A Biogeoscience Approach to Ecosystems

1. Introduction Edward A. Johnson and Yvonne E. Martin; Part I. Connecting Ecosystem and Geoscience Processes: 2. Toward a general scaling theory for linking traits, stoichiometry, and body size to ecosystem function Brian J. Enquist, Sean T. Michaletz and Andrew J. Kerkhoff; Part II. Transport Processes and Conservation Budgets in Biogeoscience: 3. Heat balances in ecological contexts Warren P. Porter; 4. Water budgets in ecosystems John W. Pomeroy, Matthew K. MacDonald, Pablo F. Dornes and Robert Armstrong; Part III. Coupling Hillslope Geomorphology, Soils, Hydrology, and Ecosystems: 5. Landscape evolution models and ecohydrologic processes Erkan Istanbulluoglu; 6. Soil mantled hillslopes: intersections of geomorphology, soil science, and ecology Kyungsoo Yoo and Nic Jelinski; 7. Interactions between precipitation and vegetation canopies Alexandra G. Ponette-González, Holly A. Ewing and Kathleen C. Weathers; 8. Constraints on nutrient dynamics in terrestrial vegetation David Robinson; 9. Evapotranspiration T. Andrew Black and Rachhpal S. Jassal; Part IV. Coupling Fluvial and Aeolian Geomorphology, Hydrology/Hydraulics, and Ecosystems: 10. Mechanisms of flow and sediment transport in fluvial ecosystems: physical and ecological consequences Brett Eaton and Jordan Rosenfeld; 11. Measuring the hydraulic landscapes of stream-dwelling invertebrates for ecological research Jill Lancaster; 12. Salt marsh ecosystems: tidal flow, vegetation, and carbon dynamics Simon M. Mudd and Sergio Fagherazzi; 13. Coastal dunes and vegetation dynamics Edward A. Johnson and Yvonne E. Martin; 14. Biological control on geomorphology: a functional classification Dov Corenblit, Bruno Corbara and Johannes Steiger.