Richard G. Lawford
Office of Global Programs
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
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Silver Spring, MD 20920-5603, USA
Eduardo Fuentes
Catholic University
Laboratory of Ecology
Castilla 114-D
Santiago
Chile
Paul B. Alaback
Sch001 of Forestry
Montana Forest and Conservation
Experiment Station
University of Montana
Missoula, MT 59812-1063, USA
Cover Illustration: Schematic of the integrated effects of climatic, hydrological,
and biological processes on ecosystems along the west coast of the Americas .
Artwork prepared by Mr. Philip Gregory of the National Hydrology Research
Centre in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada .
Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Dat a
High-latitude rainforests and associated ecosystems of the West Coast
of the Americas : climate, hydrology, ecology, and conservation /
Richard G. Lawford, Paul Alaback, Eduardo Fuentes, editors.
p . cm.-(Ecological studies : vol. 116)
ISBN-13: 978-1-4612-8453-6
e-ISBN-13: 978-1-4612-3970-3
001: 10.1007/978-1-4612-3970-3
1. Rain forest ecology-America. 2. Rain forests-America.
3. Rain forest conservation-America. I. Lawford, Richard G.
II. Alaback, Paul B. III. Fuentes, Eduardo . IV. Series: Ecological
studies : v. 116.
QHI01.H55 1995
574.5'2642'097-dc20
95-5547
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Office of Global Programs
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
1100 Wayne Avenue
Silver Spring, MD 20920-5603, USA
Eduardo Fuentes
Catholic University
Laboratory of Ecology
Castilla 114-D
Santiago
Chile
Paul B. Alaback
Sch001 of Forestry
Montana Forest and Conservation
Experiment Station
University of Montana
Missoula, MT 59812-1063, USA
Cover Illustration: Schematic of the integrated effects of climatic, hydrological,
and biological processes on ecosystems along the west coast of the Americas .
Artwork prepared by Mr. Philip Gregory of the National Hydrology Research
Centre in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada .
Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Dat a
High-latitude rainforests and associated ecosystems of the West Coast
of the Americas : climate, hydrology, ecology, and conservation /
Richard G. Lawford, Paul Alaback, Eduardo Fuentes, editors.
p . cm.-(Ecological studies : vol. 116)
ISBN-13: 978-1-4612-8453-6
e-ISBN-13: 978-1-4612-3970-3
001: 10.1007/978-1-4612-3970-3
1. Rain forest ecology-America. 2. Rain forests-America.
3. Rain forest conservation-America. I. Lawford, Richard G.
II. Alaback, Paul B. III. Fuentes, Eduardo . IV. Series: Ecological
studies : v. 116.
QHI01.H55 1995
574.5'2642'097-dc20
95-5547
Printed on acid-free paper.
© 1996 Springer-Verlag New York , Inc.
Softcover reprint of the hardcover Ist edition 1996
Copyright is not claimed for works by U.S. Government employees.
All rights reserved. This work may not be translated or copied in whole or in part without
the written permission of the publisher (Springer-Verlag New York, Inc., 175 Fifth Avenue,
New York, NY 10010, USA) , except for brief excerpts in connection with reviews or
scholarly analysis. Use in connection with any form of information storage and retrieval ,
electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now
known or hereafter developed is forbidden .
The use of general descriptive names, trade names, trademarks, etc., in this publication,
even if the former are not especially identified, is not to be taken as a sign that such names,
as understood by the Trade Marks and Merchandise Marks Act, may accordingly be used
freely by anyone.
Acquiring editor : Robert C. Garber
Production coordinated by Chernow Editor ial Services, Inc., and managed by Terry Kornak;
manufacturing supervised by Joe Quatela .
Typeset by Best-set Typesetter Ltd., Hong Kong.
98765 432 1