Forest ecosystems : biodiversity, management, and conservation
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Bibliographic Information
Forest ecosystems : biodiversity, management, and conservation
（Environmental science, engineering and technology series）
Nova Publishers, c2014
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Temperate forests covering 34% of the Earth's land have experienced human disturbances since ancient times and this is where the major industrial and agricultural enterprises are located nowadays. The heaviest human stress has been on European and North American ecosystems. Forest ecosystems are a major control of moisture circulation in watersheds. Boreal forests have been long recognised to influence global moisture circulation considerably. Therefore, it is logical to expect that further large-scale forest cover disturbances, such as catastrophic fires, large-scale insect outbreaks and forest logging, will affect the processes of water resource development and hydrological regime in any river basin. This book discusses the management and conservation of forest ecosystems in several areas in the world which include the Neotropics, Norway, United Kingdom and Siberia.
Table of Contents
- Preface
- Primary vs. Secondary Forests in the Neotropics: Two Case Studies after Agriculture
- Modeling of Vegetation Dynamics & Spatial Pattern in the Declined Climax Mountain Norway Spruce Forest
- The Role of Spruce in Red Squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) Conservation in the UK
- Impact of Wood Structure & Surface Morphology on Heat & Mass Transfer Resistance at Norway Spruce
- Quantifying the Effect of Plant Diversity & Maturity on Soil Erosion on Different Spatial Scales in Yunnan Province of China
- Hydrological Effect of Forest Logging in Boreal Zone of Siberia
- Index.
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