Subject Index
angle 151,158
area 331
area distribution 131
area index, LAI 121,127,149,156,163,
177,188
area ratio, LAR 92
biomass 36
clustering 151,157
gas exchange 136,139,153,159,333
litter decay 224
mean life 177,332
mortality 331
nutrient content 129,254
population dynamics 329
production 39, 122
pubescence 128
respiration 171
sclerophylly 10,125,136
senescence 257
shade leaves 128,141,152
shedding 175,331
size 127
specific mass, LSM 125,166,331
stomatal conductance 333
stomatal density 127
sun leaves 141,152
transpiration rate 137
turnover 177,331
water saturation deficit 138
xylem water potential 138
L-horizon 224,316,343
light 91
light extinction 157
light interception 188
lignotuber 51
litter layer 344
litterfall 39,185,192,258,261,267
components 187
nutrient fluxes 187
lysimeter 229
macchia 5
magnesium
leaf concentration 255
streamwater concentration 287
masting 77
Mediterranean
Mediterranean climate 135
Mediterranean woody species 135
microbial nitrogen 232
mineralization 223,246
in situ incubation 227
minirhizotron 55
mites, see Acari
models
biogeochemical 297
biospheric/atmospheric 47,298
canopy gas exchange 149
forest growth: GOTILWA 164
MAGIC 298
mechanistic III
PROFILE 305
stand dynamics and composition 105
top-down 11 0
Net assimilation rate, NAR 93
371
net primary production, NPP 32,41,163,
172,184,268,329
aboveground 39
belowground 47,54
fine root 55
nitrification 223,322
nitrogen
ammonium in soil 225,332
availability 232
C/N ratio 224,321
canopy uptake 218
fertilization experiment 80,126,184
immobilization 224,321
input 206
leaf concentration 129,255
limitation 125
mineralization 223
nitrate in soil solution 242
nitrate in soil 225,322
nitrate leaching 223,325
nitrification 223,322
oxides 195,203
rain concentration 200, 204
residence time 265
retention in catchments 223,290
retranslocation 130
seasonality 227
soil nitrogen 223
volatilization 325
nutrient
availability 183,258
budgets 283
cycles 195,253,262
fertilization experiment 183
flux 261
in forest floor 320
in litterfall 258,267
input 204,216
input-output budgets 283
leaf concentration 129,255
net output flux 285,288
net soil release 294
net uptake 261, 301
pool 259
residence time 265
resorption, see retranslocation
angle 151,158
area 331
area distribution 131
area index, LAI 121,127,149,156,163,
177,188
area ratio, LAR 92
biomass 36
clustering 151,157
gas exchange 136,139,153,159,333
litter decay 224
mean life 177,332
mortality 331
nutrient content 129,254
population dynamics 329
production 39, 122
pubescence 128
respiration 171
sclerophylly 10,125,136
senescence 257
shade leaves 128,141,152
shedding 175,331
size 127
specific mass, LSM 125,166,331
stomatal conductance 333
stomatal density 127
sun leaves 141,152
transpiration rate 137
turnover 177,331
water saturation deficit 138
xylem water potential 138
L-horizon 224,316,343
light 91
light extinction 157
light interception 188
lignotuber 51
litter layer 344
litterfall 39,185,192,258,261,267
components 187
nutrient fluxes 187
lysimeter 229
macchia 5
magnesium
leaf concentration 255
streamwater concentration 287
masting 77
Mediterranean
Mediterranean climate 135
Mediterranean woody species 135
microbial nitrogen 232
mineralization 223,246
in situ incubation 227
minirhizotron 55
mites, see Acari
models
biogeochemical 297
biospheric/atmospheric 47,298
canopy gas exchange 149
forest growth: GOTILWA 164
MAGIC 298
mechanistic III
PROFILE 305
stand dynamics and composition 105
top-down 11 0
Net assimilation rate, NAR 93
371
net primary production, NPP 32,41,163,
172,184,268,329
aboveground 39
belowground 47,54
fine root 55
nitrification 223,322
nitrogen
ammonium in soil 225,332
availability 232
C/N ratio 224,321
canopy uptake 218
fertilization experiment 80,126,184
immobilization 224,321
input 206
leaf concentration 129,255
limitation 125
mineralization 223
nitrate in soil solution 242
nitrate in soil 225,322
nitrate leaching 223,325
nitrification 223,322
oxides 195,203
rain concentration 200, 204
residence time 265
retention in catchments 223,290
retranslocation 130
seasonality 227
soil nitrogen 223
volatilization 325
nutrient
availability 183,258
budgets 283
cycles 195,253,262
fertilization experiment 183
flux 261
in forest floor 320
in litterfall 258,267
input 204,216
input-output budgets 283
leaf concentration 129,255
net output flux 285,288
net soil release 294
net uptake 261, 301
pool 259
residence time 265
resorption, see retranslocation