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Forest ecosystems : biodiversity, management, and conservation / Noel C. Roberts, editor

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New York : Nova Publishers, [2014]
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©2014
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Roberts, Noel C.
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FOREST ECOSYSTEMS: BIODIVERSITY, MANAGEMENT AND CONSERVATION; FOREST ECOSYSTEMS: BIODIVERSITY, MANAGEMENT AND CONSERVATION; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; CONTENTS; PREFACE; Chapter 1: PRIMARY VS. SECONDARY FORESTS IN THE NEOTROPICS: TWO CASE STUDIES AFTER AGRICULTURE; ABSTRACT; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. CASE STUDY: MAQUIPUCUNA RESERVE CLOUD FOREST, ECUADOR; 3. CASE STUDY: LUQUILLO EXPERIMENTAL FOREST(LEF), PUERTO RICO USA; 4. SUMMARY AND SUGGESTIONS FOR FUTURE RESEARCH; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES., Chapter 2: MODELING OF VEGETATION DYNAMICS AND SPATIAL PATTERN IN THE DECLINED CLIMAX MOUNTAIN NORWAY SPRUCE FORESTABSTRACT; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. REMOTE SENSING DATA AND PROCESING METHODS; 3. THE AREA OF INTEREST; 4. MODELING APPROCHES FOR VEGETATION DYNAMICS AND SPATIAL PATTERNS; CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 3: THE ROLE OF SPRUCE IN RED SQUIRREL(SCIURUS VULGARIS) CONSERVATION IN THE UK; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; UNIQUE CHARACTER OF SPRUCE PLANTATIONS; NEST USE; GREY SQUIRRELS IN SPRUCE PLANTATIONS; DISEASE; FUTURE CONSERVATION OF RED SQUIRRELS IN SPRUCE-DOMINATED FORESTS., ACKNOWLEDGMENTSREFERENCES; Chapter 4: IMPACT OF WOOD STRUCTURE AND SURFACE MORPHOLOGY ON HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER RESISTANCE AT NORWAY SPRUCE; ABSTRACT; STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES OF NORWAY SPRUCE WOOD; PHYSICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF WOOD SURFACE; HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER AT WOOD IN STEADY STATE CONDITIONS; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 5: QUANTIFYING THE EFFECT OF PLANT DIVERSITY AND MATURITY ON SOIL EROSION ON DIFFERENT SPATIAL SCALES IN YUNNAN PROVINCE OF CHINA; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; MATERIALS AND METHODS; RESULTS; DISCUSSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES., and Chapter 6: HYDROLOGICAL EFFECT OF FOREST LOGGING IN BOREAL ZONE OF SIBERIAABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; REGION OF INTEREST AND STUDY AREAS; METHODS; RESULTS AND DISCUSSION; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; INDEX.
Summary
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 recognized 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 fore.
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9781631178160 ebook
1631178164
1631178156 hardcover
9781631178153 hardcover
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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