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Challenges and Opportunities for the World's Forests in the 21st Century

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Beschreibung

Produktdetails

Einband

Gebundene Ausgabe

Erscheinungsdatum

13.12.2013

Abbildungen

XVI, 838 p. 138 illus., 106 illus. in color.

Herausgeber

Trevor Fenning

Verlag

Springer Netherland

Seitenzahl

838

Maße (L/B/H)

24,1/16/5,1 cm

Gewicht

1431 g

Auflage

1. Auflage

Sprache

Englisch

ISBN

978-94-007-7075-1

Beschreibung

Rezension

From the book reviews:

“This work can serve as a textbook for a capstone class for forestry majors and is also a useful reference for graduate students, active forest science researchers, and forest management practitioners. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through professionals/practitioners.” (J. Chen, Choice, Vol. 51 (11), August, 2014)

Produktdetails

Einband

Gebundene Ausgabe

Erscheinungsdatum

13.12.2013

Abbildungen

XVI, 838 p. 138 illus., 106 illus. in color.

Herausgeber

Trevor Fenning

Verlag

Springer Netherland

Seitenzahl

838

Maße (L/B/H)

24,1/16/5,1 cm

Gewicht

1431 g

Auflage

1. Auflage

Sprache

Englisch

ISBN

978-94-007-7075-1

Herstelleradresse

Springer-Verlag KG
Sachsenplatz 4-6
1201 Wien
AT

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  • Produktbild: Challenges and Opportunities for the World's Forests in the 21st Century
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  • Foreword.- Introduction.-

    PART 1. Sustainable Forestry & Conservation Objectives.-

    1. A Burning Issue: Tropical Forests and the Health of Global Ecosystems.- 2. Silviculture of planted forests managed for multi-functional objectives: lessons from Chinese and British experiences.- 3. Forests for all? Considering the conservation implications of human-species interactions in the context of multifunctional forestry.- 4. Human engagement with forest environments – implications for physical and mental health and wellbeing.- 5. Sustainable Forest Management in China: Achievements in the Past and Challenges Ahead.- 6. The Value of Forest: An Ecological Economic Examination of People’s Perspective.-

    PART 2. Forest Resources Worldwide.-

    7. Global trends and outlook for forest resources.- 8. Save the Forests : Use more wood.-

    PART 3. Forests, Forestry and Climate Change.-

    9. Forests in the global carbon cycle.- 10. Forests, Forestry and Climate Change.- 11. Insect invasions and climate change in forest ecosystems.-

    PART 4. The Economics of Forestry.-

    12. How cost-effective is forestry for climate change mitigation?.- 13. Additionality of climate change mitigation activities.- 14. Different Economic Approaches to Forest Management.-

    PART 5. Tree Breeding & Commercial Forestry.-

    15. A Roadmap to Eucalyptus Breeding for Clonal Forestry.- 16. Conifer Somatic Embryogenesis and Multi-varietal Forestry.- 17. Modern Advances in Tree Breeding.- 18. A reality check in population management.- 19. Seed orchards and aspects on supporting tree breeding.-

    PART 6. Biotechnological approaches.-

    20. Biosafety considerations in the context of deployment of GM trees.- 21. Scientific research related to genetically modified trees.- 22. Forest Biotechnology Futures.- 23. Research and Application of Transgenic Poplar in China.-

    PART 7. Genomic studies with forest trees.-

    24. Genomeresequencing in Populus: Revealing large-scale genome variation and implications on specialized-trait genomics.- 25. Comparative and evolutionary genomics of forest trees.-

    PART 8. Bio-energy, lignin and wood.-

    26. Willows as a potential source of renewable fuels and diverse products.- 27. Woodfuel production in the UK - unlocking the existing resource and growing for the future.- 28. Bioenergy opportunities from forests in New Zealand.- 29. Creating the wood supply of the future.-

    PART 9. Forest Science, including ecological studies.-

    30. Planning for the future: Community genetics applications for forest biodiversity and policy.- 31. The long reach of biogenic emissions in the atmosphere.- 32. Ecological aspects of host-insect interactions on the example of Quercus robur and Tortrix viridana.- 33. Forests have survived climate changes and epidemics in the past.  Will they continue to adapt and survive? At what cost?.- 34. Horse chestnut bleeding canker – a 21st Century tree pathogen.- 35. The use of small footprint airborne LiDAR for the estimation of individual tree parameters in Sitka spruce stands.