phenological Differences Between Understory and Overstory: A Case Study Using the Long-Term Harvard Forest Records / Andrew D. Richardson, John O'Keefe 87

Phenology of Forest-Atmosphere Carbon Exchange for Deciduous and Coniferous Forests in Southern and Northern New England: Variation with Latitude and Landscape Position / Julian L. Hadley, John O'Keefe, J. William Munger, David Y. Hollinger, Andrew D. Richardson 119

Influence of Phenology and Land Management on Biosphere-Atmosphere Isotopic Co2 Exchange / Kaycie A. Billmark, Timothy J. Griffis 143

Part II Biological Feedbacks

Phenology of Plant Production in the Northwestern Great Plains: Relationships with Carbon Isotope Discrimination, Net Ecosystem Productivity and Ecosystem Respiration / Lawrence B. Flanagan 169

Is Temporal Variation of Soil Respiration Linked to the Phenology of Photosynthesis? / Eric A. Davidson, N. Michele Holbrook 187

The Annual Cycle of Development of Trees and Process-Based Modelling of Growth to Scale Up From the Tree to the Stand / Koen Kramer, Heikki Hänninen 201

Part III Upscaling and Global View

Remote Sensing Phenology: Status and the Way Forward / Bradley C. Reed, Mark D. Schwartz, Xiangming Xiao 231

Land Surface Phenology: Convergence of Satellite and Co2 Eddy Flux Observations / Xiangming Xiao, Junhui Zhang, Huimin Yan, Weixing Wu, Chandrashekhar Biradar 247.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.

ISBN:

9781441900258

144190025X

OCLC:

310400914