Terrestrial global productivity / edited by Jacques Roy, Bernard Saugier, Harold A. Mooney.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Mooney, Harold A.

Roy, Jacques.

Saugier, Bernard.

Series:

Physiological ecology.

Physiological ecology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Biogeochemical cycles.

Primary productivity (Biology).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (597 p.)

Place of Publication:

San Diego, Calif. : Academic Press, c2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

As the global climate changes, there are concomitant changes in global biological productivity. This book is devoted to the assessment of terrestrial Net Primary Productivity (""the total amount of energy acquired by green plants during photosynthesis, minus the energy lost through respiration""--APDS&T, pp. 1457). The book is comprised of three major sections. The first section is a review of the processes that operate globally to influence productivity--these are the initial conditions of any model of primary productivity. The second section is comprised of chapters that assess the contribut

Contents:

Front Cover; Terrestrial Global Productivity; Copyright Page; Contents; Contributors; Preface; Chapter 1. Terrestrial Primary Productivity: Definitions and Milestones; Part I: Component Processes; Chapter 2. Canopy Photosynthesis: History, Measurements, and Models; I. Introduction; II. History; III. Current Theoretical Concepts; IV. Processes: Response of Canopy Photosynthesis to External Forcings; V. Canopy Photosynthesis in the Future; VI. Research Directions; References; Chapter 3. Terrestrial Higher Plant Respiration and Net Primary Production

I. Plant Respiration in Relation to Terrestrial Ecosystem Net Primary ProductionII. Regulation of Respiration Rate; III. The Fundamental (Semi) Mechanistic Model of Plant Respiration; IV. Respiration following and during Photosynthesis; V. Respiration in Leaves, Stems, and Roots; VI. Respiration in Comparison to Photosynthesis at the Ecosystem Scale; VII. Optimum Leaf Area Index: Does It Exist?; VIII. Big Trees and Declining Forest Net Primary Production; IX. Respiratory Responses to Environmental Change: The Future; X. Summary; References

Chapter 4. Phenology, Growth, and Allocation in Global Terrestrial ProductivityI. Introduction; II. Phenology; III. Growth and Allocation; IV. Future Directions; V. Summary and Conclusions; References; Chapter 5. From Plant Soil: Litter Production and Decomposition; I. Introduction; II. Litter Inputs: Quantity and Quality; III. From Plant Organic Matter to Soil Organic Matter; IV. Research Needs; V. Concluding Remarks; References; Chapter 6. Herbivory and Trophic Interactions; I. Introduction; II. Herbivores and Trophic Relations in Global Evolutionary Context

III. Herbivory and the EnvironmentIV. Plant Architecture; V. Tri-trophic Interactions; VI. Trophic Interactions and Plant Community Composition; VII. Grazing and Detritus Food Webs in a Global Biome Context; VIII. Resolving a Dilemma: Remote Sensing, Herbivory, and Trophic Interactions; IX. Conclusions; References; Chapter 7. Water, Nitrogen, Rising Atmospheric CO2, and Terrestrial Productivity; I. Introduction; II. The Constraints; III. Effects of Water Regime on Net Primary Production; IV. Effects of CO2 on NPP and NEP; V. Interactions between CO2 and Nutrients

VI. Interactions between Water Regime and CO2 ConcentrationsVII. Interactions between CO2, Water, and Nitrogen; References; Chapter 8. How Does Biodiversity Control Primary Productivity?; I. Introduction; II. Productivity and Species Diversity at Different Spatial Scales; III. Impact of Plant Species and Functional Group Diversity on Intensity of Ecosystem Fluxes; IV. Mechanisms Relating Plant Diversity and Flux Intensity; V. Impact of Plant Diversity on the Stability of Ecosystem Fluxes; VI. Conclusions and Perspectives; References; Part II: Ecosystem Productive Performance

Chapter 9. Productivity of Arctic Ecosystems

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-281-03336-7

9786611033361

0-08-051872-9

OCLC:

476108224