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Physiological Ecology of the Alpine Timberline

Author : W. Tranquillini
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3642671071
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (426 download)

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Download or read book Physiological Ecology of the Alpine Timberline written by W. Tranquillini and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the European Alps the importance of forests as protection against ava lanches and soil erosion is becoming ever clearer with the continuing increase in population and development of tourism. The protective potential of the moun tain forests can currently only be partially realised because a considerable propor tion of high-altitude stands has been destroyed in historical times by man's extensive clearing ofthe forests. The forests still remaining are of limited effec tiveness, due to inadequate density of trees and over-maturity. Considerable efforts, however, are now being made in the Alps and other mountains of the globe to increase the high-altitude forested area through reforestation, to raise depressed timberlines, and to restore remaining protection forests using suit able silvicultural methods to their full protective value. This momentous task, if it is to be successful, must be planned on a sound foundation. An important prerequisite is the assembly of scientific facts con cerning the physical environment in the protection forest zone of mountains, and the course of various life processes of tree species occurring there. Since the introduction of practical field techniques it has been possible to investigate successfully the reaction of trees at various altitudes to recorded factors, and the extent to which they are adapted to the measured situations. Such ecophysio logical studies enable us to recognize the site requirements for individual tree species, and the reasons for the limits of their natural distribution.

Trees at their Upper Limit

Author : Gerhard Wieser
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1402050747
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book Trees at their Upper Limit written by Gerhard Wieser and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-05-15 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The product of decades of intensive research into alpine timberlines, this book presents a complete synthesis of current knowledge on the ecophysiology of tree growth and survival on high mountains in Europe. Amid growing realization that high elevation forests have a crucial role to play in protection against natural hazards, this book sets a new standard for research on the ecophysiology of trees growing at the alpine timberline.

Alpine Treelines

Author : Christian Körner
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3034803966
Total Pages : 229 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (348 download)

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Download or read book Alpine Treelines written by Christian Körner and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-05-26 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alpine treelines mark the low-temperature limit of tree growth and occur in mountains world-wide. Presenting a companion to his book Alpine Plant Life, Christian Körner provides a global synthesis of the treeline phenomenon from sub-arctic to equatorial latitudes and a functional explanation based on the biology of trees. The comprehensive text approaches the subject in a multi-disciplinary way by exploring forest patterns at the edge of tree life, tree morphology, anatomy, climatology and, based on this, modelling treeline position, describing reproduction and population processes, development, phenology, evolutionary aspects, as well as summarizing evidence on the physiology of carbon, water and nutrient relations, and stress physiology. It closes with an account on treelines in the past (palaeo-ecology) and a section on global change effects on treelines, now and in the future. With more than 100 illustrations, many of them in colour, the book shows alpine treelines from around the globe and offers a wealth of scientific information in the form of diagrams and tables.

The Physiological Ecology of Woody Plants

Author : Theodore T. Kozlowski
Publisher : Academic Press
ISBN 13 : 0323138004
Total Pages : 678 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (231 download)

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Book Synopsis The Physiological Ecology of Woody Plants by : Theodore T. Kozlowski

Download or read book The Physiological Ecology of Woody Plants written by Theodore T. Kozlowski and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2012-12-02 with total page 678 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The efficient management of trees and other woody plants can be improved given an understanding of the physiological processes that control growth, the complex environmental factors that influence those processes, and our ability to regulate and maintain environmental conditions that facilitate growth. - Emphasizes genetic and environmental interactions that influence woody plant growth - Outlines responses of individual trees and tree communities to environmental stress - Explores cultural practices useful for efficient management of shade, forest, and fruit trees, woody vines, and shrubs

Forest Development in Cold Climates

Author : John Alden
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1489916008
Total Pages : 565 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (899 download)

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Download or read book Forest Development in Cold Climates written by John Alden and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-06-29 with total page 565 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As forests decline in temperate and tropical climates, highly-developed countries and those striving for greater economic and social benefits are beginning to utilize marginal forests of high-latitude and mountainous regions for resources to satisfy human needs. The benefits of marginal forests range from purely aesthetic to providing resources for producing many goods and services demanded by a growing world population. Increased demands for forest resources and amenities and recent warming of high latitude climates have generated interest in reforestation and afforestation of marginal habitats in cold regions. Afforestation of treeless landscapes improves the environment for human habitation and provides for land use and economic prosperity. Trees are frequently planted in cold climates to rehabilitate denuded sites, for the amenity of homes and villages, and for wind shelter, recreation, agroforestry, and industrial uses. In addition, forests in cold climates reduce the albedo of the earth's surface in winter, and in summer they are small but significant long-lived sinks for atmospheric carbon dioxide. Finally, growth and reproductive success of forests at their geographic limits are sensitive indices of climatic change. As efforts to adapt forests to cold climates increase, however, new afforestation problems arise and old ones intensify. Austral, northern, and altitudinal tree limits are determined by many different factors. Current hypotheses for high-latitude tree limits are based on low growing-season temperatures that inhibit plant development and reproduction.

