Research Catalog

Title

Fire, climate change, and carbon cycling in the boreal forest / Eric S. Kasischke, Brian J. Stocks, editors.

Publication

New York : Springer, [2000], ©2000.

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Additional Authors

• Kasischke, Eric S.
• Stocks, Brian J.

Description

xv, 461 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps (some color); 24 cm.

Series Statement

Ecological studies ; vol. 138

Uniform Title

Ecological studies ; v. 138.

Subject

• Fire ecology > Congresses
• Climatic changes > Congresses
• Carbon cycle (Biogeochemistry) > Congresses
• Taiga ecology > Congresses

Note

• Based on papers from a workshop held in Fairbanks, Alaska, Sept. 11-14, 1995; with other contributed papers.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• Introduction / Eric S. Kasischke and Brian J. Stocks -- Information Requirements and Fire Management and Policy Issues / Brian J. Stocks and Eric S. Kasischke -- Boreal Ecosystems in the Global Carbon Cycle / Eric S. Kasischke -- Boreal Forest Fire Emissions and the Chemistry of the Atmosphere / Joel S. Levine and Wesley R. Cofer III -- Eurasian Perspective of Fire: Dimension, Management, Policies, and Scientific Requirements / Johann G. Goldammer and Brian J. Stocks -- Fire Management in the Boreal Forests of Canada / Paul C. Ward and William Mawdsley -- Effects of Climate Change on Management and Policy: Mitigation Options in the North American Boreal Forest / Perry Grissom, Martin E. Alexander and Brad Cella / [et al.] -- Processes Influencing Carbon Cycling in the North American Boreal Forest / Eric S. Kasischke --
• Distribution of Forest Ecosystems and the Role of Fire in the North American Boreal Region / Laura L. Bourgeau-Chavez, Martin E. Alexander and Brian J. Stocks / [et al.] -- Extent, Distribution, and Ecological Role of Fire in Russian Forests / Anatoly Z. Shvidenko and Sten Nilsson -- Long-Term Perspectives on Fire-Climate-Vegetation Relationships in the North American Boreal Forest / Ian D. Campbell and Michael D. Flannigan -- Controls on Patterns of Biomass Burning in Alaskan Boreal Forests / Eric S. Kasischke, Katherine P. O'Neill and Nancy H.F. French / [et al.] -- Postfire Stimulation of Microbial Decomposition in Black Spruce (Picea mariana L.) Forest Soils: A Hypothesis / Daniel D. Richter, Katherine P. O'Neill and Eric S. Kasischke -- Influence of Fire on Long-Term Patterns of Forest Succession in Maskan Boreal Forests / Eric S. Kasischke, Nancy H. F. French and Katherine P. O'Neill / [et al.] --
• Spatial Data Sets for the Analysis of Carbon Dynamics in Boreal Forests / Eric S. Kasischke and Brian J. Stocks -- Carbon Storage in the Asian Boreal Forests of Russia / Vladislav A. Alexeyev, Richard A. Birdsey and Victor D. Stakanov / [et al.] -- Characteristics of Forest Ecozones in the North American Boreal Region / Laura L. Bourgeau-Chavez, Eric S. Kasischke and James P. Mudd / [et al.] -- Historical Fire Records in the North American Boreal Forest / Peter J. Murphy, James P. Mudd and Brian J. Stocks / [et al.] -- Fire and the Carbon Budget of Russian Forests / Anatoly Z. Shvidenko and Sten Nilsson -- Using Visible and Near-infrared Satellite Imagery to Monitor Boreal Forests / Frank J. Ahem, Helmut Epp and Donald R. Cahoon, Jr. / [et al.] -- Monitoring Boreal Forests by Using Imaging Radars / Eric S. Kasischke, Laura L. Bourgeau-Chavez and Nancy H. F. French / [et al.] --
• Modeling of Fire and Ecosystem Processes and the Effects of Climate Change on Carbon Cycling in Boreal Forests / Eric S. Kasischke and Brian J. Stocks -- Modeling of Fire Occurrence in the Boreal Forest Region of Canada / Kerry Anderson, David L. Martell and Michael D. Flannigan / [et al.] -- Climate Change and Forest Fire Activity in North American Boreal Forests / Brian J. Stocks, Michael A. Fosberg and Michael B. Wotton / [et al.] -- Carbon Release from Fires in the North American Boreal Forest / Nancy H. F. French, Eric S. Kasischke and Brian J. Stocks / [et al.] -- Ecological Models of the Dynamics of Boreal Landscapes / Herman H. Shugart, Donald F. Clark and Amber J. Hill -- Using Satellite Data to Monitor Fire-Related Processes in Boreal Forests / Eric S. Kasischke, Nancy H. F. French and Laura L. Bourgeau-Chavez / [et al.] --
• Influences of Fire and Climate Change on Patterns of Carbon Emissions in Boreal Peatlands / Leslie A. Morrissey, Gerald P. Livingston and Steven C. Zoltai -- Effects of Climate Change and Fire on Carbon Storage in North American Boreal Forests / Eric S. Kasischke.

ISBN

0387988904 (alk. paper)

LCCN

99016556

OCLC

ocm41540138

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries