Tropical Forest Ecology
Subtitle: The Basis for Conservation and Management (Tropical Forestry)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: May 31, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 295
ISBN-13: 9783540237976
Subjects: Management of land & natural resources; Rain forest conservation; Forest conservation; Technology; Technology & Industrial Arts; Tropics; Science/Mathematics; Agriculture - General; Environmental Science; Life Sciences - Ecology; Nature / Trees; agroforestry; deforestation; plantation; restoration; sustainability; Forest management
First sentence: The functions of tropical forests can be productive (timber, fiber, fuelwood, and non-timber forest products), environmental (climate regulation, carbon sequestration and storage, reserve of biodiversity, and soil and water conservation), and social (subsistence for local populations and cultures).