Ecosystem function in Savannas : measurement and modeling at landscape to global scales / edited by Michael J. Hill, Niall P. Hanan.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hill, Michael J., 1953-

Hanan, Niall P.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Savanna ecology--Mathematical models.

Savanna ecology--Statistical methods.

Savanna plants--Phenology.

Savanna plants--Geographical distribution.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (612 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Boca Raton : CRC Press, c2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Fascinating and diverse, savanna ecosystems support a combination of pastoral and agropastoral communities alongside wild and domestic herbivores that can be found nowhere else. This diversity has made the study of these areas problematic. Ecosystem Function in Savannas: Measurement and Modeling at Landscape to Global Scales addresses some of the discontinuities in the treatment of savannas by the scientific community and documents a range of measurements, methods, technologies, applications, and modeling approaches. Based on contributions from leading authorities an

Contents:

Front cover; Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Editors; Lead Authors; Contributors; Section I. Savannas: Biogeographical and Ecological Perspectives; Chapter 1. Biogeography and Dynamics of Global Tropical and Subtropical Savannas: A Spatiotemporal View; Chapter 2. Tree-Grass Interactions in Savannas: Paradigms, Contradictions, and Conceptual Models; Section II. Carbon, Water and Trace Gas Fluxes in Global Savannas; Chapter 3. Disturbance and Climatic Drivers of Carbon Dynamics of a North Australian Tropical Savanna

Chapter 4. Functional Convergence in Ecosystem Carbon Exchange in Adjacent Savanna Vegetation Types of the Kruger National Park, South AfricaChapter 5. Flux Dynamics in the Cerrado and Cerrado-Forest Transition of Brazil; Chapter 6. Woody Plant Rooting Depth and Ecosystem Function of Savannas: A Case Study from the Edwards Plateau Karst, Texas; Chapter 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

Chapter 8. Quantifying Carbon in Savannas: The Role of Active Sensors in Measurements of Tree Structure and BiomassChapter 9. Remote Sensing of Tree-Grass Systems: The Eastern Australian Woodlands; Chapter 10. Remote Sensing of Fractional Cover and Biochemistry in Savannas; Chapter 11.Woody Fractional Cover in Kruger National Park, South Africa: Remote Sensing-Based Maps and Ecological Insights; Chapter 12. Remote Sensing of Global Savanna Fire Occurrence, Extent, and Properties; Section IV. Perspectives on Patch- to Landscape-Scale Savanna Processes and Modeling

Chapter 13. Understanding Tree-Grass Coexistence and Impacts of Disturbance and Resource Variability in SavannasChapter 14. Spatially Explicit Modeling of Savanna Processes; Chapter 15. Interaction of Fire and Rainfall Variability on Tree Structure and Carbon Fluxes in Savannas: Application of the Flames Model; Chapter 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

Chapter 17. Integration of Remote Sensing and Modeling to Understand Carbon Fluxes and Climate Interactions in AfricaChapter 18. Timescales and Dynamics of Carbon in Australia's Savannas; Chapter 19. Land Use Change and the Carbon Budget in the Brazilian Cerrado; Chapter 20. Land Use Changes (1970-2020) and Carbon Emissions in the Colombian Llanos; Chapter 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

Chapter 22. Carbon Cycles and Vegetation Dynamics of Savannas Based on Global Satellite Products

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

1-04-020441-4

0-429-13246-8

1-4398-0471-0

OCLC:

705929716