Forests at the Land–Atmosphere Interface

Part I: Stomatal Functioning 1: Stomatal control of transpiration: A major dilemma 100 years ago, T A Mansfield, University of Lancaster, UK 2: Stomata as part of the soil–plant–atmosphere continuum, R Leuning, CSIRO, Canberra, Australia, A Tuzet and A Perrier, INRA-INA, France 3: Effects of elevated CO2 concentration on stomatal conductance and respiration of beech leaves at darkness, D Overdieck, Institut für Ökologie, Berlin, Germany Part II: Large Scale Processes 4: Top-down models and flux measurements are complementary methods of estimating carbon sequestration by forests: Illustrations using the 3-PGmodel, J Landsberg, Aranda, Canberra, Australia and R H Waring, Oregon State University, USA 5: The effects of forest on mesoscale atmospheric processes, A J Dolman, M K van der Molen, Vrije Universiteit, The Netherlands, H W ter Maat and R W A Hutjes, Green World Research, The Netherlands 6: The diurnal cycle over land, A K Betts, Atmospheric Research, Pittsford, USA 7: Medium and long-term ecosystem processes: Implications at the forest–atmosphere interface, F Berninger, University of Helsinki, Finland Part III: Radiation Modelling 8: A MAESTRO retrospective, B Medlyn, University of New South Wales, Australia 9: Thermal radiation, canopy temperature and evaporation from forest canopies, H G Jones, N Archer, University of Dundee, Scotland and E Rotenberg, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel Part IV: Forest Meteorology 10: Forest–air exchange in non-ideal conditions: The role of horizontal flux and its divergence, X Lee, Yale University, New Haven, USA 11: A review of forest evaporation studies, in Britain during the second half of the twentieth century, J B Stewart, University of Southampton, UK 12: Scaling the estimate of maximum canopy conductance from patch to region and comparison of aircraft measurements, Y-P Wang, CSIRO, Victoria, Australia, et al. Part V: Carbon Sequestration 13: Land sinks: The Kyoto process and scientific implications, M G R Cannell, Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Midlothian, UK 14: Spatial and temporal assessment of biospheric carbon fluxes at continental scale by neural-network optimisation, D Papale and R Valentini, University of Tuscia, Italy 15: Scaling carbon uptake from leaves to canopies: insights from two forests with contrasting properties, D Whitehead, Landcare Research, New Zealand, et al. Part VI: From Science to Natural Resource Management 16: Links between science and forest management: As illustrated by a model of branch development, J C Grace, New Zealand Forest Research Institute, New Zealand 17: Thoughts on forest science, D C Malcolm, University of Edinburgh, Scotland