Ecology of Mediterranean Evergreen Oak Forests

404 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

1 Introduction.- 1 1 Holm Oak and Holm Oak Forests: An Introduction.- 2 Experimental Areas of Prades and Montseny.- 2 Stand Structure and Dynamics.- 3 Stand Structure, Aboveground Biomass and Production.- 4 Structure and Dynamics of the Root System.- 5 Resprouting Dynamics.- 6 Acorn Ecology.- 7 Seedling Recruitment.- 8 A Model of Stand Dynamics For Holm Oak-Aleppo Pine Forests.- 3 Light Harvesting and Gas Exchange.- 9 Leaf Traits and Canopy Organization.- 10 Gas Exchange and Water Relations.- 11 Modelling Canopy Gas Exchange During Summer Drought.- 12 GOTILWA: An Integrated Model of Water Dynamics and Forest Growth.- 4 Nutrient Cycling at the Stand Level.- 13 Water and Nutrient Limitations to Primary Production.- 14 Precipitation Chemistry and Air Pollution.- 15 Throughfall and Stemflow.- 16 Soil Nitrogen Dynamics.- 17 Soil Water Chemistry.- 18 Nutrient Distribution and Cycling.- 5 Hydrology and Biogeochemistry of Catchments.- 19 Water Balance in Catchments.- 20 Element Budgets in Catchments.- 21 Biogeochemical Models.- 6 Responses to Disturbances.- 22 Soil Fertility After Fire and Clear-Cutting.- 23 Functional Responses to Thinning.- 7 Animals in the Forest: Ecology of Two Main Groups.- 24 Soil Arthropods.- 25 Composition and Dynamics of the Bird Community.

• Reihe: Ecological Studies
• Themen: Mathematik und Naturwissenschaften Biologie, Biowissenschaften Botanik und Pflanzenwissenschaften
• ISBN: 9783642636684
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 01.11.2012
• Größe: 235 x 155 mm
• Verlag: Springer Spektrum
• Herausgegeben von: Ferran Roda, Juan Bellot, Carlos A. Gracia, Javier Retana