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Forest canopies : edited by Margaret D. Lowman, H. Bruce Rinker.
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ISBN: 1281005460 9786611005467 0080491340 0124575536 Year: 2004 Publisher: Burlington, MA : Elsevier Academic Press,

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The treetops of the world's forests are where discovery and opportunity abound, however they have been relatively inaccessible until recently. This book represents an authoritative synthesis of data, anecdotes, case studies, observations, and recommendations from researchers and educators who have risked life and limb in their advocacy of the High Frontier. With innovative rope techniques, cranes, walkways, dirigibles, and towers, they finally gained access to the rich biodiversity that lives far above the forest floor and the emerging science of canopy ecology. In this new edition of Fo


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ISBN: 0412749009 Year: 1986 Publisher: Queensland Museum Booklet

Ecohydrology : Darwinian expression of vegetation form and function.
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ISBN: 1107128722 1280421312 9786610421312 0511323646 0511177879 0511040830 0511148356 0511535686 0511049781 9780511040832 9780511535680 9780511049781 9780511148354 9781280421310 0521772451 9780521772457 9781107128729 6610421315 9780511323645 9780511177873 9780521619912 0521619912 Year: 2005 Publisher: Cambridge Cambridge University press

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This volume is devoted to the derivation and application of simplified bioclimatic boundary conditions at vegetated land surfaces using natural selection of vegetation characteristics driven by productivity maximization. It investigates the internal control of forest growth by the vertical fluxes of light, CO2, water vapor, and heat within the canopy, as well as the external control offered by the balances of thermal energy and water. Through these means it seeks to determine how the physical characteristics and productivity of forest communities are related to the climates and soils in which they are found. Ecohydrology bridges the fields of hydrology and ecology and proposes new unifying principles derived from the concept of natural selection. It also has potential application in determining the response of vegetation to slow variations in climate and will provide fascinating reading for graduate-level students and research scientists working in ecohydrology, hydroclimatology, forest ecology, and surface water hydrology.


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Methods in forest canopy research
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ISBN: 1283611090 0520953924 9780520953925 9781283611091 0520273710 9780520273719 9780520273719 Year: 2012 Publisher: Berkeley University of California Press

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Poised between soil and sky, forest canopies represent a critical point of exchange between the atmosphere and the earth, yet until recently, they remained a largely unexplored frontier. For a long time, problems with access and the lack of tools and methods suitable for monitoring these complex bioscapes made canopy analysis extremely difficult. Fortunately, canopy research has advanced dramatically in recent decades. Methods in Forest Canopy Research is a comprehensive overview of these developments for explorers of this astonishing environment. The authors describe methods for reaching the canopy and the best ways to measure how the canopy, atmosphere, and forest floor interact. They address how to replicate experiments in challenging environments and lay the groundwork for creating standardized measurements in the canopy-essential tools for for understanding our changing world.

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