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Adult Mortality Of Chaparral Shrubs Following Severe Drought
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Book Synopsis Adult Mortality of Chaparral Shrubs Following Severe Drought by : William Albertson Stebbins Paddock
Download or read book Adult Mortality of Chaparral Shrubs Following Severe Drought written by William Albertson Stebbins Paddock and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Valuing Chaparral by : Emma C. Underwood
Download or read book Valuing Chaparral written by Emma C. Underwood and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-04-09 with total page 483 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chaparral shrubland ecosystems are an iconic feature of the California landscape, and a highly biodiverse yet highly flammable backdrop to some of the fastest growing urban areas in the United States. Chaparral-type ecosystems are a common element of all of the world’s Mediterranean-type climate regions – of which California is one – yet there is little public appreciation of the intrinsic value and the ecosystem services that these landscapes provide. Valuing Chaparral is a compendium of contributions from experts in chaparral ecology and management, with a focus on the human relationship with chaparral ecosystems. Chapters cover a wide variety of subjects, ranging from biodiversity to ecosystem services like water provision, erosion control, carbon sequestration and recreation; from the history of human interactions with chaparral to current education and conservation efforts; and from chaparral restoration and management to scenarios of the future under changing climate, land use, and human population. Valuing Chaparral will be of interest to resource managers, the research community, policy makers, and the public who live and work in the chaparral dominated landscapes of California and other Mediterranean-type climate regions.
Book Synopsis Regeneration of Chaparral Shrubs After Prescribed Burning by : Bruce Douglas Lampinen
Download or read book Regeneration of Chaparral Shrubs After Prescribed Burning written by Bruce Douglas Lampinen and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Woody Plant Adaptations to Water Stress in Arid Shrub Communities by : Anna Linden Jacobsen
Download or read book Woody Plant Adaptations to Water Stress in Arid Shrub Communities written by Anna Linden Jacobsen and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Invasion in the Chaparral by : Michala Lee Phillips
Download or read book Invasion in the Chaparral written by Michala Lee Phillips and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Global change contributes to drastic shifts in vegetation composition resulting in changes in ecosystem processes across the world. One important example is plant invasion, which often leads to vegetation community type conversion, such as conversion from native shrubland to invasive grassland. Chaparral, California's most pervasive vegetation type, has recently undergone invasion. The shift from evergreen chaparral shrubs to invasive grassland will have cascading effects on ecosystem services. The overarching goal of this research is to understand water use, root and fungal dynamics of invaded chaparral communities that may inform restoration efforts. My first chapter examines how differences in root development relate to soil-water dynamics between a chaparral shrub and an invasive grass. I explored above- and below-ground strategies in concert of a native chaparral shrub and an invasive grass species in southern California using soil moisture sensors, manual minirhizotron imagery, stable isotopes, sap flux sensors and normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI). I found that the invasive grass species depleted soil moisture and produced longer roots earlier than the native shrub. Depletion of soil moisture earlier by E. calycina suggests that invasive grasses could accelerate the onset of the summer drought in chaparral systems, assuring their persistence following invasion. My second chapter examines how invasion and nitrogen deposition structure composition of fungal communities. I found that invasive grasses had a lower richness and relative abundance of symbiotic fungi compared to native shrubs. My third chapter explores how invasive-conditioned soils affect the growth of chaparral shrub seedlings and associated fungal communities and I found that native inoculation produced a more diverse fungal symbiont community. Chapter four aims to detect if invasive grass water-use strategies are detrimental to shrub seedling success, and found that invasive removal positively affected the establishment of native shrub seedlings and seedling mortality, which increased alongside invasive cover. Overall, my dissertation demonstrates that competition between invasive and native plants as well as shifts in fungal communities contributes to invasive grass persistence and shows how joining tools and perspectives from diverse fields can provide a holistic look at system responses to change.
Book Synopsis The Ecological Importance of Mixed-Severity Fires by : Dominick A. DellaSala
Download or read book The Ecological Importance of Mixed-Severity Fires written by Dominick A. DellaSala and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2015-06-08 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Ecological Importance of High-Severity Fires, presents information on the current paradigm shift in the way people think about wildfire and ecosystems. While much of the current forest management in fire-adapted ecosystems, especially forests, is focused on fire prevention and suppression, little has been reported on the ecological role of fire, and nothing has been presented on the importance of high-severity fire with regards to the maintenance of native biodiversity and fire-dependent ecosystems and species. This text fills that void, providing a comprehensive reference for documenting and synthesizing fire's ecological role. Offers the first reference written on mixed- and high-severity fires and their relevance for biodiversity Contains a broad synthesis of the ecology of mixed- and high-severity fires covering such topics as vegetation, birds, mammals, insects, aquatics, and management actions Explores the conservation vs. public controversy issues around megafires in a rapidly warming world
Book Synopsis The Biology of Mediterranean-type Ecosystems by : Karen J. Esler
Download or read book The Biology of Mediterranean-type Ecosystems written by Karen J. Esler and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a concise but comprehensive introduction to Mediterranean-type ecosystems with the emphasis being on the organisms that dominate these regions although their management, conservation, and restoration will also be considered.
