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Over the last decade, the field of plant ecology has significantly developed and expanded, especially in research concerning the herbaceous layer and ground vegetation of forests. This revised second edition of The Herbaceous Layer in Forests of Eastern North America accounts for that growth, presenting research that approaches the ecology of the herb layer of forests from a variety of disciplines, perspectives, and levels of ecological organization. The book synthesizes the research of top ecologists on herbaceous layer structure, composition, and dynamics of a variety of forest ecosystem typ

Forest ecology --- Forest plants --- Forest botany --- Forest flora --- Forest vegetation --- Forest wildlife plants --- Forest-zone plants --- Wildlife plants, Forest --- Woodland plants --- Woodland vegetation --- Forests and forestry --- Plants --- Woodland garden plants --- Forest ecosystems --- Ecology

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This volume is devoted to the derivation and application of simplified bioclimatic boundary conditions at vegetated land surfaces using natural selection of vegetation characteristics driven by productivity maximization. It investigates the internal control of forest growth by the vertical fluxes of light, CO2, water vapor, and heat within the canopy, as well as the external control offered by the balances of thermal energy and water. Through these means it seeks to determine how the physical characteristics and productivity of forest communities are related to the climates and soils in which they are found. Ecohydrology bridges the fields of hydrology and ecology and proposes new unifying principles derived from the concept of natural selection. It also has potential application in determining the response of vegetation to slow variations in climate and will provide fascinating reading for graduate-level students and research scientists working in ecohydrology, hydroclimatology, forest ecology, and surface water hydrology.

Forest ecology. --- Forest productivity. --- Forest plants --- Forest microclimatology. --- Forest canopies. --- Ecohydrology. --- Eco-hydrology --- Aquatic ecology --- Hydrology --- Canopies, Forest --- Canopy cover, Tree --- Cover, Forest crown --- Cover, Forest overstory --- Cover, Tree --- Cover, Tree canopy --- Crown canopies, Forest --- Crown cover, Forest --- Forest crown canopies --- Forest crown cover --- Forest overstory cover --- Overstory cover, Forest --- Tree canopy cover --- Tree cover --- Forests and forestry --- Plant canopies --- Climate and forests --- Forests and climate --- Forest ecology --- Forest influences --- Microclimatology --- Vegetation and climate --- Forest meteorology --- Forest production --- Forest yield --- Productivity, Forest --- Agricultural productivity --- Primary productivity (Biology) --- Forest site quality --- Forest ecosystems --- Ecology --- Forest botany --- Forest flora --- Forest vegetation --- Forest wildlife plants --- Forest-zone plants --- Wildlife plants, Forest --- Woodland plants --- Woodland vegetation --- Plants --- Woodland garden plants --- Ecophysiology. --- Environmental Sciences and Forestry. Forestry --- Forest Ecology.