Climate Variability and Ecosystem Response at Long-Term Ecological Research Sites
This volume in the Long-Term Ecological Research Network Series would present the work that has been done and the understanding and database that have been developed by work on climate change done at all the LTER sites. Global climate change is a central issue facing the world, which is being worked on by a very large number of scientists across a wide range of fields. The LTER sites hold some of the best available data measuring long term impacts and changes in the environment, and the...
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Sixty American researchers report findings from the 24 sites of the Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) program located in the U.S. and the Antarctic. Following an introductory chapter on climate variability and ecosystem response, 17 chapters are grouped into sections dealing with separate timescales: the short timescale ranging from an individual storm to a year or less, the quasi- quintennial scale for events recurring about every five years, the timescale of several decades, and the century to millennial timescale. The final section includes chapters from individual LTER sites covering the topic at several timescales. Annotation ©2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
ContributorsAbbreviations1An Introduction to Climate Variability and Ecosystem Response3IShort-Term Climate EventsIntroductory Overview232Hurricane Impacts in New England and Puerto Rico253Drought Impacts on Tree Growth and Mortality of Southern Appalachian Forests434Climate Variability in the North Central Region: Characterizing Drought Severity Patterns565Climate Forcing at the Arctic LTER SiteShort-Term Climatic Events - Synthesis92IIThe Quasi-Quintennial TimescaleIntroductory Overview996An LTER Network Overview and Introduction to El Nino-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) Climatic Signal and Response1027The Climate of the Central Arizona and Phoenix Long-Term Ecological Research Site (CAP LTER) and Links to ENSO1178Watershed Hydrological and Chemical Responses to Precipitation Variability in the Luquillo Mountains of Puerto Rico1419Climate Variability and Ecological Response of the Marine Ecosystem in the Western Antarctic Peninsula (WAP) Region15810Climate and Hydrologic Variations and Implications for Lake and Stream Ecological Response in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, AntarcticaThe Quasi-Quintennial Timescale - Synthesis196IIIThe Interdecadal TimescaleIntroductory Overview20911Interdecadal-Scale Variability: An Assessment of LTER Climate Data21312A 200-Year Perspective of Climate Variability and the Response of White Spruce in Interior Alaska22613Decadal Climate Variation and Coho Salmon Catch25114Decadal and Century-Long Changes in Storminess at Long-Term Ecological Research Sites26215Multidecadal Drought Cycles in South-Central New Mexico: Patterns and Consequences286The Interdecadal Timescale - Synthesis308IVCentury to Millennial TimescaleIntroductory Overview31716Century- to Millennial-Scale Climate Change and Ecosystem Response in Taylor Valley, Antarctica31917Millennial-Scale Climate Variability and Ecosystem Response at the Jornada LTER Site34118Millennial and Century Climate Changes in the Colorado Alpine370Century to Millennial Timescale - Synthesis384VClimate Variability and Ecosystem Response at Selected LTER Sites at Multiple TimescalesIntroductory Overview39119Climate Variability and Ecosystem Response at the H. J. Andrews Long-Term Ecological Research Site39320Climate Variability in Tallgrass Prairie at Multiple Timescales: Konza Prairie Biological Station41121Climate Variability and Ecosystem Response - Synthesis425Index451
