Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. CONTRIBUTORS xv
4. PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xix
5. MARINE ECOSYSTEMS xxi
6. TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS xxii
7. ONE. Introduction 1
8. PART ONE. DRIVERS
9. TWO. Climate 9
10. THREE. Fire as an Ecosystem Process 27
11. FOUR. Geomorphology and Soils 47
12. FIVE. Population and Land Use 75
13. SIX. Oceanography 95
14. SEVEN. Atmospheric Chemistry 107
15. PART TWO. HISTORY
16. EIGHT. Ecosystems Past: Vegetation Prehistory 131
17. NINE. Paleovertebrate Communities 155
18. TEN. Indigenous California 169
19. PART THREE. BIOTA
20. ELEVEN. Biodiversity 187
21. TWELVE. Vegetation 213
22. THIRTEEN. Biological Invasions 229
23. FOURTEEN. Climate Change Impacts 251
24. FIFTEEN. Introduction to Concepts of Biodiversity, Ecosystem Functioning, Ecosystem Services, and Natural Capital 265
25. PART FOUR. ECOSYSTEMS
26. SIXTEEN. The Offshore Ecosystem 287
27. SEVENTEEN. Shallow Rocky Reefs and Kelp Forests 311
28. EIGHTEEN. Intertidal 337
29. NINETEEN. Estuaries: Life on the Edge 359
30. TWENTY. Sandy Beaches 389
31. TWENTY-ONE. Coastal Dunes 409
32. TWENTY-TWO. Coastal Sage Scrub 429
33. TWENTY-THREE. Grasslands 449
34. TWENTY-FOUR. Chaparral 479
35. TWENTY-FIVE. Oak Woodlands 509
36. TWENTY-SIX. Coast Redwood Forests 535
37. TWENTY-SEVEN. Montane Forests 553
38. TWENTY-EIGHT. Subalpine Forests 579
39. TWENTY-NINE. Alpine Ecosystems 613
40. THIRTY. Deserts 635
41. THIRTY-ONE. Wetlands 669
42. THIRTY-TWO. Lakes 693
43. THIRTY-THREE. Rivers 713
44. PART FIVE. MANAGED SYSTEMS
45. THIRTY-FOUR. Managed Island Ecosystems 755
46. THIRTY-FIVE. Marine Fisheries 779
47. THIRTY-SIX. Forestry 817
48. THIRTY-SEVEN. Range Ecosystems 835
49. THIRTY-EIGHT. Agriculture 865
50. THIRTY-NINE. Urban Ecosystems 885
51. PART SIX. POLICY AND STEWARDSHIP
52. FORTY. Land Use Regulation for Resource Conservation 899
53. FORTY-ONE. Stewardship, Conservation, and Restoration in the Context of Environmental Change 925
54. INDEX 943