Bowes, B. G.
Trees and Forests - A Colour Guide
Biology, Pathology, Propagation, Silviculture, Surgery, Biomes, Ecology, Conservation
Manson Pub. 2010.2
288 pp (H)
ISBN 1-84076-085-0
12,000円
Contents
1. Introduction to Woody Habit/ 2. World Distribution of Forests/ 3. Tree Morphology, Anatomy and Histology/ 4. Tree Pathology/ 5. Forest Ecology and Management, Tree Surgery, Propagation and Conservation/ Index/
* Trees are one of the dominant features of our existence on earth and play a fundamental role in the environment. This book aims to give the reader an overview and understanding of trees. Subject areas covered include ecology and conservation, tree anatomy and evolution, pathology, silviculture, propagation and surgery. The different chapters cover trees from various world habitats, from northern boreal and montane coniferous forests to tropical and subtropical rainforests. The book is fully illustrated throughout with the highest quality colour photos. *
Wirth, C. et al. ed.
Old-Growth Forests
Function, Fate and Value
Springer-Verlag 2009.8
512 pp.(H)
ISBN 3-540-92705-0
27,400円
Contents
1.Introduction/ 2.Aboveground Processes/ 3.Belowground Processes/ 4.Biomes/ 5.Human Dimensions/ 6.Synthesis/ Index/
* Many terms often used to describe old-growth forests imply that these forests are less vigorous, less productive and less stable than younger forests. But research in the last two decades has yielded results that challenge the view of old-growth forests being in decline. Given the importance of forests in battling climate change and the fact that old-growth forests are shrinking at a rate of 0.5% per year, these new results have come not a moment too soon.
* This book is the first ever to focus on the ecosystem functioning of old-growth forests. It is an exhaustive compendium of information that contains original work conducted by the authors. In addition, it is truly global in scope as it studies boreal forests in Canada, temperate old-growth forests in Europe and the Americas, and global tropical forests. Written in part to affect future policy, this eminently readable book is as useful for the scientist and student as it is for the politician and politically-interested layman. *
Nagendra, H. & Southworth, J. ed.
Reforesting Landscapes
Linking Pattern and Process
Springer Netherlands 2009.10
410 pp.(H)
ISBN 1-4020-9655-0
20,900円
Contents
1. Reforestation: Challenges and Themes in Reforestation Research/ 2. The Bigger Picture - Tropical Forest Change in Context, Concept and Practice/ 3. Three Paths to Forest Expansion: A Comparative Historical Analysis/ 4. A Tri-Partite Framework of Forest Dynamics: Hierarchy, Panarchy, and Heterarchy in the Study of Secondary Growth/ 5. Forest Cover Dynamics and Forest Transitions in Mexico and Central America: Towards a "Great Retoration"?/ 6. Reforestation in Central and Eastern Europe after the Breakdown of Socialism/ 7. Reforestation and Regrowth in the Human Dominated Landscapes of South Asia/ 8. Threats to the Forest Transition in the Midwest United States/ 9. Importance of Input Classification to Graph Automata Simulations of Forest Cover Change in the Peruvian Amazon/ 10. Forest Expansion in Northwest Costa Rica: Conjuncture of the Global Market, Land-Use Intensification, and Forest Protection/ 11. Forest Cover Changes and Their Drivers in the Polish Carpathian Mountains Since 1800/ 12. Parks as a Mechanism to Maintain and Facilitate Recovery of Forest Cover: Examining Reforestation, Forest Maintenance and Productivity in Uganda/ 13. Spontaneous Regeneration of Tropical Dry Forest in Madagascar: The Social-Ecological Dimension/ 14. Forest Transition in Vietnam and Bhutan: Causes and Environmental Impacts/ 15. Forest Cover in China from 1949 to 2006/ 16. Reforestation: Conclusions and Implications/ Index/
* The 21st century has seen the beginnings of a great restoration effort towards the world's forests, accompanied by the emergence of an increasing literature on reforestation, regeneration and regrowth of forest cover. Yet to date, there is no volume which synthesises current knowledge on the extent, trends, patterns and drivers of reforestation. *
Creighton, J. D. & Roney, P. J. ed.
Forest Canopies
Forest Production, Ecosystem Health and Climate Conditions
Nova Science Pub. 2009.7
(H)
ISBN 1-60741-457-0
17,800円
Contents
1.A New Paradigm of Forest Canopy Interception Science: The Implication of a Huge Amount of Evaporation during Rainfall/ 2.Exotic Herb Layers as Ecological Filters in Forest Understories/ 3.Quantitative Analysis of Canopy Photosynthesis Influenced by Light Simulation Models/ 4.Lidar Remote Sensing for Forest Canopy Studies/ 5.Soil Organic Carbon Dynamics of Different Land Use in Southeast Asia/ 6.Carbon Stable Isotopes of Mammal Bones as Tracers of Canopy Development and Habitat Use in Temperate and Boreal Contexts/ 7.Simulating the Two Way Feedback between Terrestrial Ecosystems and Climate: Importance of Forest Ecological Process on Global Change/ 8.Atmospheric Deposition and its Leaf Surface Interactions in Japanese Cedar Forests/ 9.Effects of Forest Canopy Gaps on Litter Microarthropod Populations in the Southern Appalachians/ 10.Interactions between Urban Vegetated Surfaces and the Atmosphere/ Index/ *
Gomez, E. & Alvarez, K. ed.
