Ecology and Recovery of Eastern Old-Growth Forests

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Barton, Andrew (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Keeton, William (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Washington, DC : Island Press/Center for Resource Economics : Imprint: Island Press, 2018.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2018.
• Θέματα: Trees.; Plant ecology.; Biodiversity.; Industrial management-Environmental aspects.; Agriculture.; Tree Biology.; Plant Ecology.; Sustainability Management.

"An important contribution to the burgeoning literature extolling the virtues of forest complexity. As a compendium of the literature on forest heterogeneity alone, this book is an indispensable reference for scholars and practitioners of ecological forest management." Gregory H. Aplet, Se...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Foreword
• Preface
• Chapter 1. Introduction: Ecological and Historical Context
• Chapter 2. Old-Growth and Mature Remnant Floodplain Forests of the Southeastern United States
• Chapter 3. Fire-Maintained Pine Savannas and Woodlands of the Southeastern United States Coastal Plain
• Chapter 4. Old-Growth Forests in the Southern Appalachians: Dynamics and Conservation Frameworks
• Chapter 5. Topography and Vegetation Patterns in an Old-Growth Appalachian Forest: Lucy Braun, You Were Right!
• Chapter 6. Old-Growth Disturbance Dynamics and Associated Ecological Silviculture for Forests in Northeastern North American
• Chapter 7. Historical Patterns and Contemporary Processes in Northern Lake States Old-Growth Landscapes
• Chapter 8. Is Management or Conservation of Old Growth Possible in North American Boreal Forests?
• Chapter 9. Forest-Stream Interactions in Eastern Old-Growth Forests
• Chapter 10. Belowground Ecology and Dynamics in Eastern Old-Growth Forests
• Chapter 11. Biological Diversity in Eastern Old Growth
• Chapter 12. Eastern Old-Growth Forests under Threat: Changing Dynamics due to Invasive Organisms
• Chapter 13. Silviculture for Eastern Old Growth in the Context of Global Change
• Chapter 14. Source or Sink? Carbon Dynamics in Eastern Old-Growth Forests and Their Role in Climate Change Mitigation
• Chapter 15. Conclusion: Past, Present, and Future of Old-Growth Forests in the East
• Glossary
• Contributors
• About the Editors
• Index.