Keywords:
Biotic communities.
;
Forestry.
;
Applied ecology.
;
Plant ecology.
;
Ecosystems.
;
Forestry.
;
Applied Ecology.
;
Plant Ecology.
Description / Table of Contents:
Foreword -- Preface -- PART I: Evolution, genetics and distribution -- 1. Phylogenesis and evolution -- 2. Population genetics and genomics -- 3. Conservation and breeding -- 4 Biogeography and local adaptations -- 5. Mediterranean pines as invasive species -- PART II: Ecophysiology of Mediterranean pines: resistance to stress and perturbation -- 6. Physiological trade-offs under stress and perturbation -- 7. Carbon allocation dynamics under stress -- 8 -- Root systems under drought -- 9. Stress and tree mortality -- 10. Forest diseases affecting pines -- 11. Resistance to herbivorous insects -- PART III: Pine and mixed forest ecosystems under global climate change -- 12. Growth and vigor -- 13. Forest distribution resilience under climate change -- 14. Carbon and energy balance -- 15. Soil properties and biogeochemical functioning -- 16. Decomposition -- PART IV: Forest dynamics, biodiversity and biotic interactions -- 17. Dynamics of mixed pine-oak forests -- 18. Bird diversity -- 19 Soil micro- and macrofauna -- 20. Mycorhizae -- PART V: Forest fire ecology and management -- 21. Fire past present and future -- 22. Adaptations to fire -- 23. Post-fire soil erosion -- 24. The impact of grazing on understory fuel load -- 25. Post fire restoration -- 26. Predicting post-fire conifer regeneration in California -- 27. Remote sensing fire damage -- PART VI: Policy and Ecosystem services of Mediterranean pine and mixed forest ecosystems -- 28. Mediterranean forests and the United Nations sustainable development goals -- 29. Ecosystem services -- 30.Multi-disciplinary assessment of cultural ecosystem services supplied by Mediterranean pine and mixed forests -- PART VII: Afforestation and forest management policy -- 31. Dynamics and management of western Mediterranean pinewoods -- 32. From pine monoculture forests into sustainable mixed forest ecosystems -- 33. Forest policy in Israel -- 34. Water based forest management.
Abstract:
Almost 20 years after the first MEDPINE book "Ecology, biogeography and management of Pinus halepensis and P. brutia forest ecosystems in the Mediterranean basin "(Ne'eman and Trabaud, 2000) was published, this new book presents up to date and state of the art scientific knowledge and information. It covers a wide range of topics concerning Mediterranean pine trees growing in natural and planted forests, their ecosystems and management. This book will be an essential source for learning, exploring, planning and managing Mediterranean pine and mixed pine-broadleaved forests. It includes mostly review chapters contributed by leading scientists, foresters and managers. It covers: genetics and adaptation, distribution and evolution, ecophysiology and drought resistance, function of pine and mixed forest ecosystems, forest dynamics, biodiversity and biotic interactions, fire ecology, afforestation and management, ecosystem services and policy - all under the effect of global climate change. While forests are studied mainly in temperate and tropical climate zones, looking at Mediterranean forests of sub-humid to semi-arid regions is important more than ever due to current global climate trends. This collection can serve as a scientific textbook for students of biology, agriculture and forestry, researchers of ecology, forestry and related fields, forest managers, policy and decision makers.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
XXIII, 746 p. 185 illus., 129 illus. in color.
,
online resource.
Edition:
1st ed. 2021.
ISBN:
9783030636258
Series Statement:
Managing Forest Ecosystems, 38
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-63625-8
DOI:
10.1007/978-3-030-63625-8
DDC:
577
Language:
English
Permalink
