The Boreal Ecosystem

✍ Scribed by James A. Larsen and T. T. Kozlowski (Auth.)

Publisher: Academic Press
Year: 1980
Tongue: English
Leaves: 507
Category: Library

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✦ Table of Contents

Content:
PHYSIOLOGICAL ECOLOGY: A Series of Monographs, Texts, and Treatises, Page ii
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
Preface, Pages xi-xiii
A Note on Nomenclature, Pages xv-xvi
1 - Introduction: Boreal Ecology and Ecosystems Analysis, Pages 1-18
2 - History of the Boreal Vegetation, Pages 19-46
3 - Climate of the Boreal Forest, Pages 47-89
4 - The Boreal Soils Subsystem, Pages 90-127
5 - Boreal Communities and Ecosystems: The Broad View, Pages 128-236
6 - Relationships of Canadian Boreal Plant Communities, Pages 237-280
7 - Boreal Communities and Ecosystems: Local Variation, Pages 281-350
8 - Nutrient Cycling and Productivity, Pages 351-380
9 - The Trophic Pyramid: Animal Populations, Pages 381-411
10 - Boreal Ecology and the Forest Economy, Pages 412-439
11 - Epilogue, Pages 440-443
Appendix I - Analysis of Boreal Soils, Pages 445-448
Appendix II - Broad Geographical Species Relationships, Pages 449-451
Appendix III - Community Composition, Pages 452-456
Appendix IV - Frequency of Occurrence of Lichens, Pages 457-462
Appendix V - Species Frequently in Black Spruce Communities, Pages 463-467
Appendix VI - Species in Boreal Forest Literature, Pages 468-479
Appendix VII - Special Definitions, Pages 480-482
Subject Index, Pages 483-494
Species Index, Pages 495-500

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