Global Change and Terrestrial Ecosystems in Monsoon Asia

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.

• biosphere
• cyclin
• ecosystem
• ecosystems
• environment
• forest
• species diversity
• terrestrial ecosystem
• terrestrial ecosystems
• vegetation

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