Biomass Changes in Early Tropical Succession on a Large-scale Shifting Cultivation Area, Northeast Borneo Island.

Changes in Forest Biomass, Litter Dynamics and Soils following Shifting Cultivation in Southern Mexico: an Overview

Deborah Lawrence. B.A. Harvard University. Ph.D. Duke University. Address: Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia, P. O. Box 400123, Charlottesville, Virginia 22904-4123, USA. e-mail: [email protected] David Foster. B.A. Connecticut College. M.S. and Ph.D. University of Minnesota. Address: Harvard Forest, Harvard University, P. O. Box 68, Petersham, Massachusetts 01366...

Small-Scale Farming and Shifting Cultivation

The relationship between tree biodiversity and biomass dynamics changes with tropical forest succession.

Theory predicts shifts in the magnitude and direction of biodiversity effects on ecosystem function (BEF) over succession, but this theory remains largely untested. We studied the relationship between aboveground tree biomass dynamics (Δbiomass) and multiple dimensions of biodiversity over 8-16 years in eight successional rainforests. We tested whether successional changes in diversity-Δbiomass...

Biostratigraphy and paleo-ecological reconstruction on Scleractinian reef corals of Rupelian-Chattian succession (Qom Formation) in northeast of Delijan area

In this research, biostratigraphy and paleo-ecological reconstruction of the Qom Formation deposits in Bijegan village, northeast ofDelijan, are discussed. The studied section is situated in the western margin of the Urumieh-Dokhtar magmatic arc (the intra-arc basin).The Qom Formation deposits at the studied area are Rupelian-Chattian in age. Larger benthic foraminifers are used for biostratigr...

Creation of Large Area Forest Biomass Maps for Northeast China Using Ers-1/2 Tandem Coherence

One of the objectives of the Forest DRAGON project is the generation of a forest biomass map for Northeast China based on ERS-1/2 tandem coherence. The ERS1/2 tandem dataset consisted of 223 image pairs acquired in all seasons between 1995 and 1998. ERS1/2 tandem coherence has been shown to provide accurate estimates of forest biomass but is also known to depend strongly on the meteorological a...