Old-Growth Forests [[electronic resource] ] : Function, Fate and Value / / edited by Christian Wirth, Gerd Gleixner, Martin Heimann |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2009.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (517 p.) |
Disciplina | 577.322gerDNB |
Collana | Ecological Studies, Analysis and Synthesis |
Soggetto topico |
Ecology
Plant ecology Forestry Ecosystems Conservation biology Geobiology Ecology Plant Ecology Conservation Biology/Ecology Biogeosciences |
ISBN |
1-282-33117-5
9786612331176 3-540-92706-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Old-Growth Forests: Function, Fate and Value – an Overview -- Old-Growth Forest Definitions: a Pragmatic View -- Old Trees and the Meaning of ‘Old’ -- Aboveground Processes -- Ecophysiological Characteristics of Mature Trees and Stands - Consequences for Old-Growth Forest Productivity -- The Imprint of Species Turnover on Old-Growth Forest Carbon Balances - Insights From a Trait-Based Model of Forest Dynamics -- Functional Relationships Between Old-Growth Forest Canopies, Understorey Light and Vegetation Dynamics -- Biosphere–Atmosphere Exchange of Old-Growth Forests: Processes and Pattern -- Woody Detritus its Contribution to Carbon Dynamics of Old-Growth Forests: the Temporal Context -- Belowground Processes -- Aboveground and Belowground Consequences of Long-Term Forest Retrogression in the Timeframe of Millennia and Beyond -- Rooting Patterns of Old-Growth Forests: is Aboveground Structural and Functional Diversity Mirrored Belowground? -- Soil Carbon Accumulation in Old-Growth Forests -- Is There a Theoretical Limit to Soil Carbon Storage in Old-Growth Forests? A Model Analysis with Contrasting Approaches -- Biomes -- Old-Growth Forests in the Canadian Boreal: the Exception Rather than the Rule? -- Biomass Chronosequences of United States Forests: Implications for Carbon Storage and Forest Management -- Temperate and Boreal Old-Growth Forests: How do Their Growth Dynamics and Biodiversity Differ from Young Stands and Managed Forests? -- Old-Growth Temperate Rainforests of South America: Conservation, Plant–Animal Interactions, and Baseline Biogeochemical Processes -- Tropical Rain Forests as Old-Growth Forests -- Human Dimensions -- Detecting Intact Forests from Space: Hot Spots of Loss, Deforestation and the UNFCCC -- Impacts of Land Use on Habitat Functions of Old-Growth Forests and their Biodiversity -- Old-Growth Forests in the Context of International Environmental Agreements -- Synthesis -- Old-Growth Forests: Function, Fate and Value – a Synthesis. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910777921703321 |
Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2009 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Old-growth forests : function, fate, and value / / Christian Wirth, Gerd Gleixner, Martin Heimann, editors |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2009.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berlin, : Springer, c2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (517 p.) |
Disciplina | 577.322gerDNB |
Altri autori (Persone) |
GleixnerGerd
HeimannMartin <1949-> WirthChristian |
Collana | Ecological studies |
Soggetto topico |
Old growth forest ecology
Old growth forests |
ISBN |
1-282-33117-5
9786612331176 3-540-92706-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Old-Growth Forests: Function, Fate and Value – an Overview -- Old-Growth Forest Definitions: a Pragmatic View -- Old Trees and the Meaning of ‘Old’ -- Aboveground Processes -- Ecophysiological Characteristics of Mature Trees and Stands - Consequences for Old-Growth Forest Productivity -- The Imprint of Species Turnover on Old-Growth Forest Carbon Balances - Insights From a Trait-Based Model of Forest Dynamics -- Functional Relationships Between Old-Growth Forest Canopies, Understorey Light and Vegetation Dynamics -- Biosphere–Atmosphere Exchange of Old-Growth Forests: Processes and Pattern -- Woody Detritus its Contribution to Carbon Dynamics of Old-Growth Forests: the Temporal Context -- Belowground Processes -- Aboveground and Belowground Consequences of Long-Term Forest Retrogression in the Timeframe of Millennia and Beyond -- Rooting Patterns of Old-Growth Forests: is Aboveground Structural and Functional Diversity Mirrored Belowground? -- Soil Carbon Accumulation in Old-Growth Forests -- Is There a Theoretical Limit to Soil Carbon Storage in Old-Growth Forests? A Model Analysis with Contrasting Approaches -- Biomes -- Old-Growth Forests in the Canadian Boreal: the Exception Rather than the Rule? -- Biomass Chronosequences of United States Forests: Implications for Carbon Storage and Forest Management -- Temperate and Boreal Old-Growth Forests: How do Their Growth Dynamics and Biodiversity Differ from Young Stands and Managed Forests? -- Old-Growth Temperate Rainforests of South America: Conservation, Plant–Animal Interactions, and Baseline Biogeochemical Processes -- Tropical Rain Forests as Old-Growth Forests -- Human Dimensions -- Detecting Intact Forests from Space: Hot Spots of Loss, Deforestation and the UNFCCC -- Impacts of Land Use on Habitat Functions of Old-Growth Forests and their Biodiversity -- Old-Growth Forests in the Context of International Environmental Agreements -- Synthesis -- Old-Growth Forests: Function, Fate and Value – a Synthesis. |
Altri titoli varianti | Old growth forests |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910820033203321 |
Berlin, : Springer, c2009 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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