MANAGING FOREST ECOSYSTEMS: THE CHALLENGE OF CLIMATE CHANGE. 2ND EDITION

1. Introduction
2. A Mechanistic View of the Capacity of Forests to Cope with Climate Change
3. Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Temperate European Mountain Forests
4. Estimating Carbon Stocks and Stock Changes in Forests: Linking Models and Data Across Scales
5. Forest Eco-Physiological Models: Water Use and Carbon Sequestration
6. Influence of Climatic Variables on Crown Condition in Pine Forests of Northern Spain
7. Changing Trends of Biomass and Carbon Pools in Mediterranean Pine Forests
8. REDD+ and Carbon Markets: The Ethiopian Process
9. Influence of Carbon Sequestration in an Optimal Set of Coppice Rotations for Eucalyptus Plantations
10. Use of Forests and Wood Products to Mitigate Climate Change
11. Biomass Forest in Sweden and Carbon Emissions Balance
12. Innovation in the Value Chain of Wood Products: Data, Equations and Life-Cycle Analysis
13. Forest Carbon Sequestration: The Impact of Forest Management
14. Effects of Forest Age Structure, Management and Gradual Climate Change on Carbon Sequestration and Timber Production in Finnish Boreal Forests
15. Mediterranean Pine Forests: Management Effects on Carbon Stocks
16. Carbon Sequestration of Ponderosa Pine Plantations in Northwestern Patagonia
17. Assessing Pine Wilt Disease Risk Under a Climate Change Scenario in Northwestern Spain
18. Soil Organic Carbon Sequestration Under Different Tropical Cover Types in Colombia
19. Modelling of Carbon Sequestration in Rubber(Hevea brasiliensis) Plantations
20. Carbon Sequestration in Mediterranean Oak Forests
21. Forest Management in the Sahel and Ethiopian Highlands and Impacts on Climate Change

Climate change shaped the political agenda during the last decade with three issues as hot topics: commonly making the headlines: carbon budgets, impact and mitigation of climate change.
Given the significant role that forests play in the climate system – as sources, sinks, and through carbon trading – this book update the current scientific evidences on the relationships between climate, forest resources and forest management practices around the world.
By including the forest scientists’ expertise from around the world, the book presents and updates a depth analysis of the current knowledge, and a series of case studies focused on the biological and the economic impacts of climate change in forest ecosystems in Africa, Asia, Europe and North and South America.
The book will form a valuable resource for researchers and advanced students dealing with sustainable forestry, climate change issues and the effects of climate change on natural resource management.

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