Effects of Climate Change on Forests: An Evidence-Based Primer for Sustainable Management of Temperate and Mediterranean Forests

Effects of Climate Change on Forests presents concepts, case studies and application of theories about forest management under climate change. The reader will gain an understanding on how forest planning and management ties into the ecological functioning and resilience of the forest, by following the variability in growth (or other processes) over time, a concept weakly implemented in traditional forest planning.  This shift in focus has significant benefits, not only better incorporating the services provided by forests but opens up for better adaptation planning to help temperate forests to not only survive but thrive in the face of climate change.  Real world case studies demonstrate how to effectively manage temperate forests under climate change, using evidence-based research results Outlines innovative tools to evaluate and assess forest management plansProvides guidelines and criteria for forest planning, sustainability and management to adapt to climate changeAssists the reader to develop comprehensive forest management plans, complete with sylvicultural interventions, which account for the uncertainties of climate changeTies directly into A for Climate project from the EU Commission as part of Horizon 2020 INDICE: 1. Introduction2. Climate change: expected and experimented effects on temperate forests3. Influence of forests on climate 4. Resilience, stressors, and growth in temperate forests5. Forest planning and management: an overview on traditional concepts and criteria6. Variability in climate and forest growth at the regional and local scale7. Dendroclimatology.  Trends in climate variability and trends in forest growth 8. Using climate variability in forest planning and management9. Case studies

• ISBN: 978-0-12-815024-5
• Editorial: Elsevier
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 220
• Fecha Publicación: 01/12/2019
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés