Overview
This is a synthesis of several studies on fluxes of carbon, water and energy conducted in a range of European forests encompassing different climates, soils and biomes. The volume covers methodological issues, particularly the eddy covariance technique describing its limitations and practical use. Further, major insights in ecosystem processes gained through investigations in evergreen coniferous, mediterranean and broad-leaved forests are presented. In an integrated effort, atmospheric physicists, ecologists, ecosystem modellers, and remote sensing scientists elucidate the impact of terrestrial ecosystems on the global biogeochemistry of the earth.
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Author: Riccardo Valentini
Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
Imprint: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
Edition: Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2003
Volume: 163
Weight: 0.506kg
ISBN: 9783642078484
ISBN 10: 3642078486
Pages: 273
Publication Date: 01 December 2010
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Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Table of Contents
1 EUROFLUX: An Integrated Network for Studying the Long-Term Responses of Biospheric Exchanges of Carbon, Water and Energy of European Forests.- 2 Methodology for Data Acquisition, Storage, and Treatment.- 3 Measurement of Soil Respiration.- 4 Deciduous Forests (Beech): Carbon and Water Fluxes, Balances, Ecological and Ecophysiological Determinants.- 5 Coniferous Forests (Scots and Maritime Pine): Carbon and Water Fluxes, Balances, Ecological and Ecophysiological Determinants.- 6 Spruce Forests (Norway and Sitka Spruce, Including Douglas Fir): Carbon and Water Fluxes, Balances, Ecological and Ecophysiological Determinants.- 7 Evergreen Mediterranean Forests: Carbon and Water Fluxes, Balances, Ecological and Ecophysiological Determinants.- 8 A Model-Based Study of Carbon Fluxes at Ten European Forest Sites.- 9 A Model-Based Approach for the Estimation of Carbon Sinks in European Forests.- 10 Factors Controlling Forest Atmosphere Exchange of Water, Energy and Carbon.- 11 The Carbon Sink Strength of Forests in Europe: Results of the EUROFLUX Network.- 12 Climatic Influences on Seasonal and Spatial Differences in Soil C02 Efflux.- 13 Conclusions: The Role of Canopy Flux Measurements in Global C-Cycle Research.
Reviews
From the reviews: This book makes the synthesis of a large amount of scientific research on European forest ecosystem functioning. ! Besides the central issue of this work, which is the carbon balance, its temporal and spatial variation, one will find in this book, a lot of data, parameters and fitted functions, which will be highly useful for ecophysiologists, micrometeorologists and modellers. (Annals of Forest Science, Issue 8, 2003) The European Commission founded a consortium of European institutions. Euroflux is the first network of this kind aimed at investigating the long term biospheric exchanges of carbon, water and energy of the European forests. ! This book is the synthesis of 3 years of research. ! 'EUROFLUX' can be strongly recommended to ! forestry, ecology and biology students. The methodology of research used in 'EUROFLUX' project can be the model for planning and organization of research for young scientists. (W. Wrzesniewski, Acta Physiologiae Plantarum, Vol. 25 (4), 2003)
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