A Systems Analysis of the Global Boreal Forest: Contents

List of contributors 1. Introduction Herman H. Shugart, Rik Leemans and Gordon B. Bonan Part I. Processes in Boreal Forests Gordon B. Bonan: 2. Silvics of the circumpolar boreal forest tree species Nedialko Nikolov and Harry Helmisaari 3. The reproductive process in boreal forest trees John C. Zasada, Terry L. Sharik and Markku Nygren 4. Soil temperature as an ecological factor in boreal forests Gordon B. Bonan 5. Fire as a controlling process in the North American boreal forest Serge Payette 6. The role of forest insects in structuring the boreal landscape C. S. Holling Part II. Patterns in Space and Time in Boreal Forests Herman H. Shugart: 7. The transition between boreal forest and tundra Luc Sirois 8. The southern boreal-northern hardwood forest border John Pastor and David J. Mladenoff 9. Transitions between boreal forest and wetland F. Z. Glebov and M. D. Korzukhin 10. Remote sensing technology for forest ecosystem analysis K. Jon Ranson and Darrel L. Williams 11. The nature and distribution of past, present and future boreal forests: lessons for a research and modeling agenda Allen M. Solomon Part III. Computer Models for Synthesis of Pattern and Process in the Boreal Forest Rik Leemans: 12. Individual-tree-based models of forest dynamics and their application in global change research Herman H. Shugart and I. Colin Prentice 13. Population-level models of forest dynamics M. D. Korzukhin and M. Ya. Antonovski 14. A spatial model of long-term forest fibre dynamics and its applications to forests in western Siberia M. Ya. Antonovski, M. T. Ter-Mikaelian and V. V. Furyaev 15. A simulation analysis of environmental factors and ecological processes in North American boreal forests Gordon B. Bonan 16. The biological component of the simulation model for boreal forest dynamics Rik Leemans 17. Role of stand simulation in modeling forest response to environmental change and management interventions Peter Duinker, Ola Sallnas and Sten Nilsson 18. Concluding comments Herman H. Shugart, Rik Leemans and Gordon B. Bonan References Index.