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Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Timeline: From the Glaciers to the Present; Prologue: Step into the Forest-Today; PART 1. THE FOREST ECOSYSTEM AS A LABORATORY; 1 Ecosystem and Ecological Studies at Hubbard Brook; 2 The Small Watershed-Ecosystem Approach; PART 2. CHARACTERISTICS OF THE WATERSHED-ECOSYSTEMS; 3 Physical Setting and Climate; 4 The Forest: Past and Present; 5 A Rich Array of Organisms and Their Interactions; PART 3. UNDERST ANDING FOREST ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION; 6 How Is Energy Transformed?; 7 Hydrology: Water Balance and Flux. |
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8 Biogeochemistry: How Do Chemicals Flux and Cycle?9 The Discovery of Acid Rain at Hubbard Brook; PART 4. DISCOVERIES FROM LONG-TERM STUDIES AND EXPERIMENTAL MANIPULATIONS; 10 The Consequences of Acid Rain and Other Air Pollutants; 11 The Effects of Forest Harvesting and Other Disturbances: Whole-Watershed Manipulations; 12 How Does the Forest Ecosystem Recover After Harvesting and Other Disturbances?; 13 How Stream Ecosystems Are Integrated with Their Watersheds; 14 What Causes Population Change in Forest Birds?; 15 Scaling Up: Ecosystem Patterns and Processes Across the Valley. |
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16 How Is Climate Change Affecting the Forest Ecosystem?PART 5. BROADER IMPACTS AND LOOKING TO THE FUTURE; 17 Reaching Out: Hubbard Brook's Influence on Environmental Policy, Management, and Education; 18 A Look Ahead: The Forest Ecosystem in the Future; Epilogue: Step into the Forest-2065; APPENDIX 1. Scientific Units: Conversions and Abbreviations; APPENDIX 2. Scientific Names and Lists of Selected Organisms; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Forest ecology -- New Hampshire -- Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest.
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Forest ecology. |
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New Hampshire -- Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest. |
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Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest (N.H.)
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Electronic books.
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| ISBN |
0300220782 (electronic book) |
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9780300220780 (electronic book) |
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0300203640 |
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9780300203646 |
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