Analysis of temperate forest ecosystems / edited by David E. Reichle.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Reichle, David E., editor.

Series:

Ecological studies ; v. 1.

Ecological studies ; v. 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Temperate forest ecology.

Physical Description:

xii, 304 pages : illustrations, maps (some color on lining paper) ; 26 cm.

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; New York : Springer-Verlag, 1970.

Summary:

Volume 1 of Ecological Studies explains problems and principles applying to the analysis of any ecosystem. It is a synthesis of methods and results mostly from the zones where dense population and advanced technology have combined to modify. drastically, the once lofty and vast deciduous and mixed forests.

Contents:

Combination of qualitative and quantitative approaches / F. Bourliere and M. Hardley

Analysis of ecosystems / F.E. Smith

Studying the effects of environmental factors on ecosystems / D.W. Goodall

Phenology in productivity studies / H. Lieth

Biomass and productivity models of forest canopies / H.A.I. Madgwick

A synthesis of studies by the harvest method : primary production relations in the temperate deciduous forests of Japan / T. Satoo

Metabolism of terrestrial ecosystems by gas exchange techniques : the Brookhaven approach / G.M. Woodwell and D.B. Botkin

Insect influences on the forest canopy / R.T. Franklin

Estimation of the effects of phytophagous insects on forest production / P.M. Rafes

Secondary production of birds and mammals / D.R. McCullough

Studies of the number and activity of microorganisms in woodland soils / L. Steubing

The role of soil invertebrates in turnover of organic matter and nutrients / C.A. Edwards, D.E. Reichle, D.A. Crossley, Jr.

Micronutrients : forest ecology and systems analysis / J.A.C. Fortescue and G.G. Marten

Biological cycling of minerals in temperate deciduous forests / P. Duvigneaud and S. Denaeyer-de Smet

The water flux in temperate forests : precipitation and evapotranspiration / G. Stanhill

Measurement and sampling of outputs from watersheds / Daniel J. Nelson

Models of the hydrologic cycle / J.W. Curlin.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Other Format:

Online version: Analysis of temperate forest ecosystems.

ISBN:

354004793X

9783540047933

038704793X

9780387047935

OCLC:

102449