02761nam 2200517 450 991049518390332120220428074440.03-030-58714-210.1007/978-3-030-58714-7(CKB)4100000011996611(DE-He213)978-3-030-58714-7(MiAaPQ)EBC6698063(Au-PeEL)EBL6698063(OCoLC)1263870484(PPN)257351426(EXLCZ)99410000001199661120220428d2021 uy 0engurnn|008mamaatxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierSustaining forest ecosystems /Klaus von Gadow [and four others]1st ed. 2021.Cham, Switzerland :Springer,[2021]©20211 online resource (XI, 419 p. 266 illus., 136 illus. in color.) Managing forest ecosystems ;Volume 373-030-58713-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.What is a Forest? -- Classification of Plant Communities -- Popular Myths -- Forest Anthromes: Domesticated Ecosystems -- Forest Assessment and Observation -- Forest Assessment -- Field Experiments -- Continuous Forest Observation -- Analysing Forest Ecosystems -- Forest Density -- Forest Heterogeneity and Structure -- Assessing Community Dissimilarity -- Analysing Harvest Events -- Reconstruction and Simulation -- The Shape and Growth of Forest Trees -- The Shape of Forest Trees -- Individual Tree Growth Models -- Selecting Trees for Harvest -- Forest Production -- Site Models -- Estimating Forest Production -- Compatible Models of Growth and Production -- Modeling Harvest Events -- Designing Forest Ecosystems -- Risks and Preferences -- Sustaining Planted Forests -- Sustaining Continuous Cover Forests -- Sustaining Green Landscapes -- Literature -- Index.Humans are able to identify the causes and disastrous consequences of neglect and exploitation of the forest ecosystems of the earth. Sustaining the world's ecosystems, for our own benefit and for the survival of life on earth, requires a scientific approach based on evidence about forest diversity, structure and dynamics, and appropriate methods of ecological management. .Managing forest ecosystems ;Volume 37.Forest ecologyForest managementForest ecology.Forest management.577.3Gadow Klaus von254297MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910495183903321Sustaining forest ecosystems2837745UNINA