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Ecosystems of California

Author(s): Harold Mooney (Editor), Erika Zavaleta

Publisher: University of California Press
Publication Date: 19 Jan. 2016
Language: English
Print length: 968 pages
ISBN-10: 0520278801
ISBN-13: 9780520278806

Book Description

This long-anticipated reference and sourcebook for California’s remarkable ecological abundance provides an integrated assessment of each major ecosystem type—its distribution, structure, function, and management. A comprehensive synthesis of our knowledge about this biologically diverse state, Ecosystems of California covers the state from oceans to mountaintops using multiple lenses: past and present, flora and fauna, aquatic and terrestrial, natural and managed.

Each chapter evaluates natural processes for a specific ecosystem, describes drivers of change, and discusses how that ecosystem may be altered in the future. This book also explores the drivers of California’s ecological patterns and the history of the state’s various ecosystems, outlining how the challenges of climate change and invasive species and opportunities for regulation and stewardship could potentially affect the state’s ecosystems. The text explicitly incorporates both human impacts and conservation and restoration efforts and shows how ecosystems support human well-being. Edited by two esteemed ecosystem ecologists and with overviews by leading experts on each ecosystem, this definitive work will be indispensable for natural resource management and conservation professionals as well as for undergraduate or graduate students of California’s environment and curious naturalists.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Ecosystems of California provides students, resource managers, and policy practitioners a much-needed reference for learning and guidance and will be especially useful for regional library collections."-- "CHOICE"

From the Inside Flap

“Ecosystems of California is likely to become the first reference for many people working in, studying, or just enjoying California ecosystems. The authors and contributors are excellent, and all are authorities in their fields.”—Peter B. Moyle, coeditor of Suisun Marsh, coauthor of Protecting Life on Earth, and author of Inland Fishes of California

“Even in a time when books and bookshelves are declining, I envision that every California ecologist—and many ecologists globally, especially with interest in Mediterranean ecosystems—will have this book on their shelf.”—Michael Allen, Director, Center for Conservation Biology, UC Riverside, and author of The Ecology of Mycorrhizae

“Ecosystems of California synthesizes the state of knowledge of California ecosystems and distills future trends. Each chapter is comprehensive, detailed, and well referenced, and it truly covers California ecosystems from the oceans to the mountaintops. It spans everything I could think of offering in a class.”—Jessica Blois, UC Merced, contributing author to Biodiversity in a Changing Climate

From the Back Cover

About the Author

Harold Mooney is Professor of Environmental Biology at Stanford University and a member of the National Academy of Sciences. He has authored over 400 scientific articles and is coeditor of Methods in Ecosystem Science (Springer, 2013) and Invasive Species in a Changing World (Island, 2000), among other books.

Erika Zavaleta is Professor of Environmental Studies at University of California, Santa Cruz. Her research bridges ecological theory with conservation and management practice. She received the 2008 Sustainability Science Award from the Ecological Society of America and has published in Science, Nature, and the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Ecosystems of California

Name: Ecosystems of California
Author: Harold Mooney (Editor), Erika Zavaleta
ISBN: 9780520278806

