Boreal and Temperate Trees in a Changing Climate: Modelling the Ecophysiology of Seasonality

Author:   Heikki Hänninen
Publisher:   Springer
Edition:   1st ed. 2016
Volume:   3
ISBN:  

9789401775472


Pages:   342
Publication Date:   10 May 2016
Format:   Hardback
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This book provides an overview of how boreal and temperate tree species have adapted their annual development cycle to the seasonally varying climatic conditions.  Therefore,  the frost hardy dormant phase, and the susceptible growth phase, are synchronized with the seasonality of the climate. The volume discusses the annual cycle, including various attributes such as timing of bud burst and other phenological events, seasonality of photosynthetic capacity or the frost hardiness of the trees.   During the last few decades dynamic ecophysiological models have been used increasingly in studies of the annual cycle, particularly when projecting the ecological effects of climate change.  The main emphasis of this volume is on combining modelling with experimental studies, and on the importance of the biological realism of the models.

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Author:   Heikki Hänninen
Publisher:   Springer
Imprint:   Springer
Edition:   1st ed. 2016
Volume:   3
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   7.209kg
ISBN:  

9789401775472


ISBN 10:   9401775478
Pages:   342
Publication Date:   10 May 2016
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

1. Climatic Adaptation of Boreal and Temperate Tree Species.- 2. Dynamic Modelling of the Annual Cycle.- 3. The Annual Phenological Cycle.- 4. The Annual Cycle of Photosynthesis in Evergreen Conifers.- 5. The Annual Cycle of Frost Hardiness.- 6. Evolutionary Aspects of the Annual Cycle.- 7.  Upscaling to Higher Levels of Organisation.- 8. The Annual Cycle Under Changing Climatic Conditions.- 9. Concluding Remarks.

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He clearly and succinctly distills the body of research in the field of ecophysiology as a way of documenting where research stands now and the direction it might head in the future. ... The author reviews evolutionary aspects of ecophysiology and progresses from the individual tree to the effects that are made on whole forests and entire ecosystems. ... Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through researchers and faculty. (M. K. Cleaveland, Choice, Vol. 54 (5), January, 2017)


Author Information

Heikki Hänninen was born in Laukaa, Central Finland, in 1957. He studied ecology in Jyväskylä and forest science in Joensuu, where he received his PhD in 1990. He worked in various positions at the University of Joensuu (currently part of the University of Eastern Finland) until his appointment to Professor of Terrestrial Plant Ecology at the University of Helsinki in March 1997. Professor Hänninen’s main research interest is the seasonality and climatic adaptation of northern plants, with the assessment of the effects of the projected climatic change as the principal domain of application in his research work. During his early career he worked with forest trees, but after moving to Helsinki he broadened his scope to cover other plant life forms as well. Throughout his career, the combining of experimental ecophysiology with dynamic modelling has been a leading theme in Professor Hänninen’s research. He is a member of the Editorial Review Board of Tree Physiology.

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