Old-Growth Forests : Function, Fate and Value - libro nuevo

EAN (ISBN-13): 9783540927068
ISBN (ISBN-10): 3540927069
Año de publicación: 2009
Editorial: Springer Berlin
512 Páginas
Idioma: eng/Englisch

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ISBN/EAN: 9783540927068

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Autor del libro: wirth, christian gleixner, christian martin, heim, jim heimann

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Autor: Christian Wirth; Gerd Gleixner; Martin Heimann
Título: Ecological Studies; Old-Growth Forests - Analysis and Synthesis; Function, Fate and Value
Editorial: Springer; Springer Berlin
512 Páginas
Año de publicación: 2009-07-07
Berlin; Heidelberg; DE
Idioma: Inglés
309,23 € (DE)
317,90 € (AT)
354,00 CHF (CH)
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XXVI, 512 p. 113 illus.

EA; E107; eBook; Nonbooks, PBS / Biologie/Ökologie; Ökologie, Biosphäre; Verstehen; Biodiversity; Deforestation; Habitat; Rainforest; biome; ecosystem; environment; forest; vegetation; B; Ecology; Plant Ecology; Forestry; Ecosystems; Conservation Biology; Biogeosciences; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Pflanzenbiologie; Forstwirtschaft und Waldbau: Praxis und Techniken; Umweltschutz; Biogeographie; BB

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-GrowthForests and their Biodiversity.- Old-Growth Forests in the Context of International Environmental Agreements.- Synthesis.- Old-Growth Forests: Function, Fate and Value – a Synthesis.
First book on the ecosystem functioning of old-growth forests with a true global perspective Such a book is urgently needed in the context of the climate discussion to support the political process Especially the introduction and synthesis chapters were written also for policy makers Contains a Glossary explaining the most important terms and abbreviations used in the text Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras