Alaska's Changing Boreal Forest

• Main Authors: Chapin, F. Stuart (Francis Stuart), III
• Format: eBook Book
• Language: English
• Published: United Kingdom Oxford University Press 2006; Oxford University Press, Incorporated
• Edition: 1
• Series: Long-Term Ecological Research Network series
• Subjects: Alaska; Biology; Forest dynamics; Taiga ecology; Taiga ecology > Alaska; Alaska

The boreal forest is the northern-most woodland biome, whose natural history is rooted in the influence of low temperature and high-latitude.Alaska's boreal forest is now warming as rapidly as the rest of Earth, providing an unprecedented look at how this cold-adapted, fire-prone forest adjusts...

Table of Contents:

• Intro -- Contents -- Contributors -- Part I: Alaska's Past and Present Environment -- 1. The Conceptual Basis of LTER Studies in the Alaskan Boreal Forest -- 2. Regional Overview of Interior Alaska -- 3. State Factor Control of Soil Formation in Interior Alaska -- 4. Climate and Permafrost Dynamics of the Alaskan Boreal Forest -- 5. Holocene Development of the Alaskan Boreal Forest -- Part II: Forest Dynamics -- 6. Floristic Diversity and Vegetation Distribution in the Alaskan Boreal Forest -- 7. Successional Processes in the Alaskan Boreal Forest -- 8. Mammalian Herbivore Population Dynamics in the Alaskan Boreal Forest -- 9. Dynamics of Phytophagous Insects and Their Pathogens in Alaskan Boreal Forests -- 10. Running Waters of the Alaskan Boreal Forest -- Part III: Ecosystem Dynamics -- 11. Controls over Forest Production in Interior Alaska -- 12. The Role of Fine Roots in the Functioning of Alaskan Boreal Forests -- 13. Mammalian Herbivory, Ecosystem Engineering, and Ecological Cascades in Alaskan Boreal Forests -- 14. Microbial Processes in the Alaskan Boreal Forest -- 15. Patterns of Biogeochemistry in Alaskan Boreal Forests -- Part IV: Changing Regional Processes -- 16. Watershed Hydrology and Chemistry in the Alaskan Boreal Forest: The Central Role of Permafrost -- 17. Fire Trends in the Alaskan Boreal Forest -- 18. Timber Harvest in Interior Alaska -- 19. Climate Feedbacks in the Alaskan Boreal Forest -- 20. Communication of Alaskan Boreal Science with Broader Communities -- 21. Summary and Synthesis: Past and Future Changes in the Alaskan Boreal Forest -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y