Physiological Ecology of North American Plant Communities

Author : Brain F. Chabot
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9400948301
Total Pages : 704 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (9 download)

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Book Synopsis Physiological Ecology of North American Plant Communities by : Brain F. Chabot

Download or read book Physiological Ecology of North American Plant Communities written by Brain F. Chabot and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 704 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although, as W.D. Billings notes in his chapter in this book. the development of physiological ecology can be traced back to the very beginnings of the study of ecology it is clear that the modern development of this field in North America is due in the large part to the efforts of Billings alone. The foundation that Billings laid in the late 1950s came from his own studies on deserts and subsequently arctic and alpine plants, and also from his enormous success in instilling enthusiasm for the field in the numerous students attracted to the plant ecology program at Duke University. Billings' own studies provided the model for subsequent work in this field. Physiological techniques. normally confined to the laboratory. were brought into the field to examine processes under natural environmental conditions. These field studies were accompanied by experiments under controlled conditions where the relative impact of various factors could be assessed and further where genetic as opposed to environmental influences could be separated. This blending of field and laboratory approaches promoted the design of experiments which were of direct relevance to understanding the distribution and abundance of plants in nature. Physiological mechanisms were studied and assessed in the context of the functioning of plants under natural conditions rather than as an end in itself.

Water and Plant Life

Author : O.L. Lange
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3642664296
Total Pages : 554 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (426 download)

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Download or read book Water and Plant Life written by O.L. Lange and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 554 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Physiological Plant Ecology

Author : Walter Larcher
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9783540435167
Total Pages : 540 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (351 download)

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Download or read book Physiological Plant Ecology written by Walter Larcher and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2003-01-22 with total page 540 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With contributions by numerous experts.

Ecosystem Ecology

Author : Sven Erik Jørgensen
Publisher : Academic Press
ISBN 13 : 0444534679
Total Pages : 537 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (445 download)

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Download or read book Ecosystem Ecology written by Sven Erik Jørgensen and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2009-07-25 with total page 537 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jorgensen's Ecosystem Ecology provides a thorough and comprehensive overview of the world's aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems. This derivative volume based on the best-selling Encyclopedia of Ecology (published 2008) is the only book currently published that provides an overview of the world's ecosystems in a concise format. - Provides an overview of the world's ecosystems in a concise format - Covers aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems - Based on the best-selling Encyclopedia of Ecology - Full-color figures and tables support the text and aid in understanding

Applications of Physiological Ecology to Forest Management

Author : J. J. Landsberg
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 0080527388
Total Pages : 371 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (85 download)

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Download or read book Applications of Physiological Ecology to Forest Management written by J. J. Landsberg and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 1997-01-08 with total page 371 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Forest management is a complex process that now incorporates information obtained from many sources. It is increasingly obvious that the physiological status of the trees in a forest has a dramatic impact on the likely success of any particular management strategy. Indeed, models described in this book that deal with forest productivity and sustainability require physiological information. This information can only be obtained from an understanding of the basic biological mechanisms and processes that contribute to individual tree growth. This valuable book illustrates that physiological ecology is a fundamental element of proficient forest management. - Provides essential information relevant to the continuing debate over sustainable forest management - Outlines how modern tools for physiological ecology can be used in planning and managing forest ecosystems - Reviews the most commonly used forest models and assesses their value and future

Life in the Cold

Author : Peter J. Marchand
Publisher : UPNE
ISBN 13 : 1611681472
Total Pages : 408 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (116 download)

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Download or read book Life in the Cold written by Peter J. Marchand and published by UPNE. This book was released on 2000-10-03 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A third edition of a classic work on cold climate ecosystems, updated with a new chapter on mammals and birds.

Mountain Ecosystems

Author : Gabriele Broll
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3540273654
Total Pages : 364 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (42 download)

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Download or read book Mountain Ecosystems written by Gabriele Broll and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2006-01-16 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume focuses on interaction between vegetation, relief, climate, soil and fauna in the treeline ecotone, and the effects of climate change and land use in North America and Europe.

