LEADER 02906nam 22004813a 450 001 9910346685603321 005 20250203235430.0 010 $a9783038975755 010 $a3038975753 024 8 $a10.3390/books978-3-03897-575-5 035 $a(CKB)4920000000094813 035 $a(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/42164 035 $a(ScCtBLL)89d9db13-3d7d-46bc-b3c3-44381f2791ea 035 $a(OCoLC)1163835346 035 $a(oapen)doab42164 035 $a(EXLCZ)994920000000094813 100 $a20250203i20192019 uu 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurmn|---annan 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 00$aBiodiversity and Conservation in Forests$fDiana F. Tomback 210 $cMDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute$d2019 210 1$aBasel, Switzerland :$cMDPI,$d2019. 215 $a1 electronic resource (172 p.) 311 08$a9783038975748 311 08$a3038975745 330 $aGlobal forest communities cover only about 30% of land areas, but they provide important ecosystem services, such as watershed protection, carbon sequestration, and oxygen production, as well as renewable forest products for human subsistence and markets. Forests also support the majority of the world's terrestrial biodiversity. Although land conversion for agriculture and pastureland has historically resulted in fragmentation and declining forested areas, forests worldwide are now experiencing change at an unprecedented rate due to various anthropogenic activities and growing human populations. Global warming trends are altering snowpack and hydrology, fostering outbreaks of native forest pests, and accelerating the loss of older tree age classes. Modeling suggests that future fire regimes in temperate regions will have shorter return intervals, with more severe wildfires. In addition, a by-product of trade and travel globalization has been the accelerated transport of plants and animals, and plant and animal diseases, around the world. Exotic species have altered community composition, especially where foundation tree species are affected. Every forest community worldwide is challenged by some of these problems. In this Special Issue of the journal Forests we explore the unique biodiversity supported by forest communities, how forest communities are rapidly changing, and conservation approaches to preserving forest biodiversity. 606 $aEnvironmental economics$2bicssc 610 $aconservation 610 $aglobal warming 610 $abiodiversity 610 $aexotic species 610 $arestoration 615 7$aEnvironmental economics 700 $aTomback$b Diana F$01788069 801 0$bScCtBLL 801 1$bScCtBLL 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910346685603321 996 $aBiodiversity and Conservation in Forests$94322405 997 $aUNINA