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Authors: David Greenland (Editor), Raymond C. Smith (Editor), Douglas G. Goodin
ISBN-13: 9780195150599, ISBN-10: 0195150597
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Date Published: June 2003
Edition: (Non-applicable)

Author Biography: David Greenland

University of North Carolina

Kansas State University

University of California, Santa Barbara

Book Synopsis

Sixty American researchers report findings from the 24 sites of the Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) program located in the U.S. and the Antarctic. Following an introductory chapter on climate variability and ecosystem response, 17 chapters are grouped into sections dealing with separate timescales: the short timescale ranging from an individual storm to a year or less, the quasi- quintennial scale for events recurring about every five years, the timescale of several decades, and the century to millennial timescale. The final section includes chapters from individual LTER sites covering the topic at several timescales. Annotation ©2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

	Contributors
	Abbreviations
1	An Introduction to Climate Variability and Ecosystem Response	3
I	Short-Term Climate Events
	Introductory Overview	23
2	Hurricane Impacts in New England and Puerto Rico	25
3	Drought Impacts on Tree Growth and Mortality of Southern Appalachian Forests	43
4	Climate Variability in the North Central Region: Characterizing Drought Severity Patterns	56
5	Climate Forcing at the Arctic LTER Site
	Short-Term Climatic Events - Synthesis	92
II	The Quasi-Quintennial Timescale
	Introductory Overview	99
6	An LTER Network Overview and Introduction to El Nino-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) Climatic Signal and Response	102
7	The Climate of the Central Arizona and Phoenix Long-Term Ecological Research Site (CAP LTER) and Links to ENSO	117
8	Watershed Hydrological and Chemical Responses to Precipitation Variability in the Luquillo Mountains of Puerto Rico	141
9	Climate Variability and Ecological Response of the Marine Ecosystem in the Western Antarctic Peninsula (WAP) Region	158
10	Climate and Hydrologic Variations and Implications for Lake and Stream Ecological Response in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica
	The Quasi-Quintennial Timescale - Synthesis	196
III	The Interdecadal Timescale
	Introductory Overview	209
11	Interdecadal-Scale Variability: An Assessment of LTER Climate Data	213
12	A 200-Year Perspective of Climate Variability and the Response of White Spruce in Interior Alaska	226
13	Decadal Climate Variation and Coho Salmon Catch	251
14	Decadal and Century-Long Changes in Storminess at Long-Term Ecological Research Sites	262
15	Multidecadal Drought Cycles in South-Central New Mexico: Patterns and Consequences	286
	The Interdecadal Timescale - Synthesis	308
IV	Century to Millennial Timescale
	Introductory Overview	317
16	Century- to Millennial-Scale Climate Change and Ecosystem Response in Taylor Valley, Antarctica	319
17	Millennial-Scale Climate Variability and Ecosystem Response at the Jornada LTER Site	341
18	Millennial and Century Climate Changes in the Colorado Alpine	370
	Century to Millennial Timescale - Synthesis	384
V	Climate Variability and Ecosystem Response at Selected LTER Sites at Multiple Timescales
	Introductory Overview	391
19	Climate Variability and Ecosystem Response at the H. J. Andrews Long-Term Ecological Research Site	393
20	Climate Variability in Tallgrass Prairie at Multiple Timescales: Konza Prairie Biological Station	411
21	Climate Variability and Ecosystem Response - Synthesis	425
	Index	451

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