Forest health and protection

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Forest health and protection

Robert L. Edmonds, James K. Agee, Robert I. Gara

(McGraw-Hill series in forestry)

McGraw-Hill, c2000

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Includes bibliographical references

内容説明・目次

内容説明

This text integrates the areas of fire; insects and diseases into one text within the context of applied forest protection (ecology, and forest health and ecosystem management). It assumes some knowledge of forest ecology.

目次

  • Part 1 The concept of forest health: definitions of forest health
  • characteristics of a healthy forest
  • symptoms of forest health problems
  • possible causes of forest health problems
  • current health status of the world's forests
  • the influence of forest management and other human activities on forest health -case studies
  • forest health monitoring networks
  • conclusions. Part 2 Ecological principles: forest biomes
  • production ecology succession
  • ecosystem management. Part 3 Fire as a physical process: the elements of fire behaviour
  • fire behaviour prediction. Part 4 Fire ecology and fire regimes: fire adaptations of plants
  • predicting tree mortality from fire
  • fire regimes of North America
  • ponderous pine forests
  • coastal douglas fir forests
  • western sub-alpine forests
  • longleaf pine
  • jack pine forests. Part 5 Organizing for fire management: evolution of fire policy
  • responsibilities for fire protection
  • fire prevention and detection
  • fire suppression. Part 6 Fire strategies for forest health: forest structure and fire behaviour
  • prescribed fire
  • managed wildland fire (PNF)
  • constraints to fire use. Part 7 Wind and forest health: wind as a physical process
  • wind effects on trees
  • forest management strategies
  • synergistic effects. Part 8 Introduction to diseases: definition of disease and types of diseases
  • a brief history of forest pathology
  • impact of diseases
  • the disease triangle, square or tetrahedron
  • the concept of pathogens, parasites, saprophytes and symbiotic relationships
  • signs and symptoms of diseases
  • linkages between diseases, insects, fire and wind
  • diseases in urban forests and street trees
  • forest pathology books. Part 9 Abiotic (non-biological) and animal caused injuries: the pattern of abiotic injuries
  • injuries caused by temperature extremes
  • low and high moisture and low soil oxygen
  • global change
  • air pollution
  • herbicides
  • mechanical injuries
  • nutrient imbalances and elemental toxicities
  • fire
  • salt injury
  • animal damage. Part 10 Disease causing organisms: features of disease causing organisms
  • classification, life cycles and diseases caused by fungi
  • spread and ecology of fungi. Part 11 Nursery diseases and mycorrhizae: selection of nursery sites
  • abiotic injuries
  • biotic diseases
  • management of seedling diseases
  • mycorrhizae. Part 12 Root diseases: types and causes of root diseases
  • symptoms, signs, hosts, distribution and spread of root diseases
  • interactions betwen root diseases, insects and fire
  • root diseases and disease/bark beetle interactions
  • conclusions. Part 13 Foliage diseases and rusts: foliage diseases
  • rusts. Part 14 Stem and branch diseases: mistletoes
  • cankers
  • galls and other malformations
  • decay
  • vascular wilts
  • stains. Part 15 Forest declines: the concept of decline diseases. Part 16 Management of forest diseases and the deterioration of wood products: forest disease management
  • integration of disease, insect and fire management
  • modelling forest disease. Part 17 Introduction to forest entomology. Part 18

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