Front cover -- Forest Ecosystems: Analysis at Multiple Scales, Third Edition -- Copyright page -- Table of Contents -- PREFACE TO THE THIRD EDITION -- PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION -- PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- CHAPTER 1: Forest Ecosystem Analysis at Multiple Time and Space Scales -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. THE SCIENTIFIC DOMAIN OF FOREST ECOSYSTEM ANALYSIS -- III. THE SPACE/TIME DOMAIN OF ECOSYSTEM ANALYSIS -- IV. TIME AND SPACE SCALING FROM THE STAND/SEASONAL LEVEL -- V. MANAGEMENT APPLICATIONS OF ECOSYSTEM ANALYSIS -- VI. RELATED TEXTBOOKS -- VII. WEB SITE FOR UPDATED MATERIALS -- SECTION I: Introduction to Analysis of Seasonal Cycles of Water, Carbon, and Minerals through Forest Stands -- CHAPTER 2: Water Cycle -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. HEAT AND WATER VAPOR TRANSFER FROM VEGETATION -- III. WATER FLOW THROUGH TREES -- IV. WATER STORAGE AND LOSSES FROM SNOW -- V. WATER FLOW ACROSS AND THROUGH SOIL -- VI. COUPLED WATER BALANCE MODELS -- VII. SUMMARY -- CHAPTER 3: Carbon Cycle -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. PHOTOSYNTHESIS -- III. AUTOTROPHIC RESPIRATION -- IV. HETEROTROPHIC RESPIRATION -- V. MODELING PHOTOSYNTHESIS AND RESPIRATION -- VI. NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION AND ALLOCATION -- VII. COMPARISON OF FOREST ECOSYSTEM MODELS -- VIII. SUMMARY -- CHAPTER 4: Mineral Cycles -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. PLANT PROCESSES AFFECTING NUTRIENT CYCLING -- III. SOURCES OF NUTRIENTS -- IV. SOIL AND LITTER PROCESSES -- V. MASS BALANCE AND MODELS OF MINERAL CYCLES -- VI. SUMMARY -- SECTION II: Introduction to Temporal Scaling -- CHAPTER 5: Temporal Changes in Forest Structure and Function -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. STRUCTURAL STAGES IN STAND DEVELOPMENT -- III. FUNCTIONAL RESPONSES OF STANDS AT DIFFERENT STAGES IN DEVELOPMENT -- IV. LOOKING BACK IN TIME -- V. ECOSYSTEM MODELS, PROJECTIONS FORWARD IN TIME -- VI. SUMMARY.

CHAPTER 6: Susceptibility and Response of Forests to Disturbance -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. BIOTIC FACTORS -- III. ABIOTIC FACTORS -- IV. SUMMARY -- COLOR PLATE -- SECTION III: Introduction to Spatial Scaling and Spatial/Temporal Modeling -- CHAPTER 7: Spatial Scaling Methods for Landscape and Regional Ecosystem Analysis -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. ABIOTIC SITE VARIABLES -- III. PROVIDING THE DRIVING VARIABLES, CLIMATOLOGY -- IV. DESCRIBING THE ECOSYSTEM -- V. SPATIALLY EXPLICIT LANDSCAPE PATTERN ANALYSIS -- VI. DATA LAYER INCONSISTENCIES -- VII. SUMMARY -- COLOR PLATE -- CHAPTER 8: Regional and Landscape Ecological Analysis -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. HORIZONTAL CONNECTIONS: BIOTIC ANALYSIS OF FOREST PATTERNS -- COLOR PLATE -- III. VERTICAL CONNECTIONS: FOREST-ATMOSPHERE INTERACTIONS -- IV. VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL CONNECTIONS: REGIONAL BIOGEOCHEMISTRY -- V. SUMMARY -- CHAPTER 9: The Role of Forests in Global Ecology -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. GLOBAL FOREST DISTRIBUTION -- III. FOREST-CLIMATE INTERACTIONS -- IV. FORESTS IN THE GLOBAL CARBON CYCLE -- V. FORESTS AND BIODIVERSITY -- VI. SUSTAINABILITY OF GLOBAL FORESTS -- VII. SUMMARY -- CHAPTER 10: Advances in Eddy-Flux Analyses, Remote Sensing, and Evidence of Climate Change -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. EDDY-COVARIANCE FLUXES -- III. NEW REMOTE SENSING OF FORESTS -- IV. CLIMATE CHANGE AND FORESTS -- EPILOGUE -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX -- COLOR PLATE.