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Forest Ecology


Forest Ecology

An Evidence-Based Approach
1. Aufl.

von: Dan Binkley

61,99 €

Verlag: Wiley-Blackwell
Format: EPUB
Veröffentl.: 26.07.2021
ISBN/EAN: 9781119704416
Sprache: englisch
Anzahl Seiten: 288

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<b>Forest Ecology</b> <p><b>Forest Ecology</b> <p><b>An Evidence-Based Approach</b> <p>Forest ecology is the science that deals with everything in forests, including plants and animals (and their interactions), the features of the environment that affect plants and animals, and the interactions of humans and forests. All of these components of forests interact across scales of space and time. Some interactions are constrained, deterministic, and predictable; but most are indeterminant, contingent, and only broadly predictable. <p><i>Forest Ecology: An Evidence-Based Approach</i> examines the features common to all forests, and those unique cases that illustrate the importance of site-specific factors in determining the structure, function, and future of a forest. The author emphasizes the role of evidence in forest ecology, because appealing, simple stories often lead to misunderstandings about how forests work. A reliance on evidence is central to distinguishing between appealing stories and stories that actually fit real forests. <p>The evidence-based approach emphasizes the importance of real-world, observable science in forests. Classical approaches to ecology in the twentieth century often over-emphasized appealing concepts that were not sufficiently based on real forests. The vast amount of information now available on forests allows a more complete coverage of forest ecology that relies on a strong, empirical foundation. <p><i>Forest Ecology: An Evidence-Based Approach</i> is the ideal companion text for the teaching of upper-level undergraduate and graduate courses in forest ecology.
<p>Dedication</p> <p>Acknowledgements</p> <p>Preface</p> <p>Chapter 1:  The nature of forest</p> <p>Chapter 2:  Forest environments</p> <p>Chapter 3:  Evolution and adaptation in forests</p> <p>Chapter 4:  Physiology and life history of trees</p> <p>Chapter 5:  Ecology of wildlife in forests</p> <p>Chapter 6:  Forest soils, nutrient cycling, and hydrology</p> <p>Chapter 7:  Ecology of growth of trees and forests</p> <p>Chapter 8:  Forests across space</p> <p>Chapter 9:  Forests through time</p> <p>Chapter 10:  Events in forests:  winds, insects and diseases</p> <p>Chapter 11:  Events in forests:  fire</p> <p>Chapter 12:  Events in forests:  management</p> <p>Chapter 13:  Conservation, sustainability and restoration of forests</p> <p>Chapter 14:  Forests of the future</p> <p>References</p> <p>Index</p>
<p><b>About the Author</b></p> <p><b>Dan Binkley</b> is Adjunct Professor in the School of Forestry at Northern Arizona University, USA.
<p><b>Forest Ecology</b></p> <p><b>An Evidence-Based Approach</b> <p>Forest ecology is the science that deals with everything in forests, including plants and animals (and their interactions), the features of the environment that affect plants and animals, and the interactions of humans and forests. All of these components of forests interact across scales of space and time. Some interactions are constrained, deterministic, and predictable; but most are indeterminant, contingent, and only broadly predictable. <p><i>Forest Ecology: An Evidence-Based Approach</i> examines the features common to all forests, and those unique cases that illustrate the importance of site-specific factors in determining the structure, function, and future of a forest. The author emphasizes the role of evidence in forest ecology, because appealing, simple stories often lead to misunderstandings about how forests work. A reliance on evidence is central to distinguishing between appealing stories and stories that actually fit real forests. <p>The evidence-based approach emphasizes the importance of real-world, observable science in forests. Classical approaches to ecology in the twentieth century often over-emphasized appealing concepts that were not sufficiently based on real forests. The vast amount of information now available on forests allows a more complete coverage of forest ecology that relies on a strong, empirical foundation. <p><i>Forest Ecology: An Evidence-Based Approach</i> is the ideal companion text for the teaching of upper-level undergraduate and graduate courses in forest ecology.

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