High-Latitude Rainforests and Associated Ecosystems of the West Coast of the Americas

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxiii

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2. Climate, Hydrology, and History

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. North-South Variations in West Coast Hydrometeorological Parameters and Their Significance for Earth Systems

      • Richard G. Lawford

      Pages 3-26

   3. Factors Controlling the Climate of the West Coast of North America

      • G. A. McBean

      Pages 27-41

   4. Sulfur Cycling in Coastal Upwelling Systems and Its Potential Effects on Climate

      • S. Mary P. Benbow

      Pages 42-56

   5. Atmospheric and Geologic Constraints on the Biogeochemistry of North and South American Temperate Rainforests

      • Lars O. Hedin, Eugene D. Hetherington

      Pages 57-74

   6. Past Changes in Climate and Tree Growth in the Western Americas

      • Rosanne D. D’Arrigo, Gordon C. Jacoby

      Pages 75-88

   7. Constraints on Terrestrial Primary Productivity in Temperate Forests Along the Pacific Coast of North and South America

      • R. H. Waring, W. E. Winner

      Pages 89-102

3. Biotic Patterns

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 103-103

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   2. Biodiversity Patterns in Relation to Climate: The Coastal Temperate Rainforests of North America

      • Paul B. Alaback

      Pages 105-133

   3. Phytogeographic Relationships and Regional Richness Patterns of the Cool Temperate Rainforest Flora of Southern South America

      • Mary T. Kalin Arroyo, Magaly Riveros, Alejandro Peñaloza, Lohengrin Cavieres, Ana Maria Faggi

      Pages 134-172

   4. A Comparative Review of Forest Dynamics and Disturbance in the Temperate Rainforests of North and South America

      • Thomas T. Veblen, Paul B. Alaback

      Pages 173-213

   5. Patterns of Terrestrial Vertebrate Diversity in New World Temperate Rainforests

      • Peter L. Meserve

      Pages 214-227

   6. Avian Commuities in Temperate Rainforest of North and South America

      • Mary F. Willson, Toni L. De Santo, Carlos Sabag, Juan J. Armesto

      Pages 228-247

   7. The Importance of Plant-Bird Mutualisms in the Temperate Rainforest of Southern South America

      • Juan J. Armesto, Cecilia Smith-Ramírez, Carlos Sabag

      Pages 248-265

   8. The Temperate Rainforest Lakes of Chile and Canada: Comparative Ecology and Sensitivity to Anthropocentric Change

      • Doris Soto, John G. Stockner

      Pages 266-280

4. Forest System Responses to Human Activities

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 281-281

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   2. Implications of Patch Dynamics for Forested Ecosystems in the Pacific Northwest

      • G. A. Bradshaw, Frederick J. Swanson, Maria R. Fiorella

      Pages 283-305

   3. Assessing and Responding to the Effects of Climate Change on Forest Ecosystems

      • David L. Spittlehouse

      Pages 306-319

   4. A Comparison of the Ecology and Conservation Management of Cool Temperate Rainforest in Tasmania and the Americas

      • Michael J. Brown, Jennifer Read

      Pages 320-341

Regional intercomparisons between ecosystems on different continents can be a powerful tool to better understand the ways in which ecosystems respond to global change. Large areas are often needed to characterize the causal mechanisms governing interactions between ecozones and their environments. Factors such as weather and climate patterns, land-ocean and land-atmosphere interactions all play important roles. As a result of the strong physical north-south symmetry between the western coasts of North and South America, the similarities in climate, coastal oceanography and physiography between these two regions have been extensively documented. High Latitude Rain Forests and Associated Ecosystems of the West Coast of the Americas presents current research on West Coast forest and river ecology, and compares ecosystems of the Pacific Northwest with those of South America.

• Flora
• Rainforest
• atmosphere
• biodiversity
• chemistry
• climate
• conservation
• ecology
• ecosystem
• environment
• forest
• hydrology
• logging
• oceanography
• tree

• Office of Global Programs, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Silver Spring, USA

  Richard G. Lawford

• Laboratory of Ecology, Catholic University, Santiago, Chile

  Eduardo Fuentes

• School of Forestry, Montana Forest and Conservation Experiment Station, University of Montana, Missoula, USA

  Paul B. Alaback

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