Forest Diversity and Function : Temperate and Boreal Systems - Scherer-Lorenzen, Michael; Körner, Christian; Schulze, Ernst-Detlef.; SpringerLink (Online service) (Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2005)
The Functional Significance of Forest Diversity: The Starting Point -- An Introduction to the Functional Diversity of Temperate Forest Trees -- Productivity and Growth -- Diversity and Productivity in Forests: Evidence from Long-Term Experimental Plots -- Confounding Factors in the Observational Productivity-Diversity Relationship in Forests -- Genetic Diversity Parameters Associated with Viability Selection, Reproductive Efficiency, and Growth in Forest Tree Species -- Biogeochemical Cycles -- Functioning of Mixed-Species Stands: Evidence from a Long-Term Forest Experiment -- The Role of Biodiversity on the Evaporation of Forests -- Effects of Tree Species Diversity on Litter Quality and Decomposition -- The Effect of Biodiversity on Carbon Storage in Soils -- Silviculture and Its Interactions with Biodiversity and the Carbon Balance of Forest Soils -- Animals, Pests, and Disturbances -- Linkages Between Tree Diversity, Soil Fauna and Ecosystem Processes -- A Test of the Biodiversity-Stability Theory: Meta-analysis of Tree Species Diversity Effects on Insect Pest Infestations, and Re-examination of Responsible Factors -- Susceptibility to Fungal Pathogens of Forests Differing in Tree Diversity -- Implication of Forest Diversity in Resistance to Strong Winds -- Fire Regime and Tree Diversity in Boreal Forests: Implications for the Carbon Cycle -- Perspectives -- The Design of Experimental Tree Plantations for Functional Biodiversity Research -- The Functional Significance of Forest Diversity: A Synthesis.
Keywords: Plant ecology; Biodiversity; Forestry; Ecosystems; Geoecology; Environmental geology; Geobiology; Plant Ecology; Biodiversity; Forestry; Ecosystems; Geoecology/Natural Processes; Biogeosciences