Forest Ecosystems in the Alaskan Taiga - A Synthesis of Structure and Function (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1986)

The information presented in this book is the result of combined research efforts of scientists at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks, the Institute of Northern Forestry, USDA Forest Service, and the Systems Ecology Research Group, San Diego State University. The objective of the volume is to present a synthetic overview of structure and function of taiga forest ecosystems in interior Alaska. The data base for this work has appeared in earlier published articles including the special issue of the Canadian Journal of Forest Research Volume 13:5 (1983). Stimulus for this book was a conference held in Fairbanks from June 10-14, 1983. The papers presented at the conference were fore runners of the chapters in this book. We invited 19 scientists from North America and England to critique our research and synthesis efforts. Six of these people were asked to write introductory chapters for each section of the book. Formal presentation sessions, combined with field trips to research sites, introduced the invitees to the primary and secondary successional ecosystems with which we were dealing. A major wildfire, only 24 km from the University campus, was contained the week prior to the conference and one field trip provided graphic evidence of fire impact in subarctic forests. The conference conveners regretted that it was not possible to host a similar meeting during synthesis efforts in mid-January."

General

Imprint:	Springer-Verlag New York
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Ecological Studies, 57
Release date:	November 2011
First published:	1986
Editors:	K. Van Cleve
Contributors:	V Alexander • J.M. Anderson
Editors:	F S III Chapin
Contributors:	M M Billington
Editors:	P W Flanagan
Contributors:	J P Byrant
Editors:	L a Viereck
Contributors:	F S III Chapin
Editors:	C.T Dyrness
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 13mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	230
Edition:	Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1986
ISBN-13:	978-1-4612-9353-8
Categories:	Books > Professional & Technical > Agriculture & farming > Agricultural science Books > Professional & Technical > Agriculture & farming > Forestry & silviculture: practice & techniques Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Life sciences: general issues > Ecological science, the Biosphere Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Botany & plant sciences > General
LSN:	1-4612-9353-7
Barcode:	9781461293538

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