Review of Ecohydrology: Darwinian Expression of Vegetation Form and Function, P.S. Eagleson
Abstract
Interactions among available energy, water dynamics, and nutrients are clearly critical to defining ecosystem function. The linkage between water and carbon dioxide exchanges in the plant and atmosphere continuum is at the heart of this dynamic. In forested systems, a strong relationship between carbon uptake and transpiration is understood to be a function of available energy and aerodynamic and canopy conductances. Holistically linking ecosystem properties to stand development and selection of community composition has long been a topic of theoretical discussion. However, few mechanistic means exist to assess these relationships. This, in turn, challenges the ability to characterize forest response to anthropogenic or natural variability, as such analyses require robust quantitative models.
Department
Earth Systems Research Center
Publication Date
9-2-2003
Journal Title
EOS Transactions
Publisher
American Geophysical Union (AGU)
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
Document Type
Book Review
Recommended Citation
Jacobs, J.M. 2003. Review of Ecohydrology: Darwinian Expression of Vegetation Form and Function, P.S. Eagleson, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom to appear in EOS Transaction, American Geophysical Union. 2003.
Rights
©2003. American Geophysical Union. All Rights Reserved.
Comments
This is a book review published by AGU in EOS Transactions in 2003, available online: https://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2003EO350009