Forests in our changing world
Subtitle: new principles for conservation and management
By: Joe Landsberg and Richard Waring
Contributors: Waring, Richard H.
Publisher: Island Press
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 209
ISBN-13: 9781610914956; 9781610914963
Subjects: Forest ecology; Climatic changes; Ecophysiology; Trees; Forests and forestry
Description: This book provides an accessible introduction to key concepts that future forest managers will need to keep our most important renewable resource healthy and resilient.

"Scientists tell us that climate change is upon us and the physical world is changing quickly with important implications for biodiversity and human well-being. Forests cover vast regions of the globe and serve as a first line of defense against the worst effects of climate change, but only if we keep them healthy and resilient. Forests in Our Changing World tells us how to do that. Authors Joe Landsberg and Richard Waring present an overview of forests around the globe, describing basic precepts of forest ecology and physiology and how forests will change as earth's climate warms. Drawing on years of research and teaching, they discuss the values and uses of both natural and plantation-based forests. In easy-to- understand terms, they describe the ecosystem services forests provide, such as clean water and wildlife habitat, present economic concepts important to the management and policy decisions that affect forests, and introduce the use of growth-and-yield models and remote-sensing technology that provide the data behind those decisions." -- Publisher's description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-196) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : Looking back and into the future; title: Forest types around the world; title: Weather and climate determine forest growth and type; title: Causes and consequences of rapid climate change; title: How we value and use forests; title: The economics and practices of forest management; title: The future for forests.