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Title:
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FOREST ECOSYSTEMS IN THE ALASKAN TAIGA
A SYNTHESIS OF STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION |
By: |
Keith van Cleve (Editor), F. Stuart Chapin (Editor), P. W. Flanagan (Editor) |
Format: |
Paperback |

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£109.99 |
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ISBN 10: |
1461293537 |
ISBN 13: |
9781461293538 |
Publisher: |
SPRINGER-VERLAG NEW YORK INC. |
Pub. date: |
23 November, 2011 |
Edition: |
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1986 |
Series: |
Ecological Studies 57 |
Pages: |
244 |
Synopsis: |
The information presented in this book is the result of combined research efforts of scientists at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks, the Institute of Northern Forestry, USDA Forest Service, and the Systems Ecology Research Group, San Diego State University. The objective of the volume is to present a synthetic overview of structure and function of taiga forest ecosystems in interior Alaska. The data base for this work has appeared in earlier published articles including the special issue of the Canadian Journal of Forest Research Volume 13:5 (1983). Stimulus for this book was a conference held in Fairbanks from June 10-14, 1983. The papers presented at the conference were fore- runners of the chapters in this book. We invited 19 scientists from North America and England to critique our research and synthesis efforts. Six of these people were asked to write introductory chapters for each section of the book. Formal presentation sessions, combined with field trips to research sites, introduced the invitees to the primary and secondary successional ecosystems with which we were dealing.A major wildfire, only 24 km from the University campus, was contained the week prior to the conference and one field trip provided graphic evidence of fire impact in subarctic forests. The conference conveners regretted that it was not possible to host a similar meeting during synthesis efforts in mid-January. |
Illustrations: |
biography |
Publication: |
US |
Imprint: |
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. |
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