Alaska's Changing Boreal Forest

by David L. Verbyla, Mark W. Oswood, F. Stuart Chapin III, et al.

Book Overview

The boreal forest is the northern-most woodland biome, whose natural history is rooted in the influence of low temperature and high-latitude. Alaska's boreal forest is now warming as rapidly as the rest of Earth, providing an unprecedented look at how this cold-adapted, fire-prone forest adjusts to change.

This volume synthesizes current understanding of the ecology of Alaska's boreal forests and describes their unique features in the context...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195154312
• ISBN13: 9780195154313
• Release Date: January 2006
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.63 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.3"