Physical And Physiological Forest Ecology
by Pertti Hari /
2012 / English / PDF
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This book introduces a holistic synthesis of carbon and nitrogen
fluxes in forest ecosystems from cell to stand level during the
lifetime of trees. Establishing that metabolism and physical
phenomena give rise to concentration, pressure and temperature
differences that generate the material and energy fluxes between
living organisms and their environment. The editors and authors
utilize physiological, physical and anatomical background
information to formulate theoretical ideas dealing with the effects
of the environment and the state of enzymes, membrane pumps and
pigments on metabolism. The emergent properties play an important
role in the transitions from detailed to more aggregate levels in
the ecosystem. Conservation of mass and energy allow the
construction of dynamic models of carbon and nitrogen fluxes and
pools at various levels in the hierarchy of forest ecosystems.
This book introduces a holistic synthesis of carbon and nitrogen
fluxes in forest ecosystems from cell to stand level during the
lifetime of trees. Establishing that metabolism and physical
phenomena give rise to concentration, pressure and temperature
differences that generate the material and energy fluxes between
living organisms and their environment. The editors and authors
utilize physiological, physical and anatomical background
information to formulate theoretical ideas dealing with the effects
of the environment and the state of enzymes, membrane pumps and
pigments on metabolism. The emergent properties play an important
role in the transitions from detailed to more aggregate levels in
the ecosystem. Conservation of mass and energy allow the
construction of dynamic models of carbon and nitrogen fluxes and
pools at various levels in the hierarchy of forest ecosystems.
