North American Temperate Deciduous Forest Responses to Changing Precipitation Regimes

Large-scale experimentation allows scientists to test the specific responses of ecosystems to changing environmental conditions. This volume synthesizes mechanisms of forest ecosystem response to changing hydrologic budgets associated with climatic change drivers. The authors explain the implications of changes at both the plant and stand levels, and they extrapolate the data to ecosystem-level responses, such as changes in nutrient cycling, biodiversity and carbon sequestration. In analyzing data, they also discuss similarities and differences with other temperate deciduous forests.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1461265061
• ISBN13: 9781461265061
• Release Date: September 2012
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 472 Pages
• Weight: 1.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.2"