Forests at the Land–Atmosphere Interface
Edited by M Mencuccini; J Moncrieff; K McNaughton; J Grace, Institute of Ecology and Resource Management, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland
Pub Date: December 2003
Hardback
304 pages
Readership
Researchers in forestry, ecology, environmental sciences and natural resources.
Main Description
Forest ecosystems exist at the interface between the land and the atmosphere. Understanding the properties of this planetary boundary layer is very important for a number of related disciplines. This book presents an overview of topics that are of significance at this interface, starting at the scale of intra-leaf organelles, ranging to higher levels of organisation such as communities and ecosystems. It covers topics such as stomatal functioning, large scale processes, radiation modelling, forest meteorology and carbon sequestration.
Based on proceedings of a conference to mark the retirement of Professor Paul Jarvis from the University of Edinburgh, the book contains contributions from leading international scientists. It will be of significant interest to researchers in forestry, ecology, environmental sciences and natural resources.
Reviews
• "A stimulating and throught provoking account of the structural and operational features of a pilot research programme in an area of immense practical importance, political relevance and scientific interest."
E F Bruenig, International Forestry Review, 7(1), 2005
Main Contents
Part I: Stomatal Functioning
• Stomatal control of transpiration: A major dilemma 100 years ago, T A Mansfield, University of Lancaster, UK
• Stomata as part of the soil–plant–atmosphere continuum, R Leuning, CSIRO, Canberra, Australia, A Tuzet and A Perrier, INRA-INA, France
• Effects of elevated CO2 concentration on stomatal conductance and respiration of beech leaves at darkness, D Overdieck, Institut fόr Φkologie, Berlin, Germany
Part II: Large Scale Processes
• Top-down models and flux measurements are complementary methods of estimating carbon sequestration by forests: Illustrations using the 3-PG model, J Landsberg, Aranda, Canberra, Australia and R H Waring, Oregon State University, USA
• The effects of forest on mesoscale atmospheric processes, A J Dolman, M K van der Molen, Vrije Universiteit, The Netherlands, H W ter Maat and R W A Hutjes, Green World Research, The Netherlands
• The diurnal cycle over land, A K Betts, Atmospheric Research, Pittsford, USA
• Medium and long-term ecosystem processes: Implications at the forest–atmosphere interface, F Berninger, University of Helsinki, Finland
Part III: Radiation Modelling
• A MAESTRO retrospective, B Medlyn, University of New South Wales, Australia n Thermal radiation, canopy temperature and evaporation from forest canopies, H G Jones, N Archer, University of Dundee, Scotland and E Rotenberg, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
Part IV: Forest Meteorology
• Forest–air exchange in non-ideal conditions: The role of horizontal flux and its divergence, X Lee, Yale University, New Haven, USA
• A review of forest evaporation studies, in Britain during the second half of the twentieth century, J B Stewart, University of Southampton, UK
• Scaling the estimate of maximum canopy conductance from patch to region and comparison of aircraft measurements, Y-P Wang, CSIRO, Victoria, Australia, et al.
Part V: Carbon Sequestration
• Land sinks: The Kyoto process and scientific implications, M G R Cannell, Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Midlothian, UK
• Spatial and temporal assessment of biospheric carbon fluxes at continental scale by neural-network optimisation, D Papale and R Valentini, University of Tuscia, Italy
• Scaling carbon uptake from leaves to canopies: insights from two forests with contrasting properties, D Whitehead, Landcare Research, New Zealand, et al.
Part VI: From Science to Natural Resource Management
• Links between science and forest management: As illustrated by a model of branch development, J C Grace, New Zealand Forest Research Institute, New Zealand
• Thoughts on forest science, D C Malcolm, University of Edinburgh, Scotland
