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Contents
5. Past Changes in Climate and Tree Growth in the Western
Americas
75
Rosanne D . D'Arrigo and Gordon C. Jacoby
6. Constraints on Terrestrial Primary Productivity in Temperate
Forests Along the Pacific Coast of North and South America
89
R.H. Waring and W.E. Winner
Section 2. Biotic Patterns
7. Biodiversity Patterns in Relation to Climate: The Coastal
Temperate Rainforests of North America
105
Paul B. Alaback
8. Phytogeographic Relationships and Regional Richness
Patterns of the Cool Temperate Rainforest Flora of Southern
South America
134
Mary T. Kalin Arroyo, Magaly Riveros, Alejandro Penaloza,
Lohengrin Cavieres, and Ana Maria Faggi
9. A Comparative Review of Forest Dynamics and Disturbance
in the Temperate Rainforests of North and South America
173
Thomas T. Veblen and Paul B. Alaback
10. Patterns of Terrestrial Vertebrate Diversity in New World
Temperate Rainforests
214
Peter L. Meserve
11. Avian Communities in Temperate Rainforests of North and
South America
228
Mary F. Willson, Toni L. De Santo, Carlos Sabag, and
Juan J . Armesto
12. The Importance of Plant-Bird Mutualisms in the Temperate
Rainforest of Southern South America
248
Juan J . Armesto, C. Smith-Ramirez, and Carlos Sabag
13. The Temperate Rainforest Lakes of Chile and Canada:
Comparative Ecology and Sensitivity to Anthropocentric
Change
266
Doris Soto and John G . Stockner
Section 3. Forest System Responses to Human Activities
14. Implications of Patch Dynamics for Forested Ecosystems in
the Pacific Northwest
283
G.A. Bradshaw, Frederick J. Swanson, and
Maria R. Fiorella