Forest Ecology and Management

  1. Forest Ecosystem Processes and Functions
    1. Energy Flow and Primary Production
      1. Photosynthesis and Carbon Fixation
        1. Light Reactions
          1. Carbon Fixation Pathways
            1. Environmental Controls
            2. Primary Productivity
              1. Gross Primary Productivity
                1. Net Primary Productivity
                  1. Productivity Allocation
                    1. Seasonal Patterns
                    2. Respiration Processes
                      1. Autotrophic Respiration
                        1. Maintenance Respiration
                          1. Growth Respiration
                          2. Heterotrophic Respiration
                            1. Soil Respiration
                              1. Decomposer Respiration
                            2. Energy Transfer
                              1. Trophic Efficiency
                                1. Food Web Structure
                                  1. Energy Budgets
                                2. Biogeochemical Cycles
                                  1. Carbon Cycle
                                    1. Carbon Pools
                                      1. Above-Ground Biomass
                                        1. Below-Ground Biomass
                                          1. Soil Organic Carbon
                                            1. Dead Wood
                                            2. Carbon Fluxes
                                              1. Photosynthetic Uptake
                                                1. Respiratory Release
                                                  1. Decomposition
                                                    1. Leaching
                                                  2. Nitrogen Cycle
                                                    1. Nitrogen Inputs
                                                      1. Atmospheric Fixation
                                                        1. Biological Fixation
                                                          1. Atmospheric Deposition
                                                          2. Nitrogen Transformations
                                                            1. Mineralization
                                                              1. Nitrification
                                                                1. Denitrification
                                                                  1. Immobilization
                                                                  2. Nitrogen Outputs
                                                                    1. Leaching
                                                                      1. Gaseous Losses
                                                                        1. Harvesting
                                                                      2. Phosphorus Cycle
                                                                        1. Phosphorus Sources
                                                                          1. Weathering
                                                                            1. Atmospheric Inputs
                                                                              1. Organic Matter Decomposition
                                                                              2. Phosphorus Transformations
                                                                                1. Mineralization
                                                                                  1. Immobilization
                                                                                    1. Sorption-Desorption
                                                                                  2. Water Cycle
                                                                                    1. Precipitation Inputs
                                                                                      1. Evapotranspiration
                                                                                        1. Transpiration
                                                                                          1. Evaporation
                                                                                            1. Interception Loss
                                                                                            2. Water Movement
                                                                                              1. Infiltration
                                                                                                1. Percolation
                                                                                                  1. Surface Runoff
                                                                                                    1. Groundwater Flow
                                                                                                  2. Other Nutrient Cycles
                                                                                                    1. Sulfur Cycle
                                                                                                      1. Potassium Cycle
                                                                                                        1. Calcium Cycle
                                                                                                          1. Micronutrient Cycling

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                                                                                                      3. Forest Structure and Spatial Organization

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                                                                                                      5. Forest Population and Community Ecology