Springer Old Growth Forests - Chapter 10 doc
Springer Old Growth Forests - Chapter 10 doc
... was shown that fine root growth, mortality and decomposition
in 4-year -old stands was as high, if not higher, than in 1 0-, 2 9-, or 8 0- to 10 0-
year -old stands of an oak-hickory forest.Wheredataonfinerootbiomassfrom
the ... However,
224 J. Bauhus
10. 3 Root Gaps and Horizontal Variation in Rooting Density
in Old- Growth Forests
Old- growth forests are the result o...
Springer Old Growth Forests - Chapter 8 doc
... amounts of woody detritus in old- growth forests and then
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Springer Verlag Berlin Heidelberg ... reduction in NPP or an increase in decom-
position rate-constants as forests age could lead to mid-successional forests having
more woody detritus than old- growth forests....
Springer Old Growth Forests - Chapter 16 doc
... patterns through the conversion of old- growth forests into degraded
secondary forests, followed by the expansion of pastures and forestry plan tations.
Old- growth forests have declined to less than ... study old- growth evergreen, montane
temperate forests in the unpolluted coastal range of Chiloe
´
island (42
S), southern
Chile. This project, together with other studies i...
Springer Old Growth Forests - Chapter 21 doc
... of small-
scale disturbances and gap-phase dynamics.
21.4 The Fate of Old- Growth Forests Worldwide
21.4.1 Current Status of Old- Growth Forests
Evaluating the current status of old- growth forests ... Politics and the Future of Old- Growth Forests
Old- growth forests provide important services to human society, many of which are
discussed in this book. Destroying ol...
Springer Old Growth Forests - Chapter 1 pot
... interaction for the functioning and main-
tenance of old- growth forests. Second, they take a closer look at the peculiarities of
nitrogen dynamics in old- growth forests under the low levels of nitrogen ... protection of old-
growth forests, and present an encouraging example. Finally, Grace and Meir
(Chap. 17) close this part with a chapter on old- growth dynamics in globa...
Springer Old Growth Forests - Chapter 2 pot
... young old- growth
forests are 6 0- to 120-year -old oak stands (Laiolo et al. 2003), a 100 -year -old boreal
Norway spruce stand (Dahlberg et al. 1997), and a 11 0- year -old Balsam fir stand
(Sturtevant ... Boreal old-
growth forests were somewhat younger (median age 224 years, inter-quartile range
150 300 years), whereas tropical old- growth forests tended be older (media...
Springer Old Growth Forests - Chapter 3 pdf
... Wirth
Chapter 3
Old Trees and the Meaning of Old
Fritz Hans Schweingruber and Christian Wir th
3.1 Introduction
While the mere presence of old trees does not automatically indicate old-
growth ... dendrochronological
technique of cross-dating. As shown in Fig. 3.1, this simple method allows the
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Springer Old Growth Forests - Chapter 4 ppt
... decrease in net primary productivity in
old- growth forests if it occurs is related more to decreasing photosynthesis in
old and tall trees (as well as in old- growth forest canopies) than to increasing
respiratory ... shifts compen-
sated each other such that relative growth rates were similar across the shade-
tolerance gradient, while our results suggest higher growth rates f...
Springer Old Growth Forests - Chapter 5 ppt
... for 106 North American forest successions,
spanning all major forest types on the continent. The model predicts that for
most of these successions, 20 1- to 400-year -old stands (early old- growth)
are ... progressing from early- to late-successional conifers, and from
early-successional hardwoods to late-successional conifers, tended to accumu-
late carbon during the early old- gro...
Springer Old Growth Forests - Chapter 6 ppt
... Comparisons with second -growth forests are
also often made to highlight the uniqueness of old- growth forests.
6.2 Structural and Compositional Features of Old- Growth
Old- growth forests possess distinct ... environment in old- growth forests, (2) the particular understorey light condi-
tions found under such forests, and (3) the unique understorey vegetation assem-
bla...
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