Author: Malcolm L. Hunter
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521637688
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 720
Book Description
Discusses the ways in which we can continue to benefit from forests, while conserving their biodiversity.
Maintaining Biodiversity in Forest Ecosystems
Author: Malcolm L. Hunter
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521637688
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 720
Book Description
Discusses the ways in which we can continue to benefit from forests, while conserving their biodiversity.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521637688
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 720
Book Description
Discusses the ways in which we can continue to benefit from forests, while conserving their biodiversity.
Biological Diversity in Forest Ecosystems
Author: Society of American Foresters
Publisher: Society of American Foresters.
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
Publisher: Society of American Foresters.
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
Causes and Consequences of Species Diversity in Forest Ecosystems
Author: Aaron M. Ellison
Publisher: MDPI
ISBN: 3039213091
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
This book is a printed edition of the Special Issue Causes and Consequences of Species Diversity in Forest Ecosystems that was published in Forests
Publisher: MDPI
ISBN: 3039213091
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
This book is a printed edition of the Special Issue Causes and Consequences of Species Diversity in Forest Ecosystems that was published in Forests
Forest Ecosystems
Author: David A. Perry
Publisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 1421412810
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 631
Book Description
2009 Outstanding Academic Title, Choice This acclaimed textbook is the most comprehensive available in the field of forest ecology. Designed for advanced students of forest science, ecology, and environmental studies, it is also an essential reference for forest ecologists, foresters, and land managers. The authors provide an inclusive survey of boreal, temperate, and tropical forests with an emphasis on ecological concepts across scales that range from global to landscape to microscopic. Situating forests in the context of larger landscapes, they reveal the complex patterns and processes observed in tree-dominated habitats. The updated and expanded second edition covers • Conservation • Ecosystem services • Climate change • Vegetation classification • Disturbance • Species interactions • Self-thinning • Genetics • Soil influences • Productivity • Biogeochemical cycling • Mineralization • Effects of herbivory • Ecosystem stability
Publisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 1421412810
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 631
Book Description
2009 Outstanding Academic Title, Choice This acclaimed textbook is the most comprehensive available in the field of forest ecology. Designed for advanced students of forest science, ecology, and environmental studies, it is also an essential reference for forest ecologists, foresters, and land managers. The authors provide an inclusive survey of boreal, temperate, and tropical forests with an emphasis on ecological concepts across scales that range from global to landscape to microscopic. Situating forests in the context of larger landscapes, they reveal the complex patterns and processes observed in tree-dominated habitats. The updated and expanded second edition covers • Conservation • Ecosystem services • Climate change • Vegetation classification • Disturbance • Species interactions • Self-thinning • Genetics • Soil influences • Productivity • Biogeochemical cycling • Mineralization • Effects of herbivory • Ecosystem stability
Biodiversity in the Forests of Maine
Author: Gro Flatebo
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780967370705
Category : Biodiversity
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780967370705
Category : Biodiversity
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
Biodiversity and Ecosystem Processes in Tropical Forests
Author: Gordon H. Orians
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 3642797555
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 237
Book Description
Although biologists have directed much attention to estimating the extent and causes of species losses, the consequences for ecosystem functioning have been little studied. This book examines the impact of biodiversity on ecosystem processes in tropical forests - one of the most species-rich and at the same time most endangered ecosystems on earth. It covers the relationships between biodiversity and primary production, secondary production, biogeochemical cycles, soil processes, plant life forms, responses to disturbance, and resistance to invasion. The analyses focus on the key ecological interfaces where the loss of keystone species is most likely to influence the rate and stability of ecosystem processes.
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 3642797555
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 237
Book Description
Although biologists have directed much attention to estimating the extent and causes of species losses, the consequences for ecosystem functioning have been little studied. This book examines the impact of biodiversity on ecosystem processes in tropical forests - one of the most species-rich and at the same time most endangered ecosystems on earth. It covers the relationships between biodiversity and primary production, secondary production, biogeochemical cycles, soil processes, plant life forms, responses to disturbance, and resistance to invasion. The analyses focus on the key ecological interfaces where the loss of keystone species is most likely to influence the rate and stability of ecosystem processes.
Forest Diversity and Function
Author: Michael Scherer-Lorenzen
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 3540265996
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 411
Book Description
One of the central research themes in ecology is evaluating the extent to which biological richness is necessary to sustain the Earth's system and the functioning of individual ecosystems. In this volume, for the first time, the relationship between biodiversity and ecosystem processes in forests is thoroughly explored. The text examines the multiple effects of tree diversity on productivity and growth, biogeochemical cycles, animals, pests, and disturbances. Further, the importance of diversity at different scales, ranging from stand management to global issues, is considered. The authors provide both extensive reviews of the existing literature and own datasets. The volume is ideally suited for researchers and practitioners involved in ecosystem management and the sustainable use of forest resources.