Download or read book General Technical Report PSW. written by and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 734 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Proceedings of the Symposium on Dynamics and Management of Mediterranean-Type Ecosystems by :
Download or read book Proceedings of the Symposium on Dynamics and Management of Mediterranean-Type Ecosystems written by and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 684 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book American Journal of Botany written by and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 502 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Ecosystems of California by : Harold Mooney
Download or read book Ecosystems of California written by Harold Mooney and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2016-01-19 with total page 1008 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This long-anticipated reference and sourcebook for CaliforniaÕs remarkable ecological abundance provides an integrated assessment of each major ecosystem typeÑits distribution, structure, function, and management. A comprehensive synthesis of our knowledge about this biologically diverse state, Ecosystems of California covers the state from oceans to mountaintops using multiple lenses: past and present, flora and fauna, aquatic and terrestrial, natural and managed. Each chapter evaluates natural processes for a specific ecosystem, describes drivers of change, and discusses how that ecosystem may be altered in the future. This book also explores the drivers of CaliforniaÕs ecological patterns and the history of the stateÕs various ecosystems, outlining how the challenges of climate change and invasive species and opportunities for regulation and stewardship could potentially affect the stateÕs ecosystems. The text explicitly incorporates both human impacts and conservation and restoration efforts and shows how ecosystems support human well-being. Edited by two esteemed ecosystem ecologists and with overviews by leading experts on each ecosystem, this definitive work will be indispensable for natural resource management and conservation professionals as well as for undergraduate or graduate students of CaliforniaÕs environment and curious naturalists.
Book Synopsis Proceedings of the Fourth Conference on Research in California's National Parks by :
Download or read book Proceedings of the Fourth Conference on Research in California's National Parks written by and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis North American Terrestrial Vegetation by : Michael G. Barbour
Download or read book North American Terrestrial Vegetation written by Michael G. Barbour and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 622 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This second edition provides extensively expanded coverage of North American vegetation from arctic tundra to tropical forests.
Book Synopsis Ecology of World Vegetation by : O.W. Archibold
Download or read book Ecology of World Vegetation written by O.W. Archibold and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ecology of world vegetation is described in numer all of the drafting and photographic work. They have ous books and journals, but these are usually very spe spent many hours on this project and their care and skill cialized in their scope and treatment. This book provides is reflected in the consistently high quality of the illus a synthesis of this literature. A brief introductory chap trations throughout the book. Many friends and col ter outlines general ecological concepts and subsequent leagues have provided photographs. It has not been chapters examine the form and function of the major possible to include all of them, but the 'global' perspect biomes of the world. A similar organization has been ive of the book has been greatly enhanced in this way. used for each biome type. These chapters begin with a I wish to thank them all for the time and trouble they description of environmental conditions and a brief have taken to supply this material. I must also thank account of floristic diversity in a regional context. The Mary Dykes and the staff of the interlibrary loans de remaining pages describe characteristic adaptations and partment of the Library, University of Saskatchewan, ecosystem processes. for their unfailing ability to get even the most obscure Although there is a rapidly growing literature on eco references.
Download or read book Ecology Abstracts written by and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 612 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Coverage: 1982- current; updated: monthly. This database covers current ecology research across a wide range of disciplines, reflecting recent advances in light of growing evidence regarding global environmental change and destruction. Major ares of subject coverage include: Algae/lichens, Animals, Annelids, Aquatic ecosystems, Arachnids, Arid zones, Birds, Brackish water, Bryophytes/pteridophytes, Coastal ecosystems, Conifers, Conservation, Control, Crustaceans, Ecosyst em studies, Fungi, Grasses, Grasslands, High altitude environments, Human ecology, Insects, Legumes, Mammals, Management, Microorganisms, Molluscs, Nematodes, Paleo-ecology, Plants, Pollution studies, Reptiles, River basins, Soil, TAiga/tundra, Terrestrial ecosystems, Vertebrates, Wetlands, Woodlands.
Book Synopsis Plant Response to Stress by : John D. Tenhunen
Download or read book Plant Response to Stress written by John D. Tenhunen and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-06-29 with total page 650 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is dedicated to international cooperation, understanding and peace. It is the end result of several years of cooperative work between scientists of three countries: the United States, Germany, and Portugal. The work presented, however, draws from a much broader base, hopefully achieving the objective of NATO Advanced Research Workshops, which have been established to allow and stimulate the exchange of new ideas and the synthesis of information by scientists of NATO countries. The tasks of the workshop were several; to review established methodologies that have provided insight into ecosystem function and adaptations of plants in mediterranean climate zones; to examine new methodologies that have recently been applied in ecological studies and have provided new types of information; to summarize recent studies in mediterranean regions of plant water relations, photosynthesis and production, mineral nutrition, plant growth and development, and response to fire; to stimulate in particular an exchange of information among scientists of European Mediterranean countries; and to discuss means by which all of these objectives might be even more effectively achieved in the future through cooperative international research efforts. This variety of themes is clearly evident in the layout of the book. Held in Sesimbra, Portugal in October of 1985, the workshop took place in a ..
Book Synopsis The California Chaparral by : Sterling C. Keeley
Download or read book The California Chaparral written by Sterling C. Keeley and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
