Fire, Climate Change, and Carbon Cycling in the Boreal Forest

Preface Introduction Section I: Information Requirements and Fire Management and Policy Issues The Role of Boreal Ecosystems in the Global Carbon Cycle Boreal Forest Fire Emissions and the Chemistry of the Atmosphere The Eurasian Perspective of Fire: Dimension, Management, Policies and Scientific Requirements Fire Management in the Boreal Forests of Canada Effects of Climate Change on Management, Policy and Mitigation Options in the Boreal Forest Section II: Processes Influencing Carbon Dynamics in the Boreal Forest The Distribution of Forest Ecosystems and the Role of Fire in the North American Boreal Region Extent, Distribution and Ecological Role of Fire in Russian Forests Long-term Perspectives on Fire-Climate-Vegetation Relationships in the North American Boreal Forest Controls on Patterns of Biomass Burning in Alaskan Boreal Forests Post-Fire Stimulation of Microbial Decomposition in Black Spruce (Picea mariana L.) Forest Soils: A Hypothesis The Influence of Fire on Long-Term Patterns of Forest Succession in Alaskan Boreal Forests Section III: Spatial Data Sets for the Analysis of Carbon Dynamics in Boreal Forests And much more....

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