Call number:
PIK N 630-11-0268
;
AWI Bio-17-17112
Type of Medium:
Monograph available for loan
Pages:
XVIII, 361 S. : Ill., graph. Darst., Kt.
ISBN:
0773512411
Language:
English
Note:
Contents:
Figures. -
Tables. -
Preface. -
Illustrations. -
1. Introduction. -
1.1 Background. -
1.2 Scope of the text. -
1.3 World vegetation types. -
1.3.1 Vegetation formations and zones. -
1.3.2 Zonobiomes. -
1.3.3 Exoclimates. -
1.3.4 The Canadian vegetation classification system. -
1.3.5 Ecozones. -
1.3.6 Floristic realms. -
1.3.7 Plant species nomenclature. -
1.4 Soil classification and soil systems. -
1.5 Climatic parameters. -
1.5.1 The role of climate. -
1.5.2 Moisture indices. -
1.5.3 Climate diagrams. -
1.6 Plant strategies. -
1.6.1 Competition. -
1.6.2 Hydrature and moisture regulation. -
1.6.3 Life forms. -
1.6.4 Leaf morphology and adaptation. -
1.7 Biomass and net primary productivity. -
2. Tundra
2.1 Tundra distribution. -
2.2 Climate. -
2.3 Soils. -
2.4 Tundra in North America. -
2.4.1 Ecoclimatic sub-provinces and regions. -
2.4.2 High and mid-Arctic. -
2.4.3 Low Arctic. -
2.5 Tundra in other Northern Hemisphere locations. -
2.5.1 Arctic Tundra. -
2.5.2 Typical Tundra. -
2.5.3 Southern Tundra. -
2.5.4 Tundra on Arctic Islands. -
2.6 Tundea in the Southern Hemisphere. -
2.6.1 The Antarctic Subregion. -
2.6.2 The Sub-Antarctic Subregion. -
2.7 Alpine Tundra. -
2.7.1 Temperate-latitude alpine Tundra. -
2.7.2 Low-latitude (equatorial) alpine Tundra. -
2.8 Primary production and phytomass in Tundra. -
3. Forest-Tundra or Boreal-Tundra Ecotone. -
3.1 Definitions. -
3.2 Distribution. -
3.3 Climate. -
3.4 Soils. -
3.5 Forest-Tundra in Canada. -
3.5.1 Ecoclimatic sub-provinces. -
3.5.2 The shrub subzone (Northern Forest-Tundra). -
3.5.3 The forest subzone (Southern Forest Tundra). -
3.6 Eurasian Forest-Tundra. -
3.7 Primary production and phytomass in forest-Tundra. -
4. Boreal Forest (Taiga) and Mixed Forest Transition. -
4.1 Distribution. -
4.2 Climate. -
4.3 Soils. -
4.4 Boreal forest in North America. -
4.4.1 Open Lichen Woodland. -
4.4.2 Northern Coniferous Forest. -
4.4.3 Mixed-Forest (Boreal-Broadleaf ecotone). -
4.4.4 Mixed-Forest transition to grassland (Northern Mixedwoods). -
4.5 Eurasian Boreal. -
4.5.1 The European Boreal. -
4.5.2 The Siberian Boreal. -
4.5.3 Northwest Pacific Fringe Boreal. -
4.6 Primary production and phytomass in boreal forest. -
5. Prairie (Steppe). -
5.1 Distribution. -
5.2 Climate. -
5.2.1 North America. -
5.2.2 Climate in Eurasia and elsewhere. -
5.3 Soils. -
5.4 Prairie in North America. -
5.4.1 The Canadian Prairie. -
5.4.2 Prairie in the USA. -
5.5. Eurasian Steppe. -
5.6 Southern Hemisphere Grasslands. -
5.6.1 The High Veldt. -
5.6.2 The Pampas/Campos Grasslands. -
5.7 Primary production and biomass. -
6. Cordilleran Environments in Western North America. -
6.1 Canada's Cordilleran ecoclimatic provinces. -
6.1.1 Distribution. -
6.1.2 Climate. -
6.1.3 Soils. -
6.1.4 Pacific Coastal Mesothermal Forest. -
6.1.5 Pacific Coastal Subalpine Forest. -
6.1.6 Cordilleran Forest Region. -
6.1.7 Cordilleran Cold Steppe and Savanna Forst. -
6.1.8 Canadian Cordilleran Subalpine Forest. -
6.1.9 Alpine Tundra and Boreal Forest. -
6.2 The Cordilleran Region in the USA. -
6.2.1 Distribution. -
6.2.2 Northwest Coast Conifer-Hardwood Forests. -
6.2.3 Montane Pine Forests. -
6.2.4 Sagebrush and Grasslands. -
6.2.5 Interior Hemlock-Douglas-Fir-Larch. -
6.2.6 Subalpine Forest. -
6.3 Primary Production and Phytomass. -
7. Temperate Deciduous Forests. -
7.1 Distribution. -
7.2 Climate. -
7.3 Soils. -
7.4 Temperate Deciduous Forest in North America. -
7.4.1 Canada. -
7.4.2 United States of America. -
7.4.3 Southern Mexico and South America. -
7.5 Europe. -
7.5.1 Atlantic Deciduous Forest. -
7.5.2 Central European Deciduous Forest. -
7.5.3 East European Deciduous Forest. -
7.6 Asia. -
7.7 Southern Hemisphere. -
7.8 Primary Production and Phytomass. -
8. Wetlands. -
8.1 Introduction. -
8.2 Climate. -
8.3 Soils. -
8.4 Canadian Wetland Classification. -
8.4.1 Canadian Wetland Classification System. -
8.4.2 Wetland classes. -
8.4.3 Wetland forms and types. -
8.5 Canadian Wetlands. -
8.5.1 Arctic Wetlands. -
8.5.2 Subarctic Wetlands. -
8.5.3 Boreal Wetlands. -
8.5.4 Prairie Wetlands. -
8.5.5 Temperate Wetlands. -
8.5.6 Oceanic Wetlands. -
8.5.7 Mountain Wetlands. -
8.6 Wetlands in the USA. -
8.7 Eurasian Wetlands. -
8.7.1 European Wetlands. -
8.7.2 Asian Wetlands. -
8.8 Central and South American Wetlands. -
8.9 African Wetlands. -
8.10 Austromalesian and Pacific Wetlands. -
8.11 Phytomass and Primary Production. -
9. Conclusion. -
Appendix: Biomials and their local names as used in the text. -
Bibliography. -
Index.
Location:
A 18 - must be ordered
Location:
AWI Reading room
Branch Library:
PIK Library
Branch Library:
AWI Library
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