Forests and Global Change (Ecological Reviews) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1107041856 ISBN 13: 9781107041851

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2014

Synopsis

Forests hold a significant proportion of global biodiversity and terrestrial carbon stocks and are at the forefront of human-induced global change. The dynamics and distribution of forest vegetation determines the habitat for other organisms, and regulates the delivery of ecosystem services, including carbon storage. Presenting recent research across temperate and tropical ecosystems, this volume synthesises the numerous ways that forests are responding to global change and includes perspectives on: the role of forests in the global carbon and energy budgets; historical patterns of forest change and diversification; contemporary mechanisms of community assembly and implications of underlying drivers of global change; and the ways in which forests supply ecosystem services that support human lives. The chapters represent case studies drawn from the authors' expertise, highlighting exciting new research and providing information that will be valuable to academics, students, researchers and practitioners with an interest in this field.

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Review:

'Forests and Global Change provides a balanced suite of methodical approaches: long-term plots, a variety of models, phylogenetics and remote sensing ... readers not only gain a better understanding of how forests function, but also how that understanding can be used to help conserve them.' Audrey Barker Plotkin, Ecology

Book Description:

This volume provides valuable information for students, academics and practitioners with an interest in how forests respond to global change phenomena such as climate, atmospheric composition, land-use change and forest fragmentation. Presenting research from temperate and tropical ecosystems, the authors highlight their latest findings from plots, satellites and models.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1107041856
• ISBN 13: 9781107041851
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 492
• Editor: Coomes David A., Burslem David F. R. P., Simonson William D.