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List of Figures | p. ix |
Acknowledgments | p. xxi |
Introduction | p. xxiii |
Editors | p. xxvii |
Lead Authors | p. xxix |
Contributors | p. xxxiii |
Reviewers | p. xxxix |
Savannas: Biogeographical and Ecological Perspectives | |
Biogeography and Dynamics of Global Tropical and Subtropical Savannas: A Spatiotemporal View | p. 3 |
Tree-Grass Interactions in Savannas: Paradigms, Contradictions, and Conceptual Models | p. 39 |
Carbon, Water and Trace Gas Fluxes in Global Savannas | |
Disturbance and Climatic Drivers of Carbon Dynamics of a North Australian Tropical Savanna | p. 57 |
Functional Convergence in Ecosystem Carbon Exchange in Adjacent Savanna Vegetation Types of the Kruger National Park, South Africa | p. 77 |
Flux Dynamics in the Cerrado and Cerrado-Forest Transition of Brazil | p. 97 |
Woody Plant Rooting Depth and Ecosystem Function of Savannas: A Case Study from the Edwards Plateau Karst, Texas | p. 117 |
The Dynamics of Energy, Water, and Carbon Fluxes in a Blue Oak (Quercus douglasii) Savanna in California | p. 135 |
Remote Sensing of Biophysical and Biochemical Characteristics in Savannas | |
Quantifying Carbon in Savannas: The Role of Active Sensors in Measurements of Tree Structure and Biomass | p. 155 |
Remote Sensing of Tree-Grass Systems: The Eastern Australian Woodlands | p. 175 |
Remote Sensing of Fractional Cover and Biochemistry in Savannas | p. 195 |
Woody Fractional Cover in Kruger National Park, South Africa: Remote Sensing-Based Maps and Ecological Insights | p. 219 |
Remote Sensing of Global Savanna Fire Occurrence, Extent, and Properties | p. 239 |
Perspectives on Patch- to Landscape-Scale Savanna Processes and Modeling | |
Understanding Tree-Grass Coexistence and Impacts of Disturbance and Resource Variability in Savannas | p. 257 |
Spatially Explicit Modeling of Savanna Processes | p. 273 |
Interaction of Fire and Rainfall Variability on Tree Structure and Carbon Fluxes in Savannas: Application of the Flames Model | p. 293 |
Population and Ecosystem Modeling of Land Use and Climate Change Impacts on Arid and Semiarid Savanna Dynamics | p. 309 |
Regional Carbon Dynamics in Savanna Systems: Remote Sensing and Modeling Applications | |
Integration of Remote Sensing and Modeling to Understand Carbon Fluxes and Climate Interactions in Africa | p. 327 |
Timescales and Dynamics of Carbon in Australia's Savannas | p. 347 |
Land Use Change and the Carbon Budget in the Brazilian Cerrado | p. 367 |
Land Use Changes (1970-2020) and Carbon Emissions in the Colombian Llanos | p. 383 |
Modeling Vegetation, Carbon, and Nutrient Dynamics in the Savanna Woodlands of Australia with the AussieGRASS Model | p. 403 |
Continental and Global Scale Modeling of Savannas | |
Carbon Cycles and Vegetation Dynamics of Savannas Based on Global Satellite Products | p. 425 |
CENTURY-SAVANNA Model for Tree-Grass Ecosystems | p. 443 |
Climate-Fire Interactions and Savanna Ecosystems: A Dynamic Vegetation Modeling Study for the African Continent | p. 463 |
Understanding Savannas as Coupled Human-Natural Systems | |
People in Savanna Ecosystems: Land Use, Change, and Sustainability | p. 481 |
Social and Environmental Changes in Global Savannas: Linking Social Variables to Biophysical Dynamics | p. 497 |
Synthesis | |
Current Approaches to Measurement, Remote Sensing, and Modeling in Savannas: A Synthesis | p. 515 |
Index | p. 547 |
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