Ecohydrology of Water-Controlled Ecosystems
Ecohydrology of Water-Controlled Ecosystems
Amilcare Porporato, Duke University, North Carolina
$79.99
USDEcohydrology of Water-Controlled Ecosystems addresses the connections between the hydrologic cycle and plant ecosystems, with special emphasis on arid and semi-arid climates. This important topic is treated by building suitable mathematical models of the physics involved and then applying them to study the ecosystem structure and its response to rainfall and climate forcing in different parts of the world, including savannas, grasslands and forests. It investigates the vegetation response to water stress (drought), the hydrologic control on cycles of soil nutrients, and the dynamics of plant competition for water. The book also offers insights into processes closely related to soil moisture dynamics, such as soil-atmosphere interaction and soil gas emissions. This book will appeal to advanced students and researchers from a large range of disciplines, including environmental science, hydrology, ecology, earth science, civil and environmental engineering, agriculture and atmospheric science.
- Covers an extremely modern and timely topic
- Presents rigorous mathematical modelling
- Multidisciplinary - from hydrology to ecology, meteorology, population dynamics and soil physics
Reviews & endorsements
"...makes important contributions in this rapidly evolving field...The book is timely and important, coming at a very critical period in the development of the field of ecohydrology. Indeed, the book will be regarded as foundational for the field. Although the book has a strong hydrological perspective, classically trained plant ecologists will find many useful and stimulating ideas here." EOS, David G. Williams, University of Wyoming
Product details
February 2007Paperback
9780521036740
464 pages
243 × 168 × 25 mm
0.719kg
225 b/w illus. 16 colour illus. 20 tables
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Table of Contents
- Foreword Gabriel Katul
- Preface
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Stochastic soil moisture dynamics and water balance
- 3. Crossing properties of soil moisture dynamics
- 4. Plant water stress
- 5. Applications to natural ecosystems
- 6. Coupled dynamics of photosynthesis, transpiration and soil water balance: from hourly to growing-season time scale
- 7. Plant strategies and water use
- 8. Seasonal and interannual fluctuations in soil moisture dynamics
- 9. Spatial scale issues in soil moisture dynamics
- 10. Hydrologic controls on nutrient cycles
- 11. Hydrologic variability and ecosystem structure
- References
- Species index
- Subject index.
