Old-Growth Forests Function, Fate and Value /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Wirth, Christian (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Gleixner, Gerd (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Heimann, Martin (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2009.
• Σειρά: Ecological Studies, Analysis and Synthesis, 207
• Θέματα: Life sciences.; Geobiology.; Ecology.; Ecosystems.; Plant ecology.; Conservation biology.; Forestry.; Life Sciences.; Plant Ecology.; Conservation Biology/Ecology.; Biogeosciences.

Many terms often used to describe old-growth forests imply that these forests are less vigorous, less productive and less stable than younger forests. But research in the last two decades has yielded results that challenge the view of old-growth forests being in decline. Given the importance of fore...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Old-Growth Forests: Function, Fate and Value – an Overview
• Old-Growth Forest Definitions: a Pragmatic View
• Old Trees and the Meaning of ‘Old’
• Aboveground Processes
• Ecophysiological Characteristics of Mature Trees and Stands - Consequences for Old-Growth Forest Productivity
• The Imprint of Species Turnover on Old-Growth Forest Carbon Balances - Insights From a Trait-Based Model of Forest Dynamics
• Functional Relationships Between Old-Growth Forest Canopies, Understorey Light and Vegetation Dynamics
• Biosphere–Atmosphere Exchange of Old-Growth Forests: Processes and Pattern
• Woody Detritus its Contribution to Carbon Dynamics of Old-Growth Forests: the Temporal Context
• Belowground Processes
• Aboveground and Belowground Consequences of Long-Term Forest Retrogression in the Timeframe of Millennia and Beyond
• Rooting Patterns of Old-Growth Forests: is Aboveground Structural and Functional Diversity Mirrored Belowground?
• Soil Carbon Accumulation in Old-Growth Forests
• Is There a Theoretical Limit to Soil Carbon Storage in Old-Growth Forests? A Model Analysis with Contrasting Approaches
• Biomes
• Old-Growth Forests in the Canadian Boreal: the Exception Rather than the Rule?
• Biomass Chronosequences of United States Forests: Implications for Carbon Storage and Forest Management
• Temperate and Boreal Old-Growth Forests: How do Their Growth Dynamics and Biodiversity Differ from Young Stands and Managed Forests?
• Old-Growth Temperate Rainforests of South America: Conservation, Plant–Animal Interactions, and Baseline Biogeochemical Processes
• Tropical Rain Forests as Old-Growth Forests
• Human Dimensions
• Detecting Intact Forests from Space: Hot Spots of Loss, Deforestation and the UNFCCC
• Impacts of Land Use on Habitat Functions of Old-Growth Forests and their Biodiversity
• Old-Growth Forests in the Context of International Environmental Agreements
• Synthesis
• Old-Growth Forests: Function, Fate and Value – a Synthesis.