Reprint
Causes and Consequences of Species Diversity in Forest Ecosystems
Edited by
July 2019
272 pages
- ISBN978-3-03921-309-2 (Paperback)
- ISBN978-3-03921-310-8 (PDF)
This book is a reprint of the Special Issue Causes and Consequences of Species Diversity in Forest Ecosystems that was published in
Biology & Life Sciences
Environmental & Earth Sciences
Summary
What are the causes and consequences of species diversity in forested ecosystems, and how is this species diversity being affected by rapid environmental and climatic change, movement of invertebrate and vertebrate herbivores into new biogeographic regions, and expanding human populations and associated shifts in land-use patterns? In this book, we explore these questions for assemblages of forest trees, shrubs, and understory herbs at spatial scales ranging from small plots to large forest dynamics plots, at temporal scales ranging from seasons to centuries, in both temperate and tropical regions, and across rural-to-urban gradients in land use.
Format
- Paperback
License
© 2019 by the authors; CC BY-NC-ND license
Keywords
Ericaceae; variation partitioning; climate; species-area relationship; mid-domain effect; spatial patterns; individual species-area relationship; tropical evergreen mixed forest; competition and facilitation; Vietnam; microarthropod; diversity; seasonal variations; stand development; biodiversity; climate; human footprint; productivity; topography; USDA Forest Service; herbaceous layer; excess nitrogen; canopy structure; temperate forests; Fagus sylvatica; Pinus sylvestris; Picea abies; Pseudotsuga menziesii; forest management; tree species diversity; forest conversion; gamma diversity; landscape scale; Biodiversity Exploratories; climate change; temperature; precipitation; Hubbard Brook; elevational shifts; mountains; species diversity; structural complexity; legacies; wind damage; uprooting; trunk breakage; understory plant communities; natural disturbance-based silviculture; forest management; species conservation; northern hardwood forests; abundance; Bray-Curtis; codispersion analysis; Smithsonian ForestGEO; Shannon diversity; Simpson diversity; spatial analysis; species richness; windthrow; tornado; tree species; disturbance severity; tree regeneration; salvaging; salvage logging; succession; Climatic change; species diversity; potential habitats; China; Maxent; Salicaceae; herbaceous perennial species; household respondents; questionnaire survey; species richness; woody species; temperate forests; species richness; assemblage lineage diversity; phylogenetic diversity; evolutionary diversity; United States; trees; TILD