Index
407
postglacial, 190-191
and relative internal and external supplies of nutrients, 58-59
simulation of, 309-310
in Tasmania, 326-328
trend to shade-tolerant species, 182183
Sulfur cycling, in coastal upwelling systerns, 42-55
Sulfur dioxide, from dimethylsulfide,
47
Sus scrofa (Boar, wild), 197
Swamp forests, studies of, Tasmania, 335
Swiss Federal Institute of Forest, Snow
and Landscape Research, 76-77
Symmetry, north-south, along western
coasts, 4-5
T
Tasmania
characterization of, 321-322
rainforests of
comparison with the Americas,
124-125,320-336
diversity in flora, 156
Taxonomic composition, vascular plant
fora, South American temperate
rainforest, 151
Tectonic disturbances, 185-187, 204
Temperate Rainforest Biodiversity
Monitoring and Inventory Project, 372
Temperature
air, and net radiation, South American west coast, 17
anomalies of, reconstruction for western North America, 81
changes in, with changes in precipitation, 315
characteristic, of temperate rainforests, 173
gradient in
and biodiversity, 21-22
north-south, 108-109,287
mean annual, temperate rainforest regions, 107
mean monthly, selected sites in the
Americas, 177
optimum, for photosynthesis, 97
perhumid rainforest regions, 174
range of, western coast of South
America, 136-137, 161
seasonal rainforest, 174
sea-surface, North Pacific Ocean,
35
soil, and Chilean tree species productivity, 97-98
western coast, the Americas, lOII
Temperature-precipitation trajectories,
and vegetation,west coasts of
North and South America, 15-16
Terrestrial environment, implications of
dimethylsulfide effects on climate, 54
Thamnic rainforest, Tasmania, 325
Thuja plicata, 180
range and genetic diversity of, 114115
stand development, 185
Tierra del Fuego, databases from tree
ring width chronologies, 82
Timber harvesting, in the Pacific Northwest, 284
TOC (Total Organic Carbon), 24
Topography, variations, north-south
for western coasts of the Americas, 8-16
Total Organic Carbon (TOC), transport
to the oceans, 24
Toxic waste, from smelting, 331
Transpiration
change in rate of with climate change,
312
models for predicting, 93
correlation with site index, 314
rate of, and hydraulic efficiency, 91
Transport, of carbon, by rivers, 23-24
Treefall gaps
comparison of North and South
America, 193
tree species utilizing, South American
rainforests, 183
Tree growth, managing projected effects of climate change, 313-316
Treeline, northern, of western North
America, 77-79
407
postglacial, 190-191
and relative internal and external supplies of nutrients, 58-59
simulation of, 309-310
in Tasmania, 326-328
trend to shade-tolerant species, 182183
Sulfur cycling, in coastal upwelling systerns, 42-55
Sulfur dioxide, from dimethylsulfide,
47
Sus scrofa (Boar, wild), 197
Swamp forests, studies of, Tasmania, 335
Swiss Federal Institute of Forest, Snow
and Landscape Research, 76-77
Symmetry, north-south, along western
coasts, 4-5
T
Tasmania
characterization of, 321-322
rainforests of
comparison with the Americas,
124-125,320-336
diversity in flora, 156
Taxonomic composition, vascular plant
fora, South American temperate
rainforest, 151
Tectonic disturbances, 185-187, 204
Temperate Rainforest Biodiversity
Monitoring and Inventory Project, 372
Temperature
air, and net radiation, South American west coast, 17
anomalies of, reconstruction for western North America, 81
changes in, with changes in precipitation, 315
characteristic, of temperate rainforests, 173
gradient in
and biodiversity, 21-22
north-south, 108-109,287
mean annual, temperate rainforest regions, 107
mean monthly, selected sites in the
Americas, 177
optimum, for photosynthesis, 97
perhumid rainforest regions, 174
range of, western coast of South
America, 136-137, 161
seasonal rainforest, 174
sea-surface, North Pacific Ocean,
35
soil, and Chilean tree species productivity, 97-98
western coast, the Americas, lOII
Temperature-precipitation trajectories,
and vegetation,west coasts of
North and South America, 15-16
Terrestrial environment, implications of
dimethylsulfide effects on climate, 54
Thamnic rainforest, Tasmania, 325
Thuja plicata, 180
range and genetic diversity of, 114115
stand development, 185
Tierra del Fuego, databases from tree
ring width chronologies, 82
Timber harvesting, in the Pacific Northwest, 284
TOC (Total Organic Carbon), 24
Topography, variations, north-south
for western coasts of the Americas, 8-16
Total Organic Carbon (TOC), transport
to the oceans, 24
Toxic waste, from smelting, 331
Transpiration
change in rate of with climate change,
312
models for predicting, 93
correlation with site index, 314
rate of, and hydraulic efficiency, 91
Transport, of carbon, by rivers, 23-24
Treefall gaps
comparison of North and South
America, 193
tree species utilizing, South American
rainforests, 183
Tree growth, managing projected effects of climate change, 313-316
Treeline, northern, of western North
America, 77-79