Forest Landscapes and Global Change Challenges for Research and Management /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Azevedo, João C. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Perera, Ajith H. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Pinto, M. Alice (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Θέματα: Life sciences.; Climate change.; Landscape ecology.; Conservation biology.; Ecology.; Forestry management.; Environmental management.; Life Sciences.; Landscape Ecology.; Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts.; Forestry Management.; Conservation Biology/Ecology.; Environmental Management.

Climate change, land use change, and many other drivers of landscape modification are occurring at increasing rates globally. They affect ecological patterns and processes in forest landscapes, and modify ecosystem services derived from those ecosystems. All of this presents many new challenges to s...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Chapter 1. Forest Landscape Ecology and Global Change: an Introduction
• Chapter 2. Climate as an Agent of Change in Forest Landscapes
• Chapter 3. Wildfires and Landscape Dynamics in Portugal - A Regional Assessment and Global Implications
• Chapter 4. Humans as Agents of Change in Forest Landscapes
• Chapter 5. Changes in the Ecosystem Services Provided by Forests and their Economic Valuation - A Review
• Chapter 6. Carbon Fluxes and Storage in Forests and Landscapes
• Chapter 7. Forest Landscape Change and Biodiversity Conservation
• Chapter 8. Landscape Assessment and Monitoring
• Chapter 9. Forest Landscape Management in Response to Change: The Practicality
• Chapter 10. Forest Landscape Ecology and Global Change: What are the Next Steps.