Canopy dieback and dynamic processes in Pacific forests: Introductory statement
- Author:
-
Mueller-Dombois, Dieter
- Title:
- Canopy dieback and dynamic processes in Pacific forests: Introductory statement
- Periodical:
- Pacific Science
- Year:
- 1983
- Volume:
- 37
- Pages:
- 313-316
- Subject:
-
Canopy dieback
Forest ecology
- Summary:
- The seventeen invited papers presented in this document provide a cross-section of the kinds of forests affected with canopy dieback in the central and south Pacific region such as several montane rain forests that range from tropical, (Hawaii and Papua New Guinea), subtropical, (New Zealand's North Island), to temperate environments (New Zealand's South Island and Tasmania). Also included were temperate and subtropical mesic sclerophyll forests in Australia. Although the papers were grouped by country, they show interesting between-country similarities in research approaches. The kinds of forests and species with dieback is discussed with emphases grouped into five research areas as follows: 1) disease and animal damage, 2) climatic change or perturbation analyses, 3) nutrient limitation, 4) stand structure and succession, and 5) tree physiological and experimental studies.
- Label:
- Ecology - Rain Forests
- URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10125/728
- Collection:
- Periodicals