Alaska's changing boreal forest / / edited by F. Stuart Chapin III [and five others]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910458242403321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2006; ©2006
• ISBN: 0-19-756192-6; 1-280-50216-9; 1-4237-6156-1; 0-19-534832-X; 1-60256-996-7
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (369 p.)
• Collana: Long-Term Ecological Research Network Series
• Disciplina: 577.3/7/09798
• Soggetti: Taiga ecology - Alaska; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Previously issued in print: 2006.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Contributors; 1. The Conceptual Basis of LTER Studies in the Alaskan Boreal Forest; 2. Regional Overview of Interior Alaska; 3. State Factor Control of Soil Formation in Interior Alaska; 4. Climate and Permafrost Dynamics of the Alaskan Boreal Forest; 5. Holocene Development of the Alaskan Boreal Forest; 6. Floristic Diversity and Vegetation Distribution in the Alaskan Boreal Forest; 7. Successional Processes in the Alaskan Boreal Forest; 8. Mammalian Herbivore Population Dynamics in the Alaskan Boreal Forest; 9. Dynamics of Phytophagous Insects and Their Pathogens in Alaskan Boreal Forests10. Running Waters of the Alaskan Boreal Forest; 11. Controls over Forest Production in Interior Alaska; 12. The Role of Fine Roots in the Functioning of Alaskan Boreal Forests; 13. Mammalian Herbivory, Ecosystem Engineering, and Ecological Cascades in Alaskan Boreal Forests; 14. Microbial Processes in the Alaskan Boreal Forest; 15. Patterns of Biogeochemistry in Alaskan Boreal Forests; 16. Watershed Hydrology and Chemistry in the Alaskan Boreal Forest: The Central Role ; of Permafrost; 17. Fire Trends in the Alaskan Boreal Forest18. Timber Harvest in Interior Alaska; 19. Climate Feedbacks in the Alaskan Boreal Forest; 20. Communication of Alaskan Boreal Science with Broader Communities; 21. Summary and Synthesis: Past and Future Changes in the Alaskan Boreal Forest; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y
• Sommario/riassunto: The Boreal forest is the northern-most forest in the world, whose organisms and dynamics are shaped by low temperature and high latitude. The Alaskan Boreal forest is now warming as rapidly as any place on earth, providing an unprecedented opportunity to examine a biome as it adjusts to change.