Global Change and Arctic Terrestrial Ecosystems

✍ Scribed by William Dwight Billings (auth.), Walter C. Oechel, Terry V. Callaghan, Tagir G. Gilmanov, Jarle I. Holten, Barrie Maxwell, Ulf Molau, Bjartmar Sveinbjörnsson (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York
• Year: 1997
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 507
• Series: Ecological Studies 124
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Global warming is likely to have the greatest impact at high latitudes, making the Arctic an important region both for detecting global climate change and for studying its effects on terrestrial ecosystems. The chapters in this volume address current and anticipated impacts of global climate change on Arctic organisms, populations, ecosystem structure and function, biological diversity, and the atmosphere.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xx
Introduction Challenges for the Future: Arctic and Alpine Ecosystems in a Changing World....Pages 1-18
Front Matter....Pages 19-19
Recent Climate Patterns in the Arctic....Pages 21-46
Quaternary Environmental Changes and Ecosystems of the European Arctic....Pages 47-62
The Impact of Hydrologic Perturbations on Arctic Ecosystems Induced by Climate Change....Pages 63-81
Global and Regional Patterns of Climate Change: Recent Predictions for the Arctic....Pages 82-109
Front Matter....Pages 111-111
Photosynthesis and Respiration in Mosses and Lichens....Pages 113-128
Impacts of Climate Change on Demographic Processes and Population Dynamics in Arctic Plants....Pages 129-152
Phenology and Reproductive Success in Arctic Plants: Susceptibility to Climate Change....Pages 153-170
A Kinetic Approach to Microbial Ecology in Arctic and Boreal Ecosystems in Relation to Global Change....Pages 171-188
Responses of Caribou and Reindeer to Global Warming....Pages 189-200
Impacts of Global Change on Arctic-Breeding Bird Populations and Migration....Pages 201-217
Front Matter....Pages 219-219
Impacts of Global Change on Composition of Arctic Communities: Implications for Ecosystem Functioning....Pages 221-228
Effect of Climate Change on Biodiversity of Arctic Plants....Pages 229-244
Climate Change and Future Position of Arctic Tree Line....Pages 245-265
The Role of Northern Ecosystems in the Global Methane Budget....Pages 266-289
The Responses of Vegetation to Past and Future Climate Changes....Pages 290-311
Modeling the Possible Impact of Climate Change on Broad-Scale Vegetation Structure: Examples from Northern Europe....Pages 312-329
Past, Present, and Future Potential Sources Contributing to Artificial Radionuclides in the Arctic Region....Pages 330-345
Front Matter....Pages 347-347
Potential Impacts of Climate Change on Nutrient Cycling, Decomposition, and Productivity in Arctic Ecosystems....Pages 349-364
Buffering of Arctic Plant Responses in a Changing Climate....Pages 365-380
Front Matter....Pages 347-347
Climate Change in Northern Latitudes: Alterations in Ecosystem Structure and Function and Effects on Carbon Sequestration....Pages 381-401
Phenomenological Models of the Primary Productivity of Zonal Arctic Ecosystems....Pages 402-436
Analysis of CO 2 , Temperature, and Moisture Effects on Carbon Storage in Alaskan Arctic Tundra Using a General Ecosystem Model....Pages 437-451
Century Trends in the Volume Balance of Boreal Forests: Implications for Global CO 2 Balance....Pages 452-472
Front Matter....Pages 473-473
Aboriginal Participation in Global Change Research in Northwest Territories of Canada....Pages 475-483
Back Matter....Pages 485-493

✦ Subjects

Ecology