Trees in a Changing Environment

Author : Michael Tausz
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 9401791007
Total Pages : 293 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book Trees in a Changing Environment written by Michael Tausz and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-08-26 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book delivers current state-of-the-science knowledge of tree ecophysiology, with particular emphasis on adaptation to a novel future physical and chemical environment. Unlike the focus of most books on the topic, this considers air chemistry changes (O3, NOx, and N deposition) in addition to elevated CO2 effects and its secondary effects of elevated temperature. The authors have addressed two systems essential for plant life: water handling capacity from the perspective of water transport; the coupling of xylem and phloem water potential and flow; water and nutrition uptake via likely changes in mycorrhizal relationships; control of water loss via stomata and its retention via cellular regulation; and within plant carbon dynamics from the perspective of environmental limitations to growth, allocation to defences, and changes in partitioning to respiration. The authors offer expert knowledge and insight to develop likely outcomes within the context of many unknowns. We offer this comprehensive analysis of tree responses and their capacity to respond to environmental changes to provide a better insight in understanding likelihood for survival, as well as planning for the future with long-lived, stationary organisms adapted to the past: trees.

Ecology of the Northern Lowland Bogs and Conifer Forests

Author : James A. Larsen
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 1483269868
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (832 download)

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Book Synopsis Ecology of the Northern Lowland Bogs and Conifer Forests by : James A. Larsen

Download or read book Ecology of the Northern Lowland Bogs and Conifer Forests written by James A. Larsen and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2013-10-22 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ecology of the Northern Lowland Bogs and Conifer Forests is a book on the ecology of bogs and conifer swamps and, to some extent, the marshlands. The chapters that follow are, for the most part, a review of what is known about the northern bogs and lowland forests, written in the terminology of science in the hope, as well as the expectation, that such knowledge will be of value to those who appreciate the beauty of bogs and marshlands, to ecologists and other biological scientists, naturalists, wildlife conservationists, hunters, trappers, construction engineers, as well as to others whose vocations or avocations take them afield. The discussion is devoted, at least primarily, to the ecology of one kind of wetland—the lowland bogs and conifer forests—and treats only in passing the marshlands and other kinds of vegetational communities that are also classified as wetlands. Of particular concern are the lowland peat bogs and forests, especially those that have developed to a point where their identity is indisputable for the simple reason that no other review of accumulated knowledge on these vegetational communities is presently available.

The Northern Forest Border in Canada and Alaska

Author : James A. Larsen
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1461387914
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (613 download)

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Download or read book The Northern Forest Border in Canada and Alaska written by James A. Larsen and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is enough to work on the assumption that all of the details matter in the end, in some unknown but vital way. Edward O. Wilson, Biophilia Advances in knowledge of northern ecology have been so rapid that to undertake a synthesis of all the literature now available would be a major enterprise, perhaps even a life's work, and so it must be considered permissible to fill in a few gaps, follow one's own inclinations, leaving comprehensive syntheses to those willing to undertake them. This is the rubric under which I have written, reporting some of the more interesting data I and others have obtained over the years, often diverging into discussions of plants, soils, climate, and faunal relationships which have perhaps not previously been dealt with extensively, or at least in quite the same way. This is purely intentional, since I find it difficult to summon up the needed enthusiasm, at this late hour, to write on topics which unfortunately for me have little attraction. I have thus written for the pleasure derived from depicting, perhaps at times as something of an impressionist, a fascinating biotic region, a captivating land, a collection of interesting ecological problems, environmental relationships to be discerned in part, perhaps understood to some small degree, perhaps one day to be modeled mathematically. As Leo Szilard once wrote: ': . . to be able to say even this much might be of some value" (Szilard, 1960).

Mountain Environments in Changing Climates

Author : Martin Beniston
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134852355
Total Pages : 528 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (348 download)

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Download or read book Mountain Environments in Changing Climates written by Martin Beniston and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2002-11-01 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Home to large numbers of people, sources of water, centres of tourism, and sensitive ecological zones, mountain environments share distinctive climactic characteristics. Once regarded as economically non-viable regions, mountains now attract major investment as sites of tourism, hydro-power and communication routes. This book brings together some of the current work on the physical and human ecology of mountain environments, the impacts of climate change, the processes involved and their observation and prediction.

Response of Plants to Multiple Stresses

Author : William E. Winner
Publisher : Academic Press
ISBN 13 : 0080924832
Total Pages : 438 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book Response of Plants to Multiple Stresses written by William E. Winner and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2012-12-02 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents a whole-plant perspective on plant integrated responses to multiple stresses, including an analysis of how plants have evolved growth forms and phenological responses to cope with changing stress patterns in natural environments. - Explores stress responses at both the structural and process levels - Outlines structural, phenological, and physiological responses that optimize production under multiple stresses - Combines physiological and evolutionary perspectives