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  • A Goal-Oriented Approach to Forest Landscape Restoration

    Edited by John Stanturf, Palle Madsen, David Lamb ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    While restoration ecology has traditionally aimed to re-create some putative more ‘natural’ ecological state, forest landscape restoration (FLR) has emerged over the last decade as an approach aimed more at restoring natural functions, while focusing on meeting human needs.With a view to exploring the practical potential of this approach, this book draws together a team of experts from the natural ... Read more

    $143.99 USD

  • Forest Landscape Restoration

    Integrating Natural and Social Sciences

    Edited by John Stanturf, David Lamb, Palle Madsen ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    Restoration ecology, as a scientific discipline, developed from practitioners’ efforts to restore degraded land, with interest also coming from applied ecologists attracted by the potential for restoration projects to apply and/or test developing theories on ecosystem development. Since then, forest landscape restoration (FLR) has emerged as a practical approach to forest restoration particularly ... Read more

    $143.99 USD

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  • The Science and Practice of Landscape Stewardship

    Edited by Claudia Bieling, Tobias Plieninger ...
    Improving the dynamic relationship between nature and human well-being is a pressing issue of our time. Landscapes embody this tight interconnectedness and serve as unique sustainability learning hubs, showcased by the global rise of place-based and holistic landscape stewardship initiatives. Incorporating these exciting developments, this book explores the principles of landscape stewardship and ... Read more

    $57.39 USD

  • Mediterranean Oak Woodland Working Landscapes

    Dehesas of Spain and Ranchlands of California

    Edited by Pablo Campos, Lynn Huntsinger, Jose Luis Oviedo, Paul F Starrs, Mario Diaz, Richard B Standiford, Gregorio Montero ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    The oak tree was a boon companion as humans expanded their presence across much of the globe. While oak woodlands (Quercus spp.) come today in stunningly diverse forms, the stately dehesas of Spain and the dramatic oak-dominated ranchlands of California are working landscapes where cultivation and manipulation for a couple of millennia have shaped Mediterranean-type ecosystems into a profoundly ... Read more

    $170.09 USD

  • Post-Fire Management and Restoration of Southern European Forests

    Edited by Francisco Moreira, Margarita Arianoutsou, Piermaria Corona, Jorge De las Heras ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    In spite of all the efforts made in fire prevention and suppression, every year about 45 000 forest fires occur in Europe, burning ca. 0.5 million hectares of forests and other rural lands. The management of these burned forests has been given much less attention than fire prevention or fire suppression issues, but the post-fire management of burned areas raises strong concerns (economic and ... Read more

    $143.99 USD

  • Wildland Fuel Fundamentals and Applications

    by Robert E. Keane ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    A new era in wildland fuel sciences is now evolving in such a way that fire scientists and managers need a comprehensive understanding of fuels ecology and science to fully understand fire effects and behavior on diverse ecosystem and landscape characteristics. This is a reference book on wildland fuel science; a book that describes fuels and their application in land management. There has never ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Forest Dynamics, Growth and Yield

    From Measurement to Model

    by Hans Pretzsch ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    The aim of this book is to improve the understanding of forest dynamics and the sustainable management of forest ecosystems. How do tree crowns, trees or entire forest stands respond to thinning in the long term? What effect do tree species mixtures and multi-layering have on the productivity and stability of trees, stands or forest enterprises? How do tree and stand growth respond to stress ... Read more

    $134.09 USD

  • Expert Knowledge and Its Application in Landscape Ecology

    Edited by Ajith H. Perera, Chris J. Johnson, C. Ashton Drew ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    Typically, landscape ecologists use empirical observations to conduct research and devise solutions for applied problems in conservation and management. In some instances, they rely on advice and input of experienced professionals in both developing and applying knowledge. Given the wealth of expert knowledge and the risks of its informal and implicit applications in landscape ecology, it is ... Read more

    $143.09 USD

  • Mixed-Species Forests

    Ecology and Management

    Edited by Hans Pretzsch, David I. Forrester, Jürgen Bauhus ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    This textbook offers a detailed overview of the current state of knowledge concerning the ecology and management of compositionally and structurally diverse forests. It provides answers to central questions such as:What are the scientific concepts used to assess the growth, dynamics and functioning of mixed-species forests, how generalizable are they, and what kind of experiments are necessary to ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

  • Mangrove Dynamics and Management in North Brazil

    Edited by Ulrich Saint-Paul, Horacio Schneider ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    Mangrove ecosystems are being increasingly threatened by human activities. Their biotic productivity supplies food and other resources to the human populations that inhabit or make use of them. This volume highlights the results of a ten-year German / Brazilian research project, called MADAM, in one of the largest continuous mangrove areas of the world, located in northern Brazil. Based on the ... Read more

    $188.09 USD

  • Forest Landscapes and Global Change

    Challenges for Research and Management

    Edited by João C. Azevedo, Ajith H. Perera, M. Alice Pinto ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    Climate change, urban sprawl, abandonment of agriculture, intensification of forestry and agriculture, changes in energy generation and use, expansion of infrastructure networks, habitat destruction and degradation, and other drivers of change occur at increasing rates. They affect patterns and processes in forest landscapes, and modify ecosystem services derived from those ecosystems. ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Boreal and Temperate Trees in a Changing Climate

    Modelling the Ecophysiology of Seasonality

    by Heikki Hänninen ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    This book provides an overview of how boreal and temperate tree species have adapted their annual development cycle to the seasonally varying climatic conditions. Therefore, the frost hardy dormant phase, and the susceptible growth phase, are synchronized with the seasonality of the climate.The volume discusses the annual cycle, including various attributes such as timing of bud burst and other ... Read more

    $89.09 USD