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Long-Term Forest Dynamics of the Temperate Zone
a Case Study of Late-Quaternary Forests in Eastern North America
1 online resource (xiii, 439 pages 90 illustrations)
This study represents a comprehensive and quantitative examination of the paleoecological evidence for forest community development in the Temperate Zone of Eastern North America since the last glacial maximum 20,000 years ago. A computerized fossil-pollen data set, compiled from 162 radiocarbon-dated paleoecological sites were used. Their fossil pollen spectra were transformed into an estimate of past dominance for 19 major tree taxa. Ecological ordination of the data allowed evaluation of the degree of persistence. Measurement of the rates of spread along major migration routes give new insights into the biogeography of temperate and boreal trees. These extensive studies are of interest to graduate students and researchers in all fields of ecology, as well as biogeography.
The Nature of Long-Term Vegetational Change -- Modern Pollen-Vegetation Relationships -- Reconstructing Long-Term Forest Changes from Fossil-Pollen Data -- Vegetation Map Patterns at the Biome Level -- Tree Population Dynamics During the Past 20,000 Years -- Late-Quaternary Migrational Strategies of Tree Species -- The Role of Competition in Long-Term Forest Dynamics -- Gradient Analysis, Ecotones, and Forest Communities -- Quaternary Landscape Ecology -- Long-Term Forest Dynamics of the Temperate Zone -- References -- Appendix -- Index.
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