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Human Influences on Forest Ecosystems
Author | : Edward A. Macie,L. Annie Hermansen |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 172 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : Forest ecology |
ISBN | : MINN:31951D02988393N |
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This publication provides a review of critical wildland-urban interface issues, challenges, and needs for the Southern United States. Chapter topics include population and demographic trends; economic and tax issues; land use planning and policy; urban effects on forest ecosystems; challenges for forest resource management and conservation; social consequences of change; fire; and themes, research, and information needs for the wildland-urban interface.
Global Climate Change and Human Impacts on Forest Ecosystems
Author | : J. Puhe,B. Ulrich |
Publsiher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages | : 604 |
Release | : 2012-12-06 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9783642595318 |
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The inclusion of forests as potential biological sinks in the Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in 1997 has attracted international attention and again has put scientific and political focus on the world's forests, regarding their state and development. The international discus sion induced by the Kyoto Protocol has clearly shown that not only the tropical rain forests are endangered by man's activities, but also that the forest ecosystems of boreal, temperate, mediterranean and subtropical regions have been drastically modified. Deforestation on a large scale, burning, over-exploitation, and the degra dation of the biological diversity are well-known symptoms in forests all over the world. This negative development happens in spite of the already existing knowledge of the benefits of forests on global energy and water regimes, the biogeochemical cycling of carbon and other elements as well as on the biological and cultural diversity. The reasons why man does not take care of forests properly are manifold and complex and there is no easy solution how to change the existing negative trends. One reason that makes it so difficult to assess the impacts of human activity on the future development of forests is the large time scale in which forests react, ranging from decades to centuries.
Human Influences on Forest Ecosystems
Author | : Edward A. Macie |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 20 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : Forest ecology |
ISBN | : MINN:31951D02988400G |
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This summary report synthesizes the findings contained in the Southern Wildland-Urban Interface Assessment (General Technical Report SRS-55). The Assessment provides a review of critical wildland-urban interface issues, challenges, and needs for the Southern United States. Topics include population and demographic trends, economic and tax issues, land use planning and policy issues, urban influences on forest ecosystems, challenges for forest resource management and conservation, social issues, and themes and research needs for the wildland-urban interface.
Potential Impacts of Climate Change on Tropical Forest Ecosystems
Author | : Adam Markham |
Publsiher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages | : 456 |
Release | : 2013-11-11 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9789401727303 |
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Climate change represents one of the most alarming long-term threats to ecosystems the world over. This new collection of papers provides, for the first time, an overview of the potentially serious impact that climate change may have on tropical forests. The authors, a multi-disciplinary group of leading experts in climatology, forestry, ecology and conservation biology, present a state-of-knowledge snapshot of how tropical forests are likely to react to the changes being wrought on our planet's atmosphere and climate. Tropical forests represent extraordinary harbours for biological diversity, and yet as deforestation and degradation continue apace, they are under greater pressure from human impacts than ever before. Climate change adds yet another threat to these valuable ecosystems, and this volume demonstrates just how significant a problem this may really be. The authors identify certain types of forest, including tropical montane cloud forest that may be particularly vulnerable. They also show the strong likelihood of global warming aggravating problems in already fragmented forest areas.
Global Climate Change and Human Impacts on Forest Ecosystems
Author | : J. Puhe,B. Ulrich |
Publsiher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 592 |
Release | : 2011-10-09 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 3642595324 |
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The inclusion of forests as potential biological sinks in the Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in 1997 has attracted international attention and again has put scientific and political focus on the world's forests, regarding their state and development. The international discus sion induced by the Kyoto Protocol has clearly shown that not only the tropical rain forests are endangered by man's activities, but also that the forest ecosystems of boreal, temperate, mediterranean and subtropical regions have been drastically modified. Deforestation on a large scale, burning, over-exploitation, and the degra dation of the biological diversity are well-known symptoms in forests all over the world. This negative development happens in spite of the already existing knowledge of the benefits of forests on global energy and water regimes, the biogeochemical cycling of carbon and other elements as well as on the biological and cultural diversity. The reasons why man does not take care of forests properly are manifold and complex and there is no easy solution how to change the existing negative trends. One reason that makes it so difficult to assess the impacts of human activity on the future development of forests is the large time scale in which forests react, ranging from decades to centuries.
Humans as Components of Ecosystems
Author | : Mark J. McDonnell,Steward T.A. Pickett |
Publsiher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages | : 381 |
Release | : 2012-12-06 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9781461209058 |
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Highlighting the importance to ecological studies of incorporating humans and their effects on ecosystems, leading experts from a variety of disciplines address a number of important issues, including: * the prominent role of humans in the function of ecosystems on Earth * why humans have been ignored in ecological studies * approaches taken by social scientists, historians, geographers, economists, and anthropologists in the study of human activities * the emergence of a new ecological paradigm accommodating human activities * methods for studying subtle human effects, and human- populated ecosystems * future research and training required to include humans effectively as components of ecological systems. Of interest to students and researchers in ecology, and to policy-makers and environmental managers. In addition, it makes social scientists aware of new opportunties for integrating their ideas with those of ecologists.
Introduction to Forest Ecosystem Science and Management
Author | : Raymond A. Young,Ronald L. Giese |
Publsiher | : John Wiley & Sons |
Total Pages | : 604 |
Release | : 2002-12-26 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 9780471331452 |
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This new revision reflects the many changes and approaches to forestry that have occurred in the field of forestry over the last decade. This book is intended to provide students with a comprehensive introduction to the important aspects of the field of forestry. Treatment is comprehensive and more advanced than other forestry textbooks, featuring a new section on Forests and Society to reflect the increasing human influences on forestry.
Routledge Handbook of Forest Ecology
Author | : Kelvin S.-H. Peh,Richard T. Corlett,Yves Bergeron |
Publsiher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 656 |
Release | : 2015-10-16 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9781317816447 |
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This comprehensive handbook provides a unique resource covering all aspects of forest ecology from a global perspective. It covers both natural and managed forests, from boreal, temperate, sub-tropical and tropical regions of the world. The book is divided into seven parts, addressing the following themes: forest types forest dynamics forest flora and fauna energy and nutrients forest conservation and management forests and climate change human impacts on forest ecology. While each chapter can stand alone as a suitable resource for a lecture or seminar, the complete book provides an essential reference text for a wide range of students of ecology, environmental science, forestry, geography and natural resource management. Contributors include leading authorities from all parts of the world.