Research Catalog

Title

Coniferous forests / edited by F. Andersson.

Publication

Amsterdam ; San Diego, CA : Elsevier, 2005.

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Details

Additional Authors

Andersson, Folke, 1933-

Description

xi, 633 pages : illustrations, maps (1 color); 27 cm.

Summary

Starting with an account of the history and distribution of the conifers, this volume describes the most important areas in Asia, Europe, North and South America with conifer forests. The last in the "Ecosystem of the World" series, it deals with the functional aspects of the conifer forests, such as physiology, production, biomass, and more.

Series Statement

Ecosystems of the world, 0167-4579 ; 6

Uniform Title

Ecosystems of the world ; 6.

Subjects

• Ökosystem
• Nadelwald
• Forest ecology
• Conifers
• Ecology
• ecology
• Tracheophyta

Note

• Maps on endpapers.
• "The last volume in the series Ecosystems of the world"--Pref.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Contents

Introduction / F. Andersson and P. Lhoir -- Boreal forests of Eurasia / H. Hytteborn ... [et al.] -- The boreal forests of North America / M.G. Weber and K. van Cleve -- European non-boreal conifer forests / J. Timbal ... [et al.] -- Coniferous forests of the temperate zone of Asia / Y. Nakamura and P.V. Krestov -- Non-boreal coniferous forests of North America / R.F. Powers ... [et al.] -- The coniferous forests of South America / T.T. Veblen ... [et al.] -- Special aspects of the physiology of conifers / R.B. Walker -- Primary production, yield and carbon dynamics / D.A. Maguire, A. Osawa and J.L.F. Batista -- Water cycling in coniferous forest ecosystems / H. Grip and J-E. Hällgren -- Nutrient cycles in conifer forests / D.W Johnson and D.W. Cole -- Importance of conifer forests in a global economic perspective / R. Persson -- Silviculture and management of conifer forests / G.F. Weetman -- Nutritional management of coniferous forests / R. Harrison, J. Prietzel and R. Jandl -- Recreation in coniferous forests / J.A. Wagar and G.W. Sharpe.

ISBN

• 0444816275
• 9780444816276

OCLC

• ocm62749956
• 62749956
• SCSB-9632712

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library