Title: Forest ecosystems /
Authors: Perry, David A.; Oren, Ram, 1952-; Hart, Stephen C., 1961-
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press,
Year: 2008
Subjects: Forest ecology
Abstract: "This acclaimed textbook is the most comprehensive available in the field of forest ecology. Designed for advanced students of forest science, ecology, and environmental studies, it is also an essential reference for forest ecologists, foresters, and land managers. The authors provide an inclusive survey of boreal, temperate, and tropical forests with an emphasis on ecological concepts across scales that range from global to landscape to microscopic. Situating forests in the context of larger landscapes, they reveal the complex patterns and processes observed in tree-dominated habitats."--Publisher's description.
Contents: Introduction -- Basic terminology and concepts -- Forests as part of the global ecosystem -- Major forest types and their climatic controls -- Local variation in community type: the landscape mosaic -- Change in time: an overview -- Disturbance in forest ecosystems -- Patterns and mechanisms of succession -- The structure of local ecosystems -- How biodiversity is created and maintained -- The biological web: interactions among species -- Size-density relationships in forests over time and across space -- Genetic and evolutionary aspects of species interactions -- Soil: the fundamental resource -- Primary productivity -- Forest nutrition -- Biogeochemical cycling: nutrient inputs to and losses from local ecosystems -- Biogeochemical cycling: the intrasystem cycle -- Herbivores in forest ecosystems -- Ecosystem stability I: introduction and case studies -- Ecosystem stability II: the role of biodiversity -- Ecosystem stability III: conserving species -- The future.