Managing Forest Ecosystems: The Challenge of Climate Change

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Bravo, Felipe (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Jandl, Robert (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), LeMay, Valerie (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Gadow, Klaus von (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2008.
• Σειρά: Managing Forest Ecosystems, 17
• Θέματα: Environment.; Plant ecology.; Forestry.; Forestry management.; Climate change.; Environmental economics.; Climate Change.; Forestry Management.; Plant Ecology.; Environmental Economics.

With climate change now charging up the political agenda, there are three issues commonly making the headlines: carbon budgets, renewable energy, and the anticipated impacts of climate change. Equally important, though currently less well covered, is the issue how these effects might be mitigated. G...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Overview of Climate Change and Forest Responses
• A Mechanistic View of the Capacity of Forests to Cope with Climate Change
• Greenhouse-gas Emissions from Temperate Mountain Forests
• Monitoring and Modeling
• Estimating Carbon Stocks and Stock Changes in Forests: Linking Models and Data Across Scales
• Forest Eco-physiological Models and Carbon Sequestration
• Influence of Climatic Variables on Crown Condition in Pine Forests of Northern Spain
• Economic and Management Impacts
• Influence of Carbon Sequestration in an Optimal Set of Coppice Rotations for Eucalyptus Plantations
• Use of Forests and Wood Products to Mitigate Climate Change
• Biomass Forest in Sweden and Carbon Emissions Balance
• Taper Equations and Wood Products: Assessing the Carbon Flow of the Forest Through Its Products
• Forest Management Strategies and Carbon Sequestration
• Analysing the Effects of Forest Structure on Carbon Stocks and Timber Production Under Changing Management and Climate
• Case Studies
• Carbon Sequestration in Mediterranean Pine Forests
• Carbon Sequestration of Ponderosa Pine Plantations in Northwestern Patagonia
• Assessing Pine Wilt Disease Risk Under a Climate Change Scenario in Northwestern Spain
• Dynamics of Soil Carbon in Primary and Secondary Tropical Forests in Colombia
• Carbon Sequestration Potential of Mangroves in Southeast Asia
• Silviculture and Carbon Sequestration in Mediterranean Oak Forests.