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 3540265996
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 411
Book Description
One of the central research themes in ecology is evaluating the extent to which biological richness is necessary to sustain the Earth's system and the functioning of individual ecosystems. In this volume, for the first time, the relationship between biodiversity and ecosystem processes in forests is thoroughly explored. The text examines the multiple effects of tree diversity on productivity and growth, biogeochemical cycles, animals, pests, and disturbances. Further, the importance of diversity at different scales, ranging from stand management to global issues, is considered. The authors provide both extensive reviews of the existing literature and own datasets. The volume is ideally suited for researchers and practitioners involved in ecosystem management and the sustainable use of forest resources.
Biodiversity and Conservation in Forests
Author: Diana F. Tomback
Publisher: MDPI
ISBN: 3038975745
Category : Environmental sciences
Languages : en
Pages : 173
Book Description
This book is a printed edition of the Special Issue "Biodiversity and Conservation in Forests" that was published in Forests
Publisher: MDPI
ISBN: 3038975745
Category : Environmental sciences
Languages : en
Pages : 173
Book Description
This book is a printed edition of the Special Issue "Biodiversity and Conservation in Forests" that was published in Forests
Ecological Forest Management
Author: Jerry F. Franklin
Publisher: Waveland Press
ISBN: 147863720X
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 646
Book Description
Fundamental changes have occurred in all aspects of forestry over the last 50 years, including the underlying science, societal expectations of forests and their management, and the evolution of a globalized economy. This textbook is an effort to comprehensively integrate this new knowledge of forest ecosystems and human concerns and needs into a management philosophy that is applicable to the vast majority of global forest lands. Ecological forest management (EFM) is focused on policies and practices that maintain the integrity of forest ecosystems while achieving environmental, economic, and cultural goals of human societies. EFM uses natural ecological models as its basis contrasting it with modern production forestry, which is based on agronomic models and constrained by required return-on-investment. Sections of the book consider: 1) Basic concepts related to forest ecosystems and silviculture based on natural models; 2) Social and political foundations of forestry, including law, economics, and social acceptability; 3) Important current topics including wildfire, biological diversity, and climate change; and 4) Forest planning in an uncertain world from small privately-owned lands to large public ownerships. The book concludes with an overview of how EFM can contribute to resolving major 21st century issues in forestry, including sustaining forest dependent societies.
Publisher: Waveland Press
ISBN: 147863720X
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 646
Book Description
Fundamental changes have occurred in all aspects of forestry over the last 50 years, including the underlying science, societal expectations of forests and their management, and the evolution of a globalized economy. This textbook is an effort to comprehensively integrate this new knowledge of forest ecosystems and human concerns and needs into a management philosophy that is applicable to the vast majority of global forest lands. Ecological forest management (EFM) is focused on policies and practices that maintain the integrity of forest ecosystems while achieving environmental, economic, and cultural goals of human societies. EFM uses natural ecological models as its basis contrasting it with modern production forestry, which is based on agronomic models and constrained by required return-on-investment. Sections of the book consider: 1) Basic concepts related to forest ecosystems and silviculture based on natural models; 2) Social and political foundations of forestry, including law, economics, and social acceptability; 3) Important current topics including wildfire, biological diversity, and climate change; and 4) Forest planning in an uncertain world from small privately-owned lands to large public ownerships. The book concludes with an overview of how EFM can contribute to resolving major 21st century issues in forestry, including sustaining forest dependent societies.
Sustainability and Diversity of Forest Ecosystems
Author: Tohru Nakashizuka
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 4431732381
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 86
Book Description
Biodiversity is decreasing at the fastest rate in the history of the earth. The sustainable use of ecosystems allowing maintenance of biological diversity is an urgent problem that must be solved. The work featured in this book presents the results achieved by the RIHN project, together with reports on other international activities and related efforts, as ecologists, forestry scientists, environmental economists, and sociologists share in discussions of the issues.
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 4431732381
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 86
Book Description
Biodiversity is decreasing at the fastest rate in the history of the earth. The sustainable use of ecosystems allowing maintenance of biological diversity is an urgent problem that must be solved. The work featured in this book presents the results achieved by the RIHN project, together with reports on other international activities and related efforts, as ecologists, forestry scientists, environmental economists, and sociologists share in discussions of the issues.