Restoration of Boreal and Temperate Forests

Edited by John A.
Herausgeber: Stanturf, John A

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Produktbeschreibung

Humans have influenced the landscapes and forests throughout the temperate and boreal zones for millennia. Restoration of Boreal and Temperate Forests, Second Edition focuses on the negative impact of human activity, and explains the importance of forest restoration as a way to repair habitat, restore forest structure and functi

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• 2nd edition
• Seitenzahl: 564
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Dezember 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 259mm x 178mm x 33mm
• Gewicht: 930g
• ISBN-13: 9780367868826
• ISBN-10: 0367868822
• Artikelnr.: 58482671

Autorenporträt

John A. Stanturf is a senior scientist at the Center for Forest Disturbance Science, Southern Research Station, US Forest Service in Athens, Georgia. He earned his BS in plant and soil science from Montana State University and his MS and Ph.D in forest soils from Cornell University. Dr. Stanturf was a Lady Davis Fellow at the Technion in Haifa, Israel, and was awarded with an honorary doctorate from the Estonian University of Life Sciences. Currently an adjunct professor of forestry at Auburn and Mississippi State Universities, Dr. Stanturf focuses his research on forest restoration, climate change mitigation and adaptation, and disturbance ecology.

Inhaltsangabe

What Is Forest Restoration? What Is a Natural Forest? Effects of
Restoration at the Stand Level. Integrating Ungulate Herbivory into Forest
Landscape Restoration. Site Preparation Techniques for Forest Restoration.
Developing Restoration Strategies for Temperate Forests Using Natural
Regeneration Processes. Plantations: Forests: Wilderness: The Diversity of
Forest Landscapes in Europe as a Consequence of Social Change,
Technological Progress and Disturbance. Afforestation and Land Use Dynamics
in the Baltic States. Afforestation in Denmark. Forest Restoration and
Rehabilitation in the Republic of Korea. Forest Landscape Restoration in
China: A Case Study in the Minjiang River Watershed, Southwest China.
Restoration and Ecosystem-Based Management in the Circumboreal Forest:
Background, Challenges and Opportunities. Integrating Forest Restoration
into Mainstream Land Management in British Columbia, Canada. A Hundred
Years of Woodland Restoration in Great Britain: Changes in the Drivers that
Influenced the Increase in Woodland Cover. Irish Peatland Forests: Lessons
from the Past and Pathways to a Sustainable Future. Forest Restoration in
the French Massif Central Mountains. Conversion of Norway Spruce (Picea
abies [L.] Karst.) Forests in Europe. Restoration of Conifer Plantations in
Japan: Perspectives for Stand and Landscape Management and for Enabling
Social Participation. Restoration of Open Oak Woodlands in Mediterranean
Ecosystems of Western Iberia and California. Restoration of Midwestern Oak
Woodlands and Savannas. Restoration of Oak Forests (Quercus humboldtii) in
the Colombian Andes: A Case Study of Landscape-Scale Ecological Restoration
Initiatives in the Guacha River Watershed. Restoring Longleaf Pine Forest
Ecosystems in the Southern United States. Restoring Dry and Moist Forests
of the Inland Northwestern United States. Options for Promoting the
Recovery and Rehabilitation of Forests Affected by Severe Insect Outbreaks.
Restoring Boreal and Temperate Fo