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Forest management : applications, challenges, and strategies /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Buchanan, Candace (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Novinka, [2017]
Colección:Environmental remediation technologies, regulations and safety
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface; Chapter 1; Adapting Forest Management to Climate Change: Controlling Stand Density Depending on the Climate; Abstract; Climate Change Impacts on Mediterranean Forests; Controling Stand Density as an Adaptation to Climate Change; Recommendations for Adapting Forest Management to Climate Change; References; Chapter 2; Forest Management in Cameroon: Applications, Challenges and Strategies; Abstract; Introduction; The Problem; An Appraisal of Forest Management in Cameroon; Challenges to Forest Management in Cameroon
  • Strategies to Ensure a Better Forest Management in CameroonReferences; Chapter 3; The Structure of Understory Plant Communities in Hinoki Cypress (Chamaecyparis obtusa) Plantation Forests in Japan; Abstract; 1. Introduction; 2. Materials and Methods; 3. Establishment of the Shrub Layer and Late-Successional Tall Tree Successor Species; 4. Establishment of the Shrub Layer and the Decline in Ground Cover Plants and A0-Layer Coverage; 5. The Change in Understory Plant Communities; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 4
  • Integrating Sustainability into Optimisation-Based Forest Management Planning in IrelandAbstract; Introduction; Sustained Yield; Sustainable Forest Management (SFM); Implementation of SFM; Are There Different Types of Sustainability?; Are There Different Measures for Environmental, Growing Stock and Economic Sustainability?; Is It Possible to Have a Balanced Sustainability Measure under the Three Pillars of SFM?; How Is Sustainability Measured?; How is Sustainability Controlled?; Do Optimisation Based Planning Systems Require a Special Approach to SFM?
  • What Is an Acceptable Safety Margin for Sustainability?How Does the Approach Taken in Ireland Compare with International Best Practice?; Conclusion; References; Biographical Sketch; Bibliography; Related Nova Publications; Forest Ecosystems: Management, Impact Assessment and Conservation; Forest Plantation Development and Management in Ghana; Management of Forests and Public Lands Through the Lens of Ecosystem Services; Dry Forests: Ecology, Species Diversity and Sustainable Management; Forest Ecosystems: Biodiversity, Management and Conservation
  • Forest Management of Mediterranean Forests under the New Context of Climate Change: Building Alternatives for the Coming FutureCastilla La Mancha University, School of Advanced Agricultural Engineering, Department of Agroforestry Technology and Science and Genetics, Albacete, Spain; Forest Management for Resilience, Adaptation and Watershed Protection; Forest Management: Technology, Practices and Impact; Forest Management to Prevent Crown Fires: A Case Study of a Dry Deciduous Forest in Kratie, Cambodia*; Botanical Assessment in a Community Forest Resource Management Area, Ghana*