Forest Fires
Detection, Suppression and Prevention
Nova Science Pub. 2009.12
350 pp.(H)
ISBN 1-60741-716-2
17,800円
Contents
1.Vertical Atmosphere and Fire/ 2.A Simulation Tool for Socio-economic Planning on Forest Fire Suppression Management/ 3.Wildfire In Deliblatska Pescara (Serbia) - Case Analysis/ 4.Variation of spatial fire behavior based on changes of forest fuel loadings/ 5.On Vegetation Modelling For Forest Fires Combustion Models/ 6.Potential for advancing fire research in Amazonia by integrating ground-based, remote-sensing and modeling studies for the region/ 7.Improvement of the gas oxidation modelling in wildland fires/ 8.Detection of the positions and computing the rate of spread of fire fronts using a radiative flame model and inverse method/ 9.Factor Analysis applied to fire temperature effects on water quality/ 10.On Mathematical Foundations of Elliptical Forest Fire Spread Model/ 11.Use Of Superabsorbents For Forest Fire Fighting/ 12.Large Scale Forest Fires in Alaska: Detection and Prevention/ Index/
* A forest fire is any uncontrolled, non-structure fire that occurs in the wilderness. Wildlife behavior is often complex and variably dependent on factors such as fuel type, moisture content in the fuel, humidity, windspeed, topology, geographic location and ambient temperature. Weather patterns, such as heat waves droughts can also have a dramatic impact on the onset and outcome of wildfires. Fire is sometimes essential for forest regeneration, however, it often destroys forests and has dire social and economic consequences. This book looks at the underlying causes of forest fires, their ecological effects and preventive strategies. *
Evans, J.
Planted Forests
Uses, Impacts and Sustainability
CABI Pub. 2009.12
224 pp.(H)
ISBN 1-84593-564-0
18,000円
Contents
1. History of tree planting and planted forests/ 2. The question of definitions/ 3. The global thematic study of planted forests/ 4. Wood from planted forests - global outlook to 2050/ 5. The multiple roles of planted forest/ 6. Policy, institutional and ownership issues/ 7. Sustainable silviculture and management/ 8. Summary and conclusions/ Index/
* Planted forests - despite being only seven per cent of the world's forest resources, have superseded naturally regenerating forests as the principal source of industrial wood products. Lessening the pressure for wood production, on natural forests, tree planting has released them to be managed for other purposes - carbon sinks, soil and water protection, conservation of biological diversity, recreation and amenity. Representing a complement, but not an alternative, to natural forests, planted forests have become increasingly important for reducing worldwide deforestation, loss of forest ecosystems and forest degradation. *
Kangas, A. & Maltamo, M. ed.
Forest Inventory
Methodology and Applications
Springer-Verlag 2009.8
364 pp.(P)
ISBN 90-481-3164-2
8,900円
Contents
1. Introduction/ 2. Design-based sampling and inference/ 3. Model-based inference/ 4. Mensurational aspects/ 5. Change monitoring with permanent sample plots/ 6. Generalizing sample tree information/ 7. Use of additional information/ 8. Sampling rare populations/ 9. Inventories of vegetation, wild berries and mushrooms/ 10. Assessment of uncertainty in spatially systematic sampling/ 11. The Finnish national forest inventory/ 12. The Finnish multi-source national forest inventory - small area estimation and map production/ 13. Correcting map errors in forest inventory estimates for small areas/ 14. Multiphase sampling/ 15. Segmentation/ 16. Inventory by compartments/ 17. Assessing the world's forests/ 18. Europe/ 19. Asia/ 20. North America/ 21. Modern data acquisition for forest inventories/ Index/
* This book has been developed as a forest inventory textbook for students and can also serve as a handbook for practical foresters. The book is divided into four sections. The first section deals mostly with sampling issues. First, we present the basic sampling designs at a fairly non-technical mathematical level. In addition, we present some more advanced sampling issues often needed in forest inventory. Those include for instance problems with systematic sampling, and methods for sampling vegetation or rare populations. *
Fournier, M. V. ed.
Forest Regeneration
Ecology, Management and Economics
Nova Science Pub. 2009.5
198 pp.(H)
ISBN 1-60692-929-1
12,600円
Contents
1.Quality Management of Forest Regeneration Service Processes/ 2.Forest Regeneration Through Socio-Economic Development: Experiments in India/ 3.What Factors and Processes Cause the Local Intra-specific Differentiation of Quercus in Mountainous Areas Through the Repeated Process of Regeneration/ 4.Response of Reproduction and Residual Overstory Trees to Even-aged Regeneration Methods in Southern Hardwoods/ 5.Evalution Criteria and Indicator System of Resistance and Resilience of Pine Forest Ecosystem Against Bursaphelenchus xylophilus Invasion/ 6.Tree Growth and Regeneration Responses to Timber Stand Improvement (TSI): Literature Review and Case Study in a Virginia Non-industrial Private Forest/ 7.Soil Seed Bank As Indicator of Forest Regeneration Potential in Canopy Gaps of A Semideciduous Forest in Southeastern Brazil/ 8.Ecological Sustainability/ 9.Winter drought impairs pine regeneration at the Pyrenean Treeline/ 10.Adaptive Regeneration Traits and Habitat in Cercidiphyllum japonicum to Riparian Disturbances in the Chichibu Mountains, Central Japan/ Index/ *
Food and Agriculture Organization
Yearbook of Forest Products 2007
FAO林産物年鑑２００７年版
FAO 2009.
340 pp.(P)
ISBN 92-5-006235-4
8,500円
Contents
* This is the 61st issue of the FAO Yearbook of Forest Products, a compilation of statistical data on basic forest products for all countries and territories of the world. It contains annual data on the production and trade in forest products for the years 2003-2007 and on directions of trade in 2006 and 2007.
* For the first time, in order to increase access to forestry information, FAO is expanding the language coverage provided in this yearbook to include Arabic and Chinese. *
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