Physical and Physiological Forest Ecology

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Hari, Pertti (Editor), Heliövaara, Kari (Editor), Kulmala, Liisa (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Subjects: Environment.; Science.; Atmospheric sciences.; Ecology.; Zoology.; Biophysics.; Biological physics.; Climate change.; Climate Change.; Atmospheric Sciences.; Science, general.; Biophysics and Biological Physics.

This important contribution is the result of decades of theoretical thinking and high-value data collection by the University of Helsinki examining forest ecosystems in great detail. The ecology is dominated by a qualitative approach, e.g. species and vegetation zones, but in contrast quantitative t...

Table of Contents:

• Contents
• 1. Introduction to Physical, Physiological and Causal Forest Ecology
• 2. The Approach to Construct and Test the Theory of Forest Ecology
• 3. Environmental Factors
• 4. Processes in Living Structures
• 5. Fluxes of Carbon, Water and Nutrients
• 6. Structural Regularities in Trees.-7. Dynamics of Carbon and Nitrogen Fluxes and Pools in Forest Ecosystem
• 8. How to Utilize The Knowledge of Causal Responses?
• 9 Station for Measuring Ecosystem-Atmosphere Relations – SMEAR
• 10. The Physical and Physiological Theory of Forest Ecology and its Evaluation
• Index.