Diversity And Interaction In A Temperate Forest Community

Author : Tohru Nakashizuka
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 4431678794
Total Pages : 441 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Diversity and Interaction in a Temperate Forest Community written by Tohru Nakashizuka and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-11-11 with total page 441 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The studies in the Ogawa Forest Reserve (OPR) were initiated by a group of plant ecologists and gradually expanded into a comprehensive project covering various aspects of biology, soil science, and silviculture. The project was integrated as part of the Forest Ecosystem Team under the BIO-COSMOS Program funded by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. As the coordinators of the Forest Ecosystem Team, we are pleased that reports of the long-term studies carried out in the OFR are being published in this first volume on Japanese ecosystems in the Ecological Studies series. Scientists and researchers have made numerous contributions to the field of forest ecology during more than 10 years of studies in the OFR. Two reasons can be cited for the success of the project: scientists from various disciplines concen trated on a single target forest ecosystem, and the research continued over a rela tively long term. It is now recognized that ecological processes include compli cated mechanisms supported by interactions among organisms and large temporal variations. The researchers in the OFR project were motivated by their interest in the history of ecosystems and the interactions of diverse creatures in the forest.

Author : Tohru Nakashizuka
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 4431732381
Total Pages : 87 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sustainability and Diversity of Forest Ecosystems written by Tohru Nakashizuka and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2009-03-12 with total page 87 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Biodiversity is decreasing at the fastest rate in the history of the earth. The sustainable use of ecosystems allowing maintenance of biological diversity is an urgent problem that must be solved. The work featured in this book presents the results achieved by the RIHN project, together with reports on other international activities and related efforts, as ecologists, forestry scientists, environmental economists, and sociologists share in discussions of the issues.

Author : Paul Hanson
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1461300215
Total Pages : 487 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book North American Temperate Deciduous Forest Responses to Changing Precipitation Regimes written by Paul Hanson and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 487 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Large-scale experimentation allows scientists to test the specific responses of ecosystems to changing environmental conditions. Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory together with other Federal and University scientists conducted a large-scale climatic change experiment at the Walker Branch Watershed in Tennessee, a model upland hardwood forest in North America. This volume synthesizes mechanisms of forest ecosystem response to changing hydrologic budgets associated with climatic change drivers. The authors explain the implications of changes at both the plant and stand levels, and they extrapolate the data to ecosystem-level responses, such as changes in nutrient cycling, biodiversity and carbon sequestration. In analyzing data, they also discuss similarities and differences with other temperate deciduous forests. Source data for the experiment has been archived by the authors in the U.S. Department of Energy's Carbon Dioxide Information and Analysis Center (CDIAC) for future analysis and modeling by independent investigators.

Author : J. E. Lambert
Publisher : CABI
ISBN 13 : 9780851990729
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.2X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Seed Fate written by J. E. Lambert and published by CABI. This book was released on 2005 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents current knowledge of seed fate in both natural and human-disturbed landscapes, from various regions of the world. Habitats considered range from mountain and arid deserts in the temperate zone, to savanna and lowland rainforests in tropical regions of the world. Particular attention is paid to plant diversity conservation when seed removal is affected by factors such as hunting, habitat fragmentation or intensive logging. Contributors include leading scientists involved in research on seed ecology and on animal-plant relationships from the perspective of both primary and secondary seed dispersal, and predation.

Author : Oscar van Auken
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 0387340033
Total Pages : 326 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Western North American Juniperus Communities written by Oscar van Auken and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-12-04 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In North America, Juniperus woodlands occupy approximately 55 million hectares, an area larger than the state of Texas. This title addresses various aspects of the biology, ecology, and management of Juniperus woodlands and savannas, synthesizing past and current research findings as well as proposed research. The book provides ecologists, land managers, and foresters with a solid foundation in Juniperus ecosystems, enabling them to manage the communities for maximum sustained productivity and diversity.

Author : Hitoshi Sakio
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9784431767367
Total Pages : 364 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ecology of Riparian Forests in Japan written by Hitoshi Sakio and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2008-08-25 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Riparian forests along streams and rivers are diverse in species, structure, and regeneration processes, and have important ecological functions in maintaining landscape and biodiversity. This book discusses riparian forests from subpolar to warm-temperate zones, covering headwater streams, braided rivers on alluvial fans, and low-gradient meandering rivers. It presents the dynamics and mechanisms that govern the coexistence of riparian tree species, tree demography, the response to water stress of trees, and the conservation of endangered species, and focuses on natural disturbances, life-history strategies, and the ecophysiology of trees. Because many riparian landscapes have been degraded and are disappearing at an alarming rate, the regeneration of the remaining riparian ecosystems is urgent. With contributions by more than 20 experts in diverse fields, this book offers useful information for the conservation, restoration, and rehabilitation of riparian ecosystems that remain in world streams and rivers.

Author : Bruce C. Forbes
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3540313923
Total Pages : 405 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Reindeer Management in Northernmost Europe written by Bruce C. Forbes and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2006-03-09 with total page 405 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The findings presented in this volume represent a concerted effort to develop a more inclusive form of reindeer management for northernmost Europe. Our guiding principle has been to foster a new paradigm of participatory research. We wish to move beyond the historical reliance on western approaches to basic and applied science. These have been concerned prim- ily with interactions between herded animals and the various components of their biophysical environment, e. g. , plants, insects, predators, climate, and others. In our view,sociocultural and economic drivers,along with herders’ experience-based knowledge,gain equal currency in the effort to understand how management may mitigate against the negative aspects of the challenges modern herding faces, while also exploring concepts of sustainability from different perspectives (see also Jernsletten and Klokov 2002; Kankaanpää et al. 2002; Ulvevadet and Klokov 2004). This broadening of the pool of disciplines and local,national,and int- national stakeholders in policy-relevant research invariably complicates v- tually all aspects of the research process. Multidisciplinary or, in our sense, transdisciplinary approaches also require extraordinary effort from all p- ticipants if they are to succeed. As such, those approaches should not be undertaken lightly, nor without personnel who possess appropriate expe- ence in cooperating with those of different disciplines and, preferably, also with relevant practitioners and public social and administrative institutions. In such settings the potential for misunderstandings is quite high.

Author : Holger Schutkowski
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3540313915
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Human Ecology written by Holger Schutkowski and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2006-02-28 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the relationship between cultural strategies and their biological outcomes, combining for the first time an ecosystems approach with cultural anthropological, archaeological and evolutionary behavioural concepts. Beginning with resource use and food procurement behaviour, the text examines major subsistence modes, the circumstances and dynamics of large-scale subsistence change, the effect of social differentiation on resource use and the effects of subsistence behaviour on population development and regulation.

Author : Frans E. Wielgolaski
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3540265953
Total Pages : 379 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Plant Ecology, Herbivory, and Human Impact in Nordic Mountain Birch Forests written by Frans E. Wielgolaski and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2006-01-12 with total page 379 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work analyzes vegetation and soils, and investigates the influence of climate change, insect pests, grazing pressure by sheep and reindeer, construction of roads and other consequences of increasing tourism in the Nordic mountain birch forests.

Author : R. Bargagli
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9783540220916
Total Pages : 430 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Antarctic Ecosystems written by R. Bargagli and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2005 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume provides an overview of climate change data, its effects on the structure and functioning of Antarctic ecosystems, and the occurrence and cycling of persistent contaminants. It discusses the role of Antarctic research for the protection of the global environment. The book also examines possible future scenarios of climate change and the role of Antarctic organisms in the early detection of environmental perturbations.