Boreal Forests in the Face of Climate Change Sustainable Management

This open access book explores a new conceptual framework for the sustainable management of the boreal forest in the face of climate change. The boreal forest is the second-largest terrestrial biome on Earth and covers a 14 million km2 belt, representing about 25% of the Earth’s forest area. Two-thi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Girona, Miguel Montoro. editor (editor), Morin, Hubert. editor, Gauthier, Sylvie. editor, Bergeron, Yves. editor
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cham : Springer International Publishing 2023.
Edición:1st ed. 2023.
Colección:Advances in Global Change Research, 74
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Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009740865606719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Ecosystem Management of the Boreal Forest in the Era of Global Change
  • 2. Millennial-Scale Disturbance History of the Boreal Zone
  • 3. Natural Disturbances from the Perspective of Forest Ecosystem-based Management
  • 4. Selected Examples of Interactions Between Natural Disturbances
  • 5. Living Trees and Biodiversity
  • 6. Deadwood Biodiversity
  • 7. Embracing the Complexity and the Richness of Boreal Old-Growth Forests: A Further Step Toward Their Ecosystem Management
  • 8. Ecological Classification in Forest Ecosystem Management: Links between Current Practices and Future Climate Change in a Québec Case Study
  • 9. Changes in Water Status and Carbon Allocation in Conifers Subjected to Spruce Budworm Defoliation and Consequences for Tree Mortality and Forest Management
  • 10. A Circumpolar Perspective on the Contribution of Trees to the Boreal Forest Carbon Balance.