Pubbl/distr/stampa	Cambridge, : The MIT Press, 2005
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (457 p.) : illustrations (some color), maps (some color)
Disciplina	333.75
Soggetto topico	Deforestation Forest management Forest ecology Nature - Effect of human beings on
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	1-282-09715-6 9786612097157 0-262-28015-9 1-4237-4683-X 9780262280150
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Contents; Preface and Acknowledgments; Contributors; I Human-Environment Interactions; 1 Human-Environment Interactions in Forest Ecosystems: An Introduction; 2 Theories Underlying the Study of Human-Environment Interactions; II Conceptual Foundations of Human-Environment Analyses in Forest Ecosystems; 3 Linking Disciplines across Space and Time: Useful Concepts and Approaches for Land-Cover Change Studies; 4 Multidisciplinary Research Relating Institutions and Forest Transformations; 5 Forest Ecosystems and the Human Dimensions; III Methods 6 Retrieving Land-Cover Change Information from Landsat Satellite Images by Minimizing Other Sources of Reflectance Variability 7 Human-Environment Research, Spatially Explicit Data Analysis, and Geographic Information Systems; 8 Modeling Land-Use/Land-Cover Change: Exploring the Dynamics of Human-Environment Relationships; IV Comparison: Generalizing from Case Studies; 9 Intraregional Analysis of Land-Use Change in the Amazon; 10 Processes of Forest Change at the Local and Landscape Levels in Honduras and Guatemala; 11 Comparison of Above ground Biomass across Amazon Sites 12 Cross-Continental Comparisons: Africa and Asia 13 Meta-Analysis of Agricultural Change; V Epilogue; 14 New Directions in Human-Environment Interactions and Land-Use/Land-Cover Research; Glossary; References; Index
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910451969903321

Autore	Vogt Daniel <1945->
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Berlin ; ; Boston : , : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co., KG, , [2015]
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (242 p.)
Disciplina	577.3
Collana	Ecosystem science and applications
Soggetto topico	Forest ecology Forest type groups Forest plants Forest soils Soils - Organic compound content Plant communities
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	3-11-055450-X 3-11-038176-1 3-11-029047-2
Classificazione	ZC 14500
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Front matter -- Acknowledgments -- Acronyms -- Contents -- List of Tables -- List of Figures -- List of Equations -- Chapter 1. Overview of Soil and Plant Analysis for Forest Ecosystems -- Chapter 2. Field Characterization of Soils to Establish Sampling Protocols -- Chapter 3. Plant Tissue Characterization -- Chapter 4. Introduction: Laboratory Practices -- Chapter 5. Methods for Analyzing Soil Physical Characteristics -- Chapter 6. Soil Chemical Characterization -- Chapter 7. Total Plant and Soil Nutrient Analysis (Digestion) -- Chapter 8. Soil Biology Characterization -- Appendices -- References -- Subject Index
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910464660303321

