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Ecohydrology : Darwinian expression of vegetation form and function / / Peter S. Eagleson
| Ecohydrology : Darwinian expression of vegetation form and function / / Peter S. Eagleson |
| Autore | Eagleson Peter S |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, UK ; ; New York, : Cambridge University Press, 2002 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xxxix, 443 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
| Disciplina | 577.3 |
| Soggetto topico |
Forest ecology
Forest productivity Forest plants - Ecophysiology Forest microclimatology Forest canopies Ecohydrology |
| ISBN |
1-107-12872-2
1-280-42131-2 9786610421312 0-511-32364-6 0-511-17787-9 0-511-04083-0 0-511-14835-6 0-511-53568-6 0-511-04978-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | ; 1. Introduction and overview -- ; pt. I. Biophysics. ; 2. Canopy structure. ; 3. Radiant fluxes. ; 4. Turbulent fluxes. ; 5. Thermal energy balance. ; 6. Water balance -- ; pt. II. Darwinian ecology. ; 7. Optimal canopy conductance. ; 8. Optimal bioclimate. ; 9. Natural habitats and climax communities. ; 10. Net primary productivity and ecotones. ; 11. Summary, speculations, and opportunities. ; App. A. Effect of crown shape on flow in canopy -- ; App. B. Estimation of potential evaporation from wet simple surfaces -- ; App. C. Water balance equations -- ; App. D. Characterization of exponential decay -- ; App. E. Transpiration as a productivity surrogate. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910825478803321 |
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| Cambridge, UK ; ; New York, : Cambridge University Press, 2002 | ||
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Feasibility of using Landsat images of vegetation cover to estimate effective hydraulic properties of soils [[electronic resource] ] : semi-annual technical report, 1 February 1985 through 31 July 1985 / / by Peter S. Eagleson
| Feasibility of using Landsat images of vegetation cover to estimate effective hydraulic properties of soils [[electronic resource] ] : semi-annual technical report, 1 February 1985 through 31 July 1985 / / by Peter S. Eagleson |
| Autore | Eagleson Peter S |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, Mass. : , : Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (19 pages) : illustrations |
| Collana | [NASA contractor report] |
| Soggetto topico |
Barren land
Canopies (vegetation) Cluster analysis Data reduction Feasibility analysis Image resolution Landsat satellites Models Radiative transfer Satellite imagery Satellite transmission Soil mechanics Soil moisture Vegetation growth |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Altri titoli varianti | Feasibility of using Landsat images of vegetation cover to estimate effective hydraulic properties of soils |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910701736703321 |
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| Cambridge, Mass. : , : Massachusetts Institute of Technology | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Range and richness of vascular land plants [[electronic resource] ] : the role of variable light / / Peter S. Eagleson
| Range and richness of vascular land plants [[electronic resource] ] : the role of variable light / / Peter S. Eagleson |
| Autore | Eagleson Peter S |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, DC, : American Geophysical Union, c2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (175 p.) |
| Disciplina | 581.7 |
| Collana | Special Publications |
| Soggetto topico |
Phytogeography - Climatic factors
Plant species diversity Plants - Effect of solar radiation on |
| ISBN |
1-118-66756-5
1-118-67155-4 1-118-67206-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Title Page; Contents; Part III: Recapitulation; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Part I: Overview; Chapter 1: Introduction; Historical summary; Modeling philosophy; Bioclimatic basis for local community structure; Range; Richness; Major simplifications; Principal assumptions; Principal findings; Part II: Local Species Range and Richness; Chapter 2: Local Climate: Observations and Assessments; Major biomes of North America; Growing season; Solar radiation; Zonal homogeneity; Looking ahead; Chapter 3: Mean Latitudinal Range of Local Species: Prediction; Introduction and definitions
Range of local mean species as determined by local distributions about the meanTheoretical estimation of the range with climatic forcing by SW flux only; Range of local modal species versus mean of local species' ranges; Probability mass of the distribution of observed local species; Analytical summary for climatic forcing by SW flux only; Point-by-point estimation of range versus observation for North America; A thought experiment on the variation of SW flux in an isotropic atmosphere; Range of modal species at maxima and minima of the SW flux Gradient estimation of range versus observation for North AmericaPoint-by-point estimation of range versus observation for the Northern Hemisphere; Gradient estimation of range versus observation for the Northern Hemisphere; Low-latitude smoothing of range by latitudinal averaging of the growing season; Range as a reflection of the bioclimatic dispersion of species; A high-latitude shift in bioclimatic control from light to heat?; Extension of these range forecasts by use of multiple forcing variables; A look ahead; Chapter 4: Richness of Local Species: Prediction Versus Observation IntroductionFrom continuous to discrete distribution of local species; Local SW flux as a stationary Poisson stochastic process; Distribution of C3 species-supporting radiationintercepted in a growing season; Moments of C3 species-supporting radiation intercepted in a growing season; Moments of the number of C3 species-supportingcloud events in a growing season; From climatic disturbance to C3 speciesgermination; Parameter estimation; Predicted potential richness versus observed richness; The theoretical tie between range and richness; Chapter 5: Summary and Conclusions; Précis Mathematical approximations in range calculationEvaluation of range prediction; Evaluation of richness prediction; Finis; Part IV: Appendices: Reductionist Darwinian Modeling of the Bioclimatic Function for C3 Plant Species; Appendix A: The Individual C3 Leaf; Photosynthetic capacity of the C3 leaf; Mass transfer from free atmosphere to chloroplasts; Assimilation modulation by leaf temperature and ambient CO2 concentration; Exponential approximation to the C3 photosynthetic capacity curve; Potential assimilation efficiency of C3 leaves; The state of stress Darwinian operating state of the individual C3 leaf |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910130904003321 |
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Eagleson Peter S
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| Washington, DC, : American Geophysical Union, c2009 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Range and richness of vascular land plants [[electronic resource] ] : the role of variable light / / Peter S. Eagleson
| Range and richness of vascular land plants [[electronic resource] ] : the role of variable light / / Peter S. Eagleson |
| Autore | Eagleson Peter S |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, DC, : American Geophysical Union, c2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (175 p.) |
| Disciplina | 581.7 |
| Collana | Special Publications |
| Soggetto topico |
Phytogeography - Climatic factors
Plant species diversity Plants - Effect of solar radiation on |
| ISBN |
1-118-66756-5
1-118-67155-4 1-118-67206-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Title Page; Contents; Part III: Recapitulation; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Part I: Overview; Chapter 1: Introduction; Historical summary; Modeling philosophy; Bioclimatic basis for local community structure; Range; Richness; Major simplifications; Principal assumptions; Principal findings; Part II: Local Species Range and Richness; Chapter 2: Local Climate: Observations and Assessments; Major biomes of North America; Growing season; Solar radiation; Zonal homogeneity; Looking ahead; Chapter 3: Mean Latitudinal Range of Local Species: Prediction; Introduction and definitions
Range of local mean species as determined by local distributions about the meanTheoretical estimation of the range with climatic forcing by SW flux only; Range of local modal species versus mean of local species' ranges; Probability mass of the distribution of observed local species; Analytical summary for climatic forcing by SW flux only; Point-by-point estimation of range versus observation for North America; A thought experiment on the variation of SW flux in an isotropic atmosphere; Range of modal species at maxima and minima of the SW flux Gradient estimation of range versus observation for North AmericaPoint-by-point estimation of range versus observation for the Northern Hemisphere; Gradient estimation of range versus observation for the Northern Hemisphere; Low-latitude smoothing of range by latitudinal averaging of the growing season; Range as a reflection of the bioclimatic dispersion of species; A high-latitude shift in bioclimatic control from light to heat?; Extension of these range forecasts by use of multiple forcing variables; A look ahead; Chapter 4: Richness of Local Species: Prediction Versus Observation IntroductionFrom continuous to discrete distribution of local species; Local SW flux as a stationary Poisson stochastic process; Distribution of C3 species-supporting radiationintercepted in a growing season; Moments of C3 species-supporting radiation intercepted in a growing season; Moments of the number of C3 species-supportingcloud events in a growing season; From climatic disturbance to C3 speciesgermination; Parameter estimation; Predicted potential richness versus observed richness; The theoretical tie between range and richness; Chapter 5: Summary and Conclusions; Précis Mathematical approximations in range calculationEvaluation of range prediction; Evaluation of richness prediction; Finis; Part IV: Appendices: Reductionist Darwinian Modeling of the Bioclimatic Function for C3 Plant Species; Appendix A: The Individual C3 Leaf; Photosynthetic capacity of the C3 leaf; Mass transfer from free atmosphere to chloroplasts; Assimilation modulation by leaf temperature and ambient CO2 concentration; Exponential approximation to the C3 photosynthetic capacity curve; Potential assimilation efficiency of C3 leaves; The state of stress Darwinian operating state of the individual C3 leaf |
| Record Nr. | UNISA-996211234303316 |
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Eagleson Peter S
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| Washington, DC, : American Geophysical Union, c2009 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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Range and richness of vascular land plants [[electronic resource] ] : the role of variable light / / Peter S. Eagleson
| Range and richness of vascular land plants [[electronic resource] ] : the role of variable light / / Peter S. Eagleson |
| Autore | Eagleson Peter S |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, DC, : American Geophysical Union, c2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (175 p.) |
| Disciplina | 581.7 |
| Collana | Special Publications |
| Soggetto topico |
Phytogeography - Climatic factors
Plant species diversity Plants - Effect of solar radiation on |
| ISBN |
1-118-66756-5
1-118-67155-4 1-118-67206-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Title Page; Contents; Part III: Recapitulation; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Part I: Overview; Chapter 1: Introduction; Historical summary; Modeling philosophy; Bioclimatic basis for local community structure; Range; Richness; Major simplifications; Principal assumptions; Principal findings; Part II: Local Species Range and Richness; Chapter 2: Local Climate: Observations and Assessments; Major biomes of North America; Growing season; Solar radiation; Zonal homogeneity; Looking ahead; Chapter 3: Mean Latitudinal Range of Local Species: Prediction; Introduction and definitions
Range of local mean species as determined by local distributions about the meanTheoretical estimation of the range with climatic forcing by SW flux only; Range of local modal species versus mean of local species' ranges; Probability mass of the distribution of observed local species; Analytical summary for climatic forcing by SW flux only; Point-by-point estimation of range versus observation for North America; A thought experiment on the variation of SW flux in an isotropic atmosphere; Range of modal species at maxima and minima of the SW flux Gradient estimation of range versus observation for North AmericaPoint-by-point estimation of range versus observation for the Northern Hemisphere; Gradient estimation of range versus observation for the Northern Hemisphere; Low-latitude smoothing of range by latitudinal averaging of the growing season; Range as a reflection of the bioclimatic dispersion of species; A high-latitude shift in bioclimatic control from light to heat?; Extension of these range forecasts by use of multiple forcing variables; A look ahead; Chapter 4: Richness of Local Species: Prediction Versus Observation IntroductionFrom continuous to discrete distribution of local species; Local SW flux as a stationary Poisson stochastic process; Distribution of C3 species-supporting radiationintercepted in a growing season; Moments of C3 species-supporting radiation intercepted in a growing season; Moments of the number of C3 species-supportingcloud events in a growing season; From climatic disturbance to C3 speciesgermination; Parameter estimation; Predicted potential richness versus observed richness; The theoretical tie between range and richness; Chapter 5: Summary and Conclusions; Précis Mathematical approximations in range calculationEvaluation of range prediction; Evaluation of richness prediction; Finis; Part IV: Appendices: Reductionist Darwinian Modeling of the Bioclimatic Function for C3 Plant Species; Appendix A: The Individual C3 Leaf; Photosynthetic capacity of the C3 leaf; Mass transfer from free atmosphere to chloroplasts; Assimilation modulation by leaf temperature and ambient CO2 concentration; Exponential approximation to the C3 photosynthetic capacity curve; Potential assimilation efficiency of C3 leaves; The state of stress Darwinian operating state of the individual C3 leaf |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910830826003321 |
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Eagleson Peter S
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| Washington, DC, : American Geophysical Union, c2009 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Range and richness of vascular land plants : the role of variable light / / Peter S. Eagleson
| Range and richness of vascular land plants : the role of variable light / / Peter S. Eagleson |
| Autore | Eagleson Peter S |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, DC, : American Geophysical Union, c2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (175 p.) |
| Disciplina | 581.7 |
| Collana | Special Publications |
| Soggetto topico |
Phytogeography - Climatic factors
Plant species diversity Plants - Effect of solar radiation on |
| ISBN |
1-118-66756-5
1-118-67155-4 1-118-67206-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Title Page; Contents; Part III: Recapitulation; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Part I: Overview; Chapter 1: Introduction; Historical summary; Modeling philosophy; Bioclimatic basis for local community structure; Range; Richness; Major simplifications; Principal assumptions; Principal findings; Part II: Local Species Range and Richness; Chapter 2: Local Climate: Observations and Assessments; Major biomes of North America; Growing season; Solar radiation; Zonal homogeneity; Looking ahead; Chapter 3: Mean Latitudinal Range of Local Species: Prediction; Introduction and definitions
Range of local mean species as determined by local distributions about the meanTheoretical estimation of the range with climatic forcing by SW flux only; Range of local modal species versus mean of local species' ranges; Probability mass of the distribution of observed local species; Analytical summary for climatic forcing by SW flux only; Point-by-point estimation of range versus observation for North America; A thought experiment on the variation of SW flux in an isotropic atmosphere; Range of modal species at maxima and minima of the SW flux Gradient estimation of range versus observation for North AmericaPoint-by-point estimation of range versus observation for the Northern Hemisphere; Gradient estimation of range versus observation for the Northern Hemisphere; Low-latitude smoothing of range by latitudinal averaging of the growing season; Range as a reflection of the bioclimatic dispersion of species; A high-latitude shift in bioclimatic control from light to heat?; Extension of these range forecasts by use of multiple forcing variables; A look ahead; Chapter 4: Richness of Local Species: Prediction Versus Observation IntroductionFrom continuous to discrete distribution of local species; Local SW flux as a stationary Poisson stochastic process; Distribution of C3 species-supporting radiationintercepted in a growing season; Moments of C3 species-supporting radiation intercepted in a growing season; Moments of the number of C3 species-supportingcloud events in a growing season; From climatic disturbance to C3 speciesgermination; Parameter estimation; Predicted potential richness versus observed richness; The theoretical tie between range and richness; Chapter 5: Summary and Conclusions; Précis Mathematical approximations in range calculationEvaluation of range prediction; Evaluation of richness prediction; Finis; Part IV: Appendices: Reductionist Darwinian Modeling of the Bioclimatic Function for C3 Plant Species; Appendix A: The Individual C3 Leaf; Photosynthetic capacity of the C3 leaf; Mass transfer from free atmosphere to chloroplasts; Assimilation modulation by leaf temperature and ambient CO2 concentration; Exponential approximation to the C3 photosynthetic capacity curve; Potential assimilation efficiency of C3 leaves; The state of stress Darwinian operating state of the individual C3 leaf |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910877828603321 |
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Eagleson Peter S
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| Washington, DC, : American Geophysical Union, c2009 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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