By Harold Mooney, Erika Zavaleta

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS

CONTRIBUTORS, xv,
PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS, xix,
MARINE AND TERRESTRIAL MAPS OF CALIFORNIA, xxi–xxii,
1 Introduction ERIKA ZAVALETA and HAROLD MOONEY, 1,
PART ONE. DRIVERS,
2 Climate SAM F. IACOBELLIS, DANIEL R. CAYAN, JOHN T. ABATZOGLOU, and HAROLD MOONEY, 9,
3 Fire as an Ecosystem Process JON E. KEELEY and HUGH D. SAFFORD, 27,
4 Geomorphology and Soils ROBERT C. GRAHAM and A. TOBY O'GEEN, 47,
5 Population and Land Use PETER S. ALAGONA, TIM PAULSON, ANDREW B. ESCH, and JESSICA MARTER-KENYON, 75,
6 Oceanography STEVEN J. BOGRAD, ANDREW W. LEISING, and ELLIOTT L. HAZEN, 95,
7 Atmospheric Chemistry ANDRZEJ BYTNEROWICZ, MARK FENN, EDITH B. ALLEN, and RICARDO CISNEROS, 107,
PART TWO. HISTORY,
8 Ecosystems Past: Vegetation Prehistory CONSTANCE I. MILLAR and WALLACE B. WOOLFENDEN, 131,
9 Paleovertebrate Communities ELIZABETH A. HADLY and ROBERT S. FERANEC, 155,
10 Indigenous California TERRY L. JONES and KACEY HADICK, 169,
PART THREE. BIOTA,
11 Biodiversity BERNIE TERSHY, SUSAN HARRISON, ABRAHAM BORKER, BARRY SINERVO, TARA CORNELISSE, CHENG LI, DENA SPATZ, DONALD CROLL, and ERIKA ZAVALETA, 187,
12 Vegetation CHRISTOPHER R. DOLANC, TODD KEELER-WOLF, and MICHAEL G. BARBOUR, 213,
13 Biological Invasions ERIKA ZAVALETA, ELISSA M. OLIMPI, AMELIA A. WOLF, BRONWEN STANFORD, JAE R. PASARI, SARAH A. SKIKNE, PAULO QUADRI BARBA, KATHERINE K. ENNIS, and FLAVIA C. DE OLIVEIRA, 229,
14 Climate Change Impacts CHRISTOPHER B. FIELD, NONA R. CHIARIELLO, and NOAH S. DIFFENBAUGH, 251,
15 Introduction to Concepts of Biodiversity, Ecosystem Functioning, Ecosystem Services, and Natural Capital REBECCA CHAPLIN-KRAMER, LISA MANDLE, ELIZABETH RAUER, and SUZANNE LANGRIDGE, 265,
PART FOUR. ECOSYSTEMS,
16 The Offshore Ecosystem STEVEN J. BOGRAD, ELLIOTT L. HAZEN, SARA M. MAXWELL, ANDREW W. LEISING, HELEN BAILEY, and RICHARD D. BRODEUR, 287,
17 Shallow Rocky Reefs and Kelp Forests MARK H. CARR and DANIEL C. REED, 311,
18 Intertidal CAROL A. BLANCHETTE, MARK W. DENNY, JOHN M. ENGLE, BRIAN HELMUTH, LUKE P. MILLER, KARINA J. NIELSEN, and JAYSON SMITH, 337,
19 Estuaries: Life on the Edge JAMES E. CLOERN, PATRICK BARNARD L., ERIN BELLER, JOHN CALLAWAY, J. LETITIA GRENIER, EDWIN D. GROSHOLZ, ROBIN GROSSINGER, KATHRYN HIEB, JAMES T. HOLLIBAUGH, NOAH KNOWLES, MARTHA SUTULA, SAMUEL VELOZ, KERSTIN WASSON, and ALISON WHIPPLE, 359,
20 Sandy Beaches JENIFER E. DUGAN and DAVID M. HUBBARD, 389,
21 Coastal Dunes PETER ALPERT, 409,
22 Coastal Sage Scrub ELSA E. CLELAND, JENNIFER L. FUNK, and EDITH B. ALLEN, 429,
23 Grasslands VALERIE T. EVINER, 449,
24 Chaparral V. THOMAS PARKER, R. BRANDON PRATT, and JON E. KEELEY, 479,
25 Oak Woodlands FRANK W. DAVIS, DENNIS D. BALDOCCHI, and CLAUDIA M. TYLER, 509,
26 Coast Redwood Forests HAROLD MOONEY and TODD E. DAWSON, 535,
27 Montane Forests MALCOLM NORTH, BRANDON COLLINS, HUGH SAFFORD, and NATHAN L. STEPHENSON, 553,
28 Subalpine Forest CONSTANCE I. MILLAR and PHILIP W. RUNDEL, 579,
29 Alpine Ecosystems PHILIP W. RUNDEL and CONSTANCE I. MILLAR, 613,
30 Deserts JAYNE BELNAP, ROBERT H. WEBB, TODD C. ESQUE, MATTHEW L. BROOKS, LESLEY A. DEFALCO, and JAMES A. MACMAHON, 635,
31 Wetlands WALTER G. DUFFY, PHILIP GARONE, BRENDA J. GREWELL, SHARON KAHARA, JOSEPH FLESKES, BRENT HELM, PETER MOYLE, ROSEMARY RECORDS, and JOSEPH SILVEIRA, 669,
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