Sustaining Forest Ecosystems
Verlag | Springer |
Auflage | 2021 |
Seiten | 419 |
Format | 23,5 cm |
Gewicht | 804 g |
Artikeltyp | Englisches Buch |
Reihe | Managing Forest Ecosystems 37 |
ISBN-10 | 3030587134 |
EAN | 9783030587130 |
Bestell-Nr | 03058713A |
Forest ecosystems include a great variety of communities of organisms interacting with their physical environment: multi-aged natural forests, even-aged monocultures, and secondary forests invaded by foreign species. The challenge is to sustain their ability to function, by adapting to changing climates and satisfying a multitude of human demands. Our first chapter sets the scene with a discussion about the effects of forest management on ecosystem services. Details about forest observational infrastructures are introduced in the second chapter. The third chapter presents methods of analysing forest density and structure. Models for estimating the shape and growth of individual forest trees are introduced in chapter 4, models of forest community production in Chapter 5. Methods and examples of sustainable forest design are covered in chapter 6. New scientific contributions continue to emerge as we are writing, and this work is never finished. We hope to continue with regular u pdatesreplacing obsolete sections with new ones, but the general aim remains the same, to introduce a range of methods that will assist those interested in sustaining forest ecosystems.
Inhaltsverzeichnis:
What is a Forest?.- Classification of Plant Communities.- Popular Myths.- Forest Anthromes: Domesticated Ecosystems.- Forest Assessment and Observation.- Forest Assessment.- Field Experiments.- Continuous Forest Observation.- Analysing Forest Ecosystems.- Forest Density.- Forest Heterogeneity and Structure.- Assessing Community Dissimilarity.- Analysing Harvest Events.- Reconstruction and Simulation.- The Shape and Growth of Forest Trees.- The Shape of Forest Trees.- Individual Tree Growth Models.- Selecting Trees for Harvest.- Forest Production.- Site Models.- Estimating Forest Production.- Compatible Models of Growth and Production.- Modeling Harvest Events.- Designing Forest Ecosystems.- Risks and Preferences.- Sustaining Planted Forests.- Sustaining Continuous Cover Forests.- Sustaining Green Landscapes.- Literature.- Index.