FOREST CANOPIES: FOREST PRODUCTION, ECOSYSTEM HEALTH AND CLIMATE CONDITIONS -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- A NEW PARADIGM OF FOREST CANOPYINTERCEPTION SCIENCE: THE IMPLICATION OF AHUGE AMOUNT OF EVAPORATION DURINGRAINFALL -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- THE IDEA OF SDE -- SDE in a Young Stand of Japanese Cypress -- SDE Other than Japanese Sites -- SITE AND INSTRUMENTATION -- THREE CANOPY INTERCEPTION MODELS -- Backbone Model -- Heat Budget Model -- SDE Model -- Revised Gash Model -- INTERRELATION OF THE MODELS -- Basic Equation Between the Backbone Model and the Gash Models -- Contradiction of the Heat Budget Model -- Equivalency of the SDE Model and the Gash Models -- RESULT -- DISCUSSION -- Reconsideration of the Heat Budget Model -- Amount of SDE -- A CLUE TO SOLVE ENORMOUS EVAPORATION -- Why Does the Laundry Dry on a Rainy Day? -- Difference in Precipitation Between Forested and Non-Forested Landmass -- Evaporative Force -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- EXOTIC HERB LAYERS AS ECOLOGICAL FILTERS INFOREST UNDERSTORIES -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- CASE STUDIES -- Alliaria Petiolata -- Microstegium Vimineum -- Imperata Cylindrica -- A FRAMEWORK FOR CONTROL -- REFERENCES -- QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS OF CANOPYPHOTOSYNTHESIS INFLUENCED BY LIGHTSIMULATION MODELS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- MATERIALS AND METHODS -- Study Site -- Measurement of Leaf Gas Exchange -- Measurement of Stand Architecture -- Calculations of Light Distribution and Photosynthesis -- 1. The Monsi-Saeki 1 Model (M-S1) -- 2. The Monsi-Saeki 2 Model (M-S2) -- 3. The Y-Plant Model -- RESULTS AND DISCUSSION -- Stand architecture and light environment -- Leaf Gas Exchange Characteristics -- Daily Light Capture and Canopy Photosynthesis -- Effect of Incident Light above the Stand -- Effect of Light Distribution within the Stand -- Assessment of Canopy Photosynthesis Model -- CONCLUSION.

REFERENCE -- LIDAR REMOTE SENSING FOR FORESTCANOPY STUDIES -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- LIDAR SENSORS -- APPLICATIONS OF LIDAR REMOTE SENSING -- Measuring Vegetation Canopy Structure and Function -- Predictions of Forest Stand Structure -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- SOIL ORGANIC CARBON DYNAMICS OF DIFFERENTLAND USE IN SOUTHEAST ASIA -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- METHODS -- Site Description -- Soil Respiration Rate -- Environment Factors -- Soil Physics -- RESULTS -- DISCUSSION -- Seasonal Variation in Soil Respiration -- Soil Organic Carbon Dynamics -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- CARBON STABLE ISOTOPES OF MAMMAL BONES ASTRACERS OF CANOPY DEVELOPMENT AND HABITATUSE IN TEMPERATE AND BOREAL CONTEXTS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- TRACKING DEVELOPMENT OF DENSE FOREST THROUGH TIME IN FRANCE -- TRACKING THE DIFFERENTIAL USE OF DENSE FORESTED HABITAT DURING THE MIDDLE NEOLITHIC IN PARIS BASIN AND JURA (FRANCE) -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- SIMULATING THE TWO-WAY FEEDBACK BETWEEN TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS AND CLIMATE: IMPORTANCE OF FOREST ECOLOGICAL PROCESSES ON GLOBAL CHANGE -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- MODEL DESCRIPTION -- Plant Functional Types (PFTS) -- Ecophysiology -- Population and Community Dynamics -- Soil Organic Carbon (SOC) -- Land Use Change -- Coupling to a General Circulation Model (GCM) -- Study Design -- Current Results -- Decoupled Simulation -- Coupled Simulation -- Future Refinements -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION AND ITS LEAF SURFACE INTERACTIONS IN JAPANESE CEDAR FORESTS -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. SUMMARY OF THE METHODS -- 3. EPICUTICULAR WAX PROPERTIESAND ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS -- 3.1. Leaf Age -- 3.2. Altitude -- 3.3. Branch Height -- 3.4. Noxious Gases -- 4. DEGRADATION OF LEAF SURFACE PROPERTIES AND ITS RELATION TO TREE DECLINE.

5. PARTICULATE MATTERS ON THE LEAF SURFACE AS A POSSIBLE INDICATOR OF AIR POLLUTION -- 6. CANOPY INTERACTIONS AND THROUGHFALL CHEMISTRY -- 7. CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- EFFECTS OF FOREST CANOPY GAPS ON LITTER MICROARTHROPOD POPULATIONS IN THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. METHODS -- 2.1. Study Site -- 2.2. Microarthropod Collection and Extraction -- 2.3. Data Analysis -- 3. RESULTS -- 4. CONCLUSION -- 4.1. Canopy Gap -- 4.2. Soil Moisture and Temperature -- 4.3. Future Research -- 5. TABLES AND FIGURES -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- INTERACTIONS BETWEEN URBAN VEGETATED SURFACES AND THE ATMOSPHERE -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- ON EDDY COVARIANCE FLUX MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUE -- EDDY COVARIANCE FLUX STUDIES OVER URBAN SURFACES -- FLUX MEASUREMENT RESULTS FROM KUMPULA, HELSINKI -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.