Pubbl/distr/stampa	New York, : Nova Science Publishers, c2012
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (155 p.)
Disciplina	585/.2
Altri autori (Persone)	NowakKajetan I StrybelHelena F
Collana	Botanical research and practices
Soggetto topico	Spruce - Ecology Spruce - Conservation Forest ecology Forest conservation Forest management
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	1-61942-495-9
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	""SPRUCE: ECOLOGY, MANAGEMENT AND CONSERVATION""; ""Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data""; ""CONTENTS""; ""PREFACE""; ""CHAPTER 1. NORWAY SPRUCE PICEAABIESRE GENERATION AND CANOPY DISTURBANCE IN A CARPATHIAN SUBALPINE FOREST""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""STUDY AREA""; ""Observations of Spruce Regeneration""; ""Statistical Analyses""; ""RESULTS""; ""Cohort "93""; ""Seedlings""; ""Saplings""; ""DISCUSSION""; ""The Role of Field-Layer Vegetation in Spruce Regeneration""; ""The Role of Wind throw Mounds and Coarse Woody Debris in Spruce Regeneration"" ""Canopy Gaps as a Factor Driving Spruce Regeneration""""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""REFERENCES""; ""CHAPTER 2. UNCULTURED ARCHAEA IN SPRUCE RHIZOSPHERES AND MYCORRHIZAS""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""1. INTRODUCTION""; ""1.1 The Boreal Forests""; ""1.2 Ectomycorrhizal Fungi""; ""1.3. Mycorrhizosphere/Rhizosphere Concept""; ""1.4 Tree Rhizosphere Bacteria""; ""2. ARCHAEA""; ""2.1 Soil Archaea""; ""2.2 Archaea in Roots and Rhizosphere Soil""; ""2.3 Phylogeny of Archaea in Boreal Forest Norway Spruce Roots and Mycorrhizas""; ""2.4 Effect of Mycorrhizal Fungi on the Population of Archaea"" ""2.5 Specific effect of Tree Species on the Rhizospheric Archaeal Population""""2.6 Anaerobic and Aerobic Archaea in the Boreal Forest Mycorrhizosphere""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""REFERENCES""; ""CHAPTER 3. REVERSIBLE VARIATIONS IN SOME WOOD PROPERTIES OF NORWAY SPRUCE (PICEAABIES KARST.), DEPENDING ON THE TREE FELLING DATE""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""RECENT DEVELOPMENTS""; ""LARGE SCALE RESEARCH""; ""FOCUSING ON ONE REPRESENTATIVE SITE""; ""TESTS ON WATER SORPTION (AFTER DRYING)""; ""COMPLEMENTARY TESTS ON COMPRESSION STRENGTH""; ""COMPLEMENTARY TESTS ON CALORIMETRY""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS"" ""REFERENCES""""CHAPTER 4. EXPLORATION OF FOREST VEGETATION WITH DYNAMIC MODELING, GIS AND REMOTE SENSING""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""1. INTRODUCTION""; ""2. GIS FOR FOREST MANAGEMENT AND PROTECTION""; ""3. REMOTE SENSING FOR FOREST MANAGEMENT AND PROTECTION""; ""4. GPS FOR FOREST MANAGEMENT AND PROTECTION""; ""5. MODELING FOR FOREST MANAGEMENT AND PROTECTION""; ""6. A CASE STUDY: USING GIS AND DYNAMIC MODELINGTO STUDY THE SUCCESSION OF A NORWAY SPRUCE FOREST""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""ACKNOWLEDGEMENT""; ""REFERENCES""; ""CHAPTER 5. VITAMIN C AS A STRESS BIOINDICATOR OF NORWAY SPRUCE:A CASE STUDY IN SLOVENIA"" ""ABSTRACT""""1. INTRODUCTION""; ""2. MATERIAL AND METHODS""; ""2.1. Study Area and Sampling Procedures""; ""2.2. Biochemical Analysis""; ""2.3. Statistical Analysis""; ""3. RESULTS""; ""3.1. Mean Annual Contents of Vitamin C in Spruce Needles""; ""3.2. Correlation Analysis""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""ACKNOWLEDGEMENT""; ""REFERENCES""; ""INDEX""
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910452703503321

Edizione	[1st ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa	New York, : Nova Science Publishers, c2012
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (155 p.)
Disciplina	585/.2
Altri autori (Persone)	NowakKajetan I StrybelHelena F
Collana	Botanical research and practices
Soggetto topico	Spruce - Ecology Spruce - Conservation Forest ecology Forest conservation Forest management
ISBN	1-61942-495-9
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	""SPRUCE: ECOLOGY, MANAGEMENT AND CONSERVATION""; ""Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data""; ""CONTENTS""; ""PREFACE""; ""CHAPTER 1. NORWAY SPRUCE PICEAABIESRE GENERATION AND CANOPY DISTURBANCE IN A CARPATHIAN SUBALPINE FOREST""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""STUDY AREA""; ""Observations of Spruce Regeneration""; ""Statistical Analyses""; ""RESULTS""; ""Cohort "93""; ""Seedlings""; ""Saplings""; ""DISCUSSION""; ