Overview
- Modelling different aspects of tree seasonality are discussed in a common framework
- The content will be extremely useful to modellers, and experimental tree ecophysiologists
- The varying degree of empirical support of the models is made transparent
- Pitfalls in using models in ecological climate change research are revealed
- Thorough explication of concepts and theories facilitate the use as a textbook at advanced level
Part of the book series: Biometeorology (BIOMET)
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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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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Front Matter
Reviews
“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)
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
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.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Boreal and Temperate Trees in a Changing Climate
Book Subtitle: Modelling the Ecophysiology of Seasonality
Authors: Heikki Hänninen
Series Title: Biometeorology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-7549-6
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-94-017-7547-2Published: 10 May 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-024-1377-9Published: 27 May 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-94-017-7549-6Published: 27 April 2016
Series ISSN: 1877-5284
Series E-ISSN: 2452-1558
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 342
Number of Illustrations: 78 b/w illustrations, 38 illustrations in colour
Topics: Climate Change, Forestry, Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts, Plant Physiology, Natural Resources, Plant Ecology