Table of Contents
Contributors xi
Alaska's Past and Present Environment
The Conceptual Basis of LTER Studies in the Alaskan Boreal Forest F. Stuart Chapin III John Yarie Keith Van Cleve Leslie A. Viereck 3
Regional Overview of Interior Alaska James E. Beget David Stone David L. Verbyla 12
State Factor Control of Soil Formation in Interior Alaska Chien-Lu Ping Richard D. Boone Marcus H. Clark Edmond C. Packee David K. Swanson 21
Climate and Permafrost Dynamics of the Alaskan Boreal Forest Larry D. Hinzman Leslie A. Viereck Phyllis C. Adams Vladimir E. Romanovsky Kenji Yoshikawa 39
Holocene Development of the Alaskan Boreal Forest Andrea H. Lloyd Mary E. Edwards Bruce P. Finney Jason A. Lynch Valerie Barber Nancy H. Bigelow 62
Forest Dynamics
Floristic Diversity and Vegetation Distribution in the Alaskan Boreal Forest F. Stuart Chapin III Teresa Hollingsworth David F. Murray Leslie A. Viereck Marilyn D. Walker 81
Successional Processes in the Alaskan Boreal Forest F. Stuart Chapin III Leslie A. Viereck Phyllis C. Adams Keith Van Cleve Christopher L. Fastie Robert A. Ott Daniel Mann Jill F. Johnstone 100
Mammalian Herbivore Population Dynamics in the Alaskan Boreal Forest Eric Rexstad Knut Kielland 121
Dynamics of Phytophagous Insects and Their Pathogens in Alaskan Boreal Forests Richard A. Werner Kenneth F. Raffa Barbara L. Illman 133
Running Waters of the Alaskan Boreal Forest Mark W. Oswood Nicholas F. Hughes Alexander M. Milner 147
Ecosystem Dynamics
Controls over Forest Production in Interior Alaska John Yarie Keith Van Cleve 171
The Role of Fine Roots in the Functioning of Alaskan Boreal Forests Roger W. Ruess Ronald L. Hendrick Jason G. Vogel Bjartmar Sveinbjornsson 189
Mammalian Herbivory, Ecosystem Engineering, and Ecological Cascades in Alaskan Boreal Forests Knut Kielland John P. Bryant Roger W. Ruess 211
Microbial Processes in the Alaskan Boreal Forest Joshua P. Schimel F. Stuart Chapin III 227
Patterns of Biogeochemistry in Alaskan Boreal Forests David W. Valentine Knut Kielland F. Stuart Chapin III A. David McGuire Keith Van Cleve 241
Changing Regional Processes
Watershed Hydrology and Chemistry in the Alaskan Boreal Forest: The Central Role of Permafrost Larry D. Hinzman W. Robert Bolton Kevin C. Petrone Jeremy B. Jones Phyllis C. Adams 269
Fire Trends in the Alaskan Boreal Forest Eric S. Kasischke T. Scott Rupp David L. Verbyla 285
Timber Harvest in Interior Alaska Tricia L. Wurtz Robert A. Ott John C. Maisch 302
Climate Feedbacks in the Alaskan Boreal Forest A. David McGuire F. Stuart Chapin III 309
Communication of Alaskan Boreal Science with Broader Communities Elena B. Sparrow Janice C. Dawe F. Stuart Chapin III 323
Summary and Synthesis: Past and Future Changes in the Alaskan Boreal Forest F. Stuart Chapin III A. David McGuire Roger W. Ruess Marilyn W. Walker Richard D. Boone Mary E. Edwards Bruce P. Finney Larry D. Hinzman Jeremy B. Jones Glenn P. Juday Eric S. Kasischke Knut Kielland Andrea H. Lloyd Mark W. Oswood Chien-Lu Ping Eric Rexstad Vladimir E. Romanovsky Joshua P. Schimel Elena B. Sparrow Bjartmar Sveinbjornsson David W. Valentine Keith Van Cleve David L. Verbyla Leslie A. Viereck Richard A. Werner Tricia L. Wurtz John Yarie 332
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