Old-Growth Forests Function, Fate and Value /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Wirth, Christian (Editor), Gleixner, Gerd (Editor), Heimann, Martin (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2009.
• Series: Ecological Studies, Analysis and Synthesis, 207
• Subjects: 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...