Forest Ecology
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Forest Ecology

An Evidence-Based Approach

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eBook - ePub

Forest Ecology

An Evidence-Based Approach

About this book

Forest Ecology

Forest Ecology

An Evidence-Based Approach

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.

Forest Ecology: An Evidence-Based Approach 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.

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.

Forest Ecology: An Evidence-Based Approach is the ideal companion text for the teaching of upper-level undergraduate and graduate courses in forest ecology.

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Information

Year
2021
Print ISBN
9781119703204
eBook ISBN
9781119704416
Edition
1
Subtopic
Botánica

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Table of Contents
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Dedication Page
  6. Preface
  7. Acknowledgements
  8. CHAPTER 1: The Nature of Forests
  9. CHAPTER 2: Forest Environments
  10. CHAPTER 3: Evolution and Adaptation in Forests
  11. CHAPTER 4: Physiology and Life History of Trees
  12. CHAPTER 5: Ecology of Wildlife in Forests
  13. CHAPTER 6: Forest Soils, Nutrient Cycling, and Hydrology
  14. CHAPTER 7: Ecology of Growth of Trees and Forests
  15. CHAPTER 8: Forests Across Space
  16. CHAPTER 9: Forests Through Time
  17. CHAPTER 10: Events in Forests
  18. CHAPTER 11: Events in Forests
  19. CHAPTER 12: Events in Forests
  20. CHAPTER 13: Conservation, Sustainability and Restoration of Forests
  21. CHAPTER 14: Forests of the Future
  22. References
  23. Index
  24. End User License Agreement