Spruce [[electronic resource] ] : ecology, management, and conservation / / Kajetan I. Nowak and Helena F. Strybel, editors

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910779506503321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, : Nova Science Publishers, c2012
• ISBN: 1-61942-495-9
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (155 p.)
• Collana: Botanical research and practices
• Altri autori (Persone): NowakKajetan I; StrybelHelena F
• Disciplina: 585/.2
• Soggetti: Spruce - Ecology; Spruce - Conservation; Forest ecology; Forest conservation; Forest management
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""SPRUCE: ECOLOGY, MANAGEMENT AND CONSERVATION""; ""Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data""; ""CONTENTS""; ""PREFACE""; ""CHAPTER 1. NORWAY SPRUCE PICEAABIESRE GENERATION AND CANOPY DISTURBANCE IN A CARPATHIAN SUBALPINE FOREST""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""STUDY AREA""; ""Observations of Spruce Regeneration""; ""Statistical Analyses""; ""RESULTS""; ""Cohort "93""; ""Seedlings""; ""Saplings""; ""DISCUSSION""; ""The Role of Field-Layer Vegetation in Spruce Regeneration""; ""The Role of Wind throw Mounds and Coarse Woody Debris in Spruce Regeneration""; ""Canopy Gaps as a Factor Driving Spruce Regeneration""""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""REFERENCES""; ""CHAPTER 2. UNCULTURED ARCHAEA IN SPRUCE RHIZOSPHERES AND MYCORRHIZAS""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""1. INTRODUCTION""; ""1.1 The Boreal Forests""; ""1.2 Ectomycorrhizal Fungi""; ""1.3. Mycorrhizosphere/Rhizosphere Concept""; ""1.4 Tree Rhizosphere Bacteria""; ""2. ARCHAEA""; ""2.1 Soil Archaea""; ""2.2 Archaea in Roots and Rhizosphere Soil""; ""2.3 Phylogeny of Archaea in Boreal Forest Norway Spruce Roots and Mycorrhizas""; ""2.4 Effect of Mycorrhizal Fungi on the Population of ; Archaea""; ""2.5 Specific effect of Tree Species on the Rhizospheric Archaeal Population""""2.6 Anaerobic and Aerobic Archaea in the Boreal Forest Mycorrhizosphere""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""REFERENCES""; ""CHAPTER 3. REVERSIBLE VARIATIONS IN SOME WOOD PROPERTIES OF NORWAY SPRUCE (PICEAABIES KARST.), DEPENDING ON THE TREE FELLING DATE""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""RECENT DEVELOPMENTS""; ""LARGE SCALE RESEARCH""; ""FOCUSING ON ONE REPRESENTATIVE SITE""; ""TESTS ON WATER SORPTION (AFTER DRYING)""; ""COMPLEMENTARY TESTS ON COMPRESSION STRENGTH""; ""COMPLEMENTARY TESTS ON CALORIMETRY""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""REFERENCES""""CHAPTER 4. EXPLORATION OF FOREST VEGETATION WITH DYNAMIC MODELING, GIS AND REMOTE SENSING""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""1. INTRODUCTION""; ""2. GIS FOR FOREST MANAGEMENT AND PROTECTION""; ""3. REMOTE SENSING FOR FOREST MANAGEMENT AND PROTECTION""; ""4. GPS FOR FOREST MANAGEMENT AND PROTECTION""; ""5. MODELING FOR FOREST MANAGEMENT AND PROTECTION""; ""6. A CASE STUDY: USING GIS AND DYNAMIC MODELINGTO STUDY THE SUCCESSION OF A NORWAY SPRUCE FOREST""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""ACKNOWLEDGEMENT""; ""REFERENCES""; ""CHAPTER 5. VITAMIN C AS A STRESS BIOINDICATOR OF NORWAY SPRUCE:A CASE STUDY IN SLOVENIA""; ""ABSTRACT""""1. INTRODUCTION""; ""2. MATERIAL AND METHODS""; ""2.1. Study Area and Sampling Procedures""; ""2.2. Biochemical Analysis""; ""2.3. Statistical Analysis""; ""3. RESULTS""; ""3.1. Mean Annual Contents of Vitamin C in Spruce Needles""; ""3.2. Correlation Analysis""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""ACKNOWLEDGEMENT""; ""REFERENCES""; ""INDEX""