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Global Change and Terrestrial Ecosystems in Monsoon Asia

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Editors:
  1. T. Hirose
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Part of the book series: Tasks for Vegetation Science (TAVS, volume 33)

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Table of contents (16 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-2
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  2. Latitudinal comparison of altitudinal changes in forest structure, leaf-type, and species richness in humid monsoon Asia

    • M. Ohsawa
    Pages 3-10

  3. The boreal forests of north-eastern Eurasia

    • S. Yu. Grishin
    Pages 11-21

  4. Composition, dynamics and disturbance regime of temperate deciduous forests in Monsoon Asia

    • Tohru Nakashizuka, Shigeo Iida
    Pages 23-30

  5. Tropical seasonal forests in monsoon Asia: With emphasis on continental southeast Asia

    • Niwat Ruangpanit
    Pages 31-40

  6. Human impacts on tropical forest dynamics

    • Soedarsono Riswan, Lies Hartanti
    Pages 41-52

  7. Terrestrial transects for global change research

    • George W. Koch, Peter M. Vitousek, William L. Steffen, Brian H. Walker
    Pages 53-65

  8. Temperature effects on the photosynthetic response of C3 plants to long-term CO2 enrichment

    • R. F. Sage, J. Santrucek, D. J. Grise
    Pages 67-77

  9. Environmental regulation of surface conductance for evaporation from vegetation

    • E.-D. Schulze, R. Leuning, F. M. Kelliher
    Pages 79-87

  10. The basis for variation in leaf longevity of plants

    • Kihachiro Kikuzawa
    Pages 89-100

  11. Factors determining distributions of tree species and plant functional types

    • Elgene O. Box
    Pages 101-116

  12. A size-distribution-based model of forest dynamics along a latitudinal environmental gradient

    • Takashi Kohyama, Nanako Shigesada
    Pages 117-126

  13. Maintenance of forest species diversity and latitudinal gradient

    • Yoh Iwasa, Takuya Kubo, Kazunori Sato
    Pages 127-134

  14. A role-type model (rope) and its application in assessing climate change impacts on forest landscapes

    • Guofan Shao, HermanH Shugart, ThomasM Smith
    Pages 135-146

  15. Simulation of Soil Carbon Cycling and Carbon Balance Following Clear-Cutting in A Mid-Temperate Forest and Contribution to the Sink of Atmospheric CO2

    • KaneyukiNakane Nam-JuuLee
    Pages 147-156

  16. The role of temperate trees and forests in CO2 fixation

    • Paul G. Jarvis
    Pages 157-174

  17. Contribution of Monsoon Asia to the carbon budget of the biosphere, past and future

    • Gerd Esser
    Pages 175-188

  18. Back Matter

    Pages 189-191
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Forest vegetation is distributed in monsoon Asia continuously from boreal forests through temperate to tropical rain forests. This vegetation - the richest in the world - is being subjected to global change on an unprecedented scale. It has been predicted that boreal forests will experience the most significant change in response to global warming, while tropical forests are endangered by rapid changes in land use due to high population pressure. An increase in atmospheric CO2 concentration will severely affect ecosystem function in this area. This volume presents a review of terrestrial ecosystems in monsoon Asia and assesses possible effects of global change on the structure and function of forest ecosystems and feedback routes to the global carbon cycle.
Audience: Vital reading for plant ecologists, vegetation scientists, environmental managers and government decision makers.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Global Change and Terrestrial Ecosystems in Monsoon Asia

  • Editors: T. Hirose, B. H. Walker

  • Series Title: Tasks for Vegetation Science

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-0343-5

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Kluwer Academic Publishers 1996

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-3686-0Published: 31 January 1996

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-4152-2Published: 22 November 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-011-0343-5Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0167-9406

  • Series E-ISSN: 1875-130X

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: III, 191

  • Topics: Plant Sciences, Applied Ecology, Forestry, Ecology, Environmental Management, Plant Ecology

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