Index
393
Cloud condensation nuclei
average density of, 47
dimethylsulfide as a source for. 43
Cloud cover
and dimethylsulfide, 48-54
maps, modeled, 50-53
variation between north and south,
west coasts of the Americas, 1112
Clutch size, of Alaska and Chilean
birds, 235, 243-244
Coastal Ocean Dynamics Experiment
(CODE), 37-39
Coast Mountains
boundary between rainforest and mesophytic forest, North America, 181
precipitation patterns influenced by,
30-31
Coccolithophorids
rate of DMS excretion, 43-44
CODE (Coastal Ocean Dynamics Experiment) , 37-39
Commission on Resources and the Environment (CORE), consensusbuilding by, 372
Computer-assisted image analysis, for
generation of density and ringwidth data, 76
Cone morphology, predicting, 113
Conifers
avian guilds in, 237
differences in water uptake, as a function of temperature, 92
growing conditions for, 116
Conservation
of biodiversity, 361-367
of cool temperate rainforests, 330-334
Constraints, on biogeochemistry, rain -
forests of the Americas, 57-71
Cool temperate rainforest
comparison between Tasmania and
the Americas, 320-336
of North America, 134
phytogeographic relationships, South
America, 134-169
Cordillera de Piuchue, watershed study,
61
CORE (Commission on Resources and
the Environment), 372
Coriaria ruscifolia, colonization of moraines, 189
Corillera Pelada, watershed study, 61
COSEWIC
Costa Rica, pollination by hummingbirds in, 260
Covered-nest birds, diversity of, 242
Covered nests
advantages of, 242
geographic diversity in, 243
Crown dieback, attributed to insect infestation, 196
Cupressids
genetic diversity of, 116
in temperate rainforest of South
America, 178
tolerance for stress, 114-115
D
Data
dimethylsulfide variation, 48
for north-south variation in west coast
parameters, the Americas, 6
tree-ring, western North America, 76
Deciduous trees, west coast of North
America, 9
Deer , exotic , effect on forest dynamics,
197-198
Deer (Odocoileus hemonius), effect on
forest dynamics, 196
Dendroclimatic techniques, 75
Dendroecological evidence of earthquakes, western coast of South
America, 186
Dennis Creek watershed, 59-61
Density
data for western North American
since 1600, 76-77
maximum-Iatewood, 76
correlation with ring widths and
sea-surface temperature, 79
summer temperature chronologies
based on, 80-81
Deposition, as a source of nutrients, 58-59
Dimethylsulfide (DMS), 42-55
effect of, on cloud formation, 12
marine emissions of, as a source of
watershed sulfur, 71
393
Cloud condensation nuclei
average density of, 47
dimethylsulfide as a source for. 43
Cloud cover
and dimethylsulfide, 48-54
maps, modeled, 50-53
variation between north and south,
west coasts of the Americas, 1112
Clutch size, of Alaska and Chilean
birds, 235, 243-244
Coastal Ocean Dynamics Experiment
(CODE), 37-39
Coast Mountains
boundary between rainforest and mesophytic forest, North America, 181
precipitation patterns influenced by,
30-31
Coccolithophorids
rate of DMS excretion, 43-44
CODE (Coastal Ocean Dynamics Experiment) , 37-39
Commission on Resources and the Environment (CORE), consensusbuilding by, 372
Computer-assisted image analysis, for
generation of density and ringwidth data, 76
Cone morphology, predicting, 113
Conifers
avian guilds in, 237
differences in water uptake, as a function of temperature, 92
growing conditions for, 116
Conservation
of biodiversity, 361-367
of cool temperate rainforests, 330-334
Constraints, on biogeochemistry, rain -
forests of the Americas, 57-71
Cool temperate rainforest
comparison between Tasmania and
the Americas, 320-336
of North America, 134
phytogeographic relationships, South
America, 134-169
Cordillera de Piuchue, watershed study,
61
CORE (Commission on Resources and
the Environment), 372
Coriaria ruscifolia, colonization of moraines, 189
Corillera Pelada, watershed study, 61
COSEWIC
Costa Rica, pollination by hummingbirds in, 260
Covered-nest birds, diversity of, 242
Covered nests
advantages of, 242
geographic diversity in, 243
Crown dieback, attributed to insect infestation, 196
Cupressids
genetic diversity of, 116
in temperate rainforest of South
America, 178
tolerance for stress, 114-115
D
Data
dimethylsulfide variation, 48
for north-south variation in west coast
parameters, the Americas, 6
tree-ring, western North America, 76
Deciduous trees, west coast of North
America, 9
Deer , exotic , effect on forest dynamics,
197-198
Deer (Odocoileus hemonius), effect on
forest dynamics, 196
Dendroclimatic techniques, 75
Dendroecological evidence of earthquakes, western coast of South
America, 186
Dennis Creek watershed, 59-61
Density
data for western North American
since 1600, 76-77
maximum-Iatewood, 76
correlation with ring widths and
sea-surface temperature, 79
summer temperature chronologies
based on, 80-81
Deposition, as a source of nutrients, 58-59
Dimethylsulfide (DMS), 42-55
effect of, on cloud formation, 12
marine emissions of, as a source of
watershed sulfur, 71