Dynamics, Silviculture and Management of Mixed Forests

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Bravo-Oviedo, Andrés (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Pretzsch, Hans (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), del Río, Miren (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Managing Forest Ecosystems, 31
• Subjects: Forestry management.; Biodiversity.; Community ecology, Biotic.; Environmental economics.; Forestry Management.; Community & Population Ecology.; Environmental Economics.

Concerns about the loss of biodiversity and the negative consequences for resilience have oriented management to adopt a diversification strategy. The interplays between environmental drivers, forestry alternatives and social demands from mixed forests have opened appealing research questions whose...

Table of Contents:

• Foreword
• 1. The Role of Mixed Forests in a Changing Social-Ecological World; A. Bravo-Oviedo
• 2. Characterization of Mixed Forests; M. del Río et al
• 3. Data Platforms for Mixed Forests Research: Contributions from the EuMIXFOR Network; R. Ruiz-Peinado et al
• 4. Regeneration Patterns in Mixed-Species Stands; M. Löf et al
• 5. Growth and Structure in Mixed-Species Stands Compared with Monocultures. Review and Perspectives; H. Pretzsch
• 6. Silviculture of Mixed Forests. A European Overview of Current Practices and Challenges; M. Pach et al
• 7. The Development of Silvicultural Guidelines for Creating Mixed Forests; W.L. Mason et al
• 8. Silviculture of Temperate Mixed Forests from South-America; G.A. Loguercio et al
• 9. Mixed Forests Plantations; J. Urgoiti, A. Paquette
• 10. Models for Mixed Forests; M. Fabrika et al
• 11. Optimizing the Management of European Mixed Forests; L. Valsta, J. Bredahl Jacobsen
• 12. Mixed Forests Future; A. Bravo-Oviedo et al
• Index.