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High-latitude rainforests and associated ecosystems of the west coast of the Americas : climate, hydrology, ecology, and conservation

Title: High-latitude rainforests and associated ecosystems of the west coast of the Americas : climate, hydrology, ecology, and conservation / Richard G. Lawford, Paul B. Alaback, Eduardo Fuentes, editors.
Publication: New York : Springer, ©1996.

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xxiii, 409 pages : illustrations, maps; 25 cm

Series Statement

Ecological studies ; v. 116

Uniform Title

Ecological studies ; v. 116.

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Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Foreword / Harold A. Mooney -- Introduction / Richard G. Lawford and Paul B. Alaback -- 1. North-South Variations in West Coast Hydrometeorological Parameters and Their Significance for Earth Systems / Richard G. Lawford -- 2. Factors Controlling the Climate of the West Coast of North America / G.A. McBean -- 3. Sulfur Cycling in Coastal Upwelling Systems and Its Potential Effects on Climate / S. Mary P. Benbow -- 4. Atmospheric and Geologic Constraints on the Biogeochemistry of North and South America Temperate Rainforests / Lars O. Hedin and Eugene D. Hetherington -- 5. Past Changes in Climate and Tree Growth in the Western Americas / Rosanne D. D'Arrigo and Gordon C. Jacoby -- 6. Constraints on Terrestrial Primary Productivity in Temperate Forests Along the Pacific Coast of North and South America / R.H. Waring and W.E. Winner -- 7. Biodiversity Patterns in Relation to Climate: The Coastal Temperate Rainforests of North America / Paul B. Alaback -- 8. Phytogeographic Relationships and Regional Richness Patterns of the Cool Temperate Rainforest Flora of Southern South America / Mary T. Kalin Arroyo, Magaly Riveros, Alejandro Penaloza, Lohengrin Cavieres and Ana Maria Faggi -- 9. Comparative Review of Forest Dynamics and Disturbance in the Temperate Rainforest of North and South America / Thomas T. Veblen and Paul B. Alaback -- 10. Patterns of Terrestrial Vertebrate Diversity in New World Temperate Rainforests / Peter L. Meserve -- 11. Avian Communities in Temperate Rainforest of North and South America / Mary F. Willson, Toni L. De Santo, Carlos Sabag and Juan J. Armesto -- 12. Importance of Plant-Bird Mutualisms in the Temperate Rainforests of Southern South America / Juan J. Armesto, C. Smith-Ramirez and Carlos Sabag -- 13. Temperate Rainforest Lakes of Chile and Canada: Comparative Ecology and Sensitivity to Anthropocentric Change / Doris Soto and John G. Stockner
14. Implications of Patch Dynamics for Forested Ecosystems in the Pacific Northwest / G.A. Bradshaw, Frederick J. Swanson and Maria R. Fiorella -- 15. Assessing and Responding to the Effects of Climate Change on Forest Ecosystems / David L. Spittlehouse -- 16. Comparison of the Ecology and Conservation Management of Cool Temperate Rainforest in Tasmania and the Americas / Michael J. Brown and Jennifer Read -- 17. Logging Effects on the Aquatic Ecosystem: A Case Study in the Carnation Creek Experimental Watershed on Canada's West Coast / Eugene D. Hetherington -- 18. Biodiversity of Canadian Forests, with Particular Reference to the West Coast Forests / Timothy J.B. Boyle -- 19. Afterword / Richard G. Lawford and Paul B. Alaback.

ISBN

0387944877
9780387944876
3787944877
9783787944873
9781461284536
1461284538
9781461239703 (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

95005547

OCLC

ocm32013448
32013448
SCSB-9608111

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Princeton University Library