Boreal forests in the face of climate change : sustainable management / Miguel Montoro Girona, Hubert Morin, Sylvie Gauthier, Yves Bergeron, editors.

This open access book explores a new conceptual framework for the sustainable management of the boreal forest in the face of climate change. The boreal forest is the second-largest terrestrial biome on Earth and covers a 14 million km2 belt, representing about 25% of the Earth's forest area. Tw...

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Other Authors: Girona, Miguel Montoro (Editor), Morin, Hubert (Editor), Gauthier, Sylvie, 1961- (Editor), Bergeron, Yves (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer, 2023.
Series:Advances in global change research ; v. 74.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Ecosystem Management of the Boreal Forest in the Era of Global Change
  • 2. Millennial-Scale Disturbance History of the Boreal Zone
  • 3. Natural Disturbances from the Perspective of Forest Ecosystem-based Management
  • 4. Selected Examples of Interactions Between Natural Disturbances
  • 5. Living Trees and Biodiversity
  • 6. Deadwood Biodiversity
  • 7. Embracing the Complexity and the Richness of Boreal Old-Growth Forests: A Further Step Toward Their Ecosystem Management
  • 8. Ecological Classification in Forest Ecosystem Management: Links between Current Practices and Future Climate Change in a Que̹bec Case Study
  • 9. Changes in Water Status and Carbon Allocation in Conifers Subjected to Spruce Budworm Defoliation and Consequences for Tree Mortality and Forest Management
  • 10. A Circumpolar Perspective on the Contribution of Trees to the Boreal Forest Carbon Balance.