Alaska's changing boreal forest / / edited by F. Stuart Chapin III [and five others] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2006 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (369 p.) |
Disciplina | 577.3/7/09798 |
Collana | Long-Term Ecological Research Network Series |
Soggetto topico | Taiga ecology - Alaska |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
0-19-756192-6
1-280-50216-9 1-4237-6156-1 0-19-534832-X 1-60256-996-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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 |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910458242403321 |
New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2006 | ||
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Alaska's changing boreal forest / / edited by F. Stuart Chapin III [and five others] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2006 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (369 p.) |
Disciplina | 577.3/7/09798 |
Collana | Long-Term Ecological Research Network Series |
Soggetto topico | Taiga ecology - Alaska |
ISBN |
0-19-756192-6
1-280-50216-9 1-4237-6156-1 0-19-534832-X 1-60256-996-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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 |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910784668403321 |
New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2006 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Alaska's changing boreal forest / / edited by F. Stuart Chapin III [and five others] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2006 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (369 p.) |
Disciplina | 577.3/7/09798 |
Collana | Long-Term Ecological Research Network Series |
Soggetto topico | Taiga ecology - Alaska |
ISBN |
0-19-756192-6
1-280-50216-9 1-4237-6156-1 0-19-534832-X 1-60256-996-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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 |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910821350803321 |
New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2006 | ||
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Assessing the potential for conversion to biomass fuels in interior Alaska [[electronic resource] /] / Nancy Fresco and F. Stuart Chapin III |
Autore | Fresco Nancy |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Portland, OR : , : U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, , [2009] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (56 pages) : illustrations, map |
Altri autori (Persone) | ChapinF. Stuart, III (Francis Stuart) |
Collana | Research paper PNW |
Soggetto topico |
Biomass energy - Alaska - Interior Alaska
Fuelwood - Alaska - Interior Alaska Carbon offsetting - Alaska - Interior Alaska |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910699094303321 |
Fresco Nancy | ||
Portland, OR : , : U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, , [2009] | ||
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Earth Stewardship : Linking Ecology and Ethics in Theory and Practice / / edited by Ricardo Rozzi, F. Stuart Chapin III, J. Baird Callicott, S.T.A. Pickett, Mary E. Power, Juan J. Armesto, Roy H. May Jr |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2015.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (464 p.) |
Disciplina | 179.1 |
Collana | Ecology and Ethics |
Soggetto topico |
Life sciences
Ethics Ecology Life Sciences, general |
ISBN | 3-319-12133-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Foreword; Peter Raven -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Introduction; Ricardo Rozzi et al -- PART I. A BIOCULTURAL APPROACH TO EARTH STEWARDSHIP -- 2. Earth Stewardship and Biocultrual Ethics: South American Perspectives; Ricardo Rozzi -- 3. Ecological Science and Practice: Dialogues across Cultures and Disciplines; Sharon E. Kingsland -- 4. Biogeochemistry and Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Practices in Japan; Hideaki Shibata -- 5. Aesthetic and Moral Appreciation of Nature in Philosophical Traditions of China; Shan Gao -- 6. The Antlers of a Trilemma: Rediscovering Andean Sacred Sites; Fausto O. Sarmiento -- 7. Spirituality and the Pachamama in the Andean Aymara Worldview; Vicenta Mamani-Bernabé -- 8. Andean Llamas and Earth Stewardship; Roy H. May, Jr -- 9. The Politics of Earth Stewardship in the Uneven Anthropocene; Laura Ogden et al -- PART II. INTEGRATING STEWARDSHIP ACROSS DISCIPLINES AND SCALES -- 10. The Centennial Return of Stewardship to the Ecological Society of America; J. Baird Callicott -- 11. Earth Stewardship: An Initiative by the Ecological Society of America to Foster Engagement to Sustain Planet Earth; F. Stuart Chapin III et al -- 12. Geographical and Thematic Distribution of Publications Generated at the International Long-Term Ecological Research Network (ILTER) Sites; Ben Li et al -- 13. Earth Stewardship, the Need for a Transdisciplinary Approach and the Role of the International Long Term Ecological Research Network (ILTER); Manuel Maass, Miguel Equi hua -- 14. Hermeneutics and Field Environmental Philosophy: Integrating Ecological Sciences and Ethics into Earth Stewardship; Jorge F. Aguirre Sala -- 15. Arts and Humanities Efforts in the US Long-term Ecological Research (LTER) Network: Understanding Perceived Values and Challenges; Lissy Goralnik et al -- 16. The Technosphere and Earth Stewardship; Charles L. Redman, Thaddeus R. Miller -- 17. Using the ecosystem services framework in a long-term socio-ecological research platform: Lessons from the Wadi Araba desert, Israel and Jordan; Daniel E. Orenstein, Elli Groner -- 18. Socio-Ecological Studies in Urban and Rural Ecosystems in Chile; Olga Barbosa, Paula Villagra -- PART III. INTEGRATING ECOLOGY AND ETHICS AS A FOUNDATION FOR STEWARDSHIP ACTION -- 19. Citizenship versus Stewardship; Gene Hargrove -- 20. The Ethics of Participatory Processes: Dynamic Flux, Open Questions; Peter Taylor -- 21. IUCN Global Protected Areas Program: making space for people and biodiversity in the Anthropocene; Ernesto C. Enkerlin-Hoeflich et al -- 22. Ecology and Education in Marine Protected Areas: Insights from Brazil and South America; Flávio Berchez et al -- 23. Earth stewardship, Climate Change, and Low Carbon Consciousness: Reflections from Brazil and South America; Eduardo Viola, Larissa Basso -- 24. Stewardship, Integrity of Creation and Climate Justice – Religious Ethics Insights; Guillermo Kerber -- 25. World Religions, Ethics, and the Earth Charter, for a Sustainable Future; Mary Evelyn Tucker -- 26. Dorothy Stang: Monkeys Cry and the Poor Die, Earth Stewardship as Liberation Ecology; Roy H. May, Jr -- 27. Chico Mendes and Jose Lutzenberger: Ecosystem Management at Multiple Scales of Government; Fernando José Rodrigues da Rocha, Fábio Valenti Possamai -- 28. Frank Golley: Interdisciplinary Insights for a 21st Century Earth Stewardship; Alan Covich -- Index. . |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910298449903321 |
Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2015 | ||
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From biocultural homogenization to biocultural conservation / / [edited by] Ricardo Rozzi, Roy H. May Jr., F. Stuart Chapin III, Francisca Massardo, Michael C. Gavin, Irene J. Klaver, Aníbal Pauchard, Martin A. Nuñez, Daniel Simberloff |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2018.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2018 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (XVIII, 481 p. 103 illus., 45 illus. in color.) |
Disciplina | 577 |
Collana | Ecology and Ethics |
Soggetto topico |
Ecology
Ecology |
ISBN | 3-319-99513-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | FOREWARD -- 1. From Biocultural Homogenization to Biocultural Conservation: A Conceptual Framework to Reorient Society Toward Sustainability of Life -- 2. Biocultural Homogenization: a wicked problem in the Anthropocene -- 3. Re-Claiming Rivers from Homogenization: Meandering and Riverspheres -- 4. Biostitutes and Biocultural Conservation: Empire and Irony in the Motion Picture Avatar -- 5. The Political Ecology of Land Grabs in Ethiopia -- 6. The Ongoing Danger of Largescale Mining on the Rio Doce: an Account of Brazil’s Largest Biocultural Disaster -- 7. Land Grabbing and Violence against Environmentalists -- 8. The Changing Role of Europe in Past and Future Alien Species Displacement -- 9. Dürer’s Rhinoceros: Biocultural Homogenization of the Visual Construction of Nature -- 10. Biocultural Exoticism in the Feminine Landscape of Latin America -- 11. Biocultural Homogenization in Modern Philosophy: David Hume's noble Oyster -- 12. Nature, Culture, and Natureculture: The Role of Nonnative Species in Biocultures -- 13. Why Some Exotic Species are Deeply Integrated into Local Cultures While Others are Reviled -- 14. Fur Trade and the Biotic Homogenization of Sub-polar Ecosystems -- 15. Non-native Pines are Homogenizing the Ecosystems of South America -- 16. Biotic Homogenization of the South American Cerrado -- 17. Taxonomic and Phylogenetic Homogenization across US National Parks - The Role of Non-Native Species -- 8. Homogenization of Fish Assemblages off the Coast of Florida -- 9. Biocultural Conservation and Biocultural Ethics -- 20. The U.N. Sustainable Development Goals and the Biocultural Heritage Lacuna: Where is Goal Number 18? -- 21. Suma qamaña or Living Well Together: A Contribution to Biocultural Conservation -- 22. Biocultural Approaches to Conservation: Water Sovereignty in the Kayapó Lands -- 23. Biocultural Diversity and Ngöbe People in the South Pacific of Costa Rica -- 24. Candomblé in Brazil: The Contribution of African-origin Religions to Biocultural Diversity in the Americas -- 25. Latin American Theology of Liberation and Biocultural Conservation -- 26. The Dynamics of Biocultural Approaches to Conservation in Inner Mongolia, China -- 27. Challenging Biocultural Homogenization: Experiences of the Chipko and Appiko Movements in India -- 28. Revitalizing Local Commons: A Democratic Approach to Collective Management -- 29. The Garden as a Representation of Nature: A Space to Overcome Biocultural Homogenization? |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910311939503321 |
Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2018 | ||
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A key for predicting postfire successional trajectories in black spruce stands of interior Alaska [[electronic resource] /] / Jill F. Johnstone ; Teresa N. Hollingsworth ; and F. Stuart Chapin III |
Autore | Johnstone Jill Frances |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Portland, OR : , : U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, , [2008] |
Descrizione fisica | 37 pages : digital, PDF file |
Altri autori (Persone) |
HollingsworthTeresa Nettleton
ChapinF. Stuart, III (Francis Stuart) |
Collana | General technical report PNW |
Soggetto topico |
Black spruce - Effect of fires on - Alaska - Forecasting
Black spruce - Alaska - Growth - Forecasting Forest regeneration - Alaska - Forecasting Soil moisture |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910697846803321 |
Johnstone Jill Frances | ||
Portland, OR : , : U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, , [2008] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The United States National Climate Assessment : Alaska Technical Regional Report / / edited by Carl J. Markon, Sarah F. Trainor, and F. Stuart Chapin III |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Reston, Virginia : , : U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, , 2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xiv, 148 pages) : color illustrations, maps |
Collana | Geological Survey circular |
Soggetto topico |
Climatology
Climatic changes - Alaska Global warming - Alaska Climatic changes Global warming |
Soggetto genere / forma | Observations. |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Altri titoli varianti | United States National Climate Assessment |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910711361303321 |
Reston, Virginia : , : U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, , 2012 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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