Managing Forests As Complex Adaptive Systems Building Resilience to the Challenge of Global Change

Messier, Christian & Klaus J. Puettmann & K. David Coates

ISBN 10: 0415519772 / ISBN 13: 9780415519779

Verlag: Routledge, London, New York, 2013

Beschreibung

Xiv, 353 pp. Index. Illustrated with many figs. Each individual essay has its own references. Hard paper covers in black and white with image of green forest. Covers are fresh and clean, interior tight and clean. Virtually as new. ; The Earthscan Forest Library; 9.2 X 6.1 X 1.0 inches; 368 pages.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 10198

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Managing Forests As Complex Adaptive Systems Building Resilience to the Challenge of Global Change
• Verlag: Routledge, London, New York
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2013
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 0415519772
• ISBN-13: 9780415519779
• Einband: Hardcover
• Zustand: Good
• Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Dust Jacket
• Verkäuferkataloge:
  • Natural History
  • Farming/Agriculture
  • Biology

Über diesen Titel

Inhaltsangabe

The emerging concepts of complexity, complex adaptive system (CAS) and resilience to forest ecology and management are linked in this new book. It explores how these concepts can be applied in various forest biomes of the world with their different ecological, economic and social settings, and history.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Christian Messier is Scientific Director of the Institute of Temperate Forest Sciences (ISFORT), Université du Québec en Outaouais, Québec, Canada. His research interests are broad, ranging from the life cycle of trees to developing decision-making tools to better manage large forest holdings. His research has brought him to study various biomes across the world. He holds a research chair on tree growth, and has published more than 150 referee journal papers and book chapters. 

Klaus J. Puettmann is Edmund Hayes Professor in Silviculture Alternatives in the Department of Forest Ecosystems and Society, Oregon State University, USA. He has been working on numerous projects related to regeneration and stand density management, with a special focus on utilizing a better understanding of ecological relationships in developing new silvicultural approaches. He works in cooperation with scientists from Europe and North America, and has published more than 60 referee journal articles in North American and European forestry and ecology journals. 

K. David Coates is a senior Research Silviculturist with the Ministry of Natural Resource Operations in Smithers, Canada. He has 30 years of experience in research and silvicultural application in northern British Columbia including at least 50 scientific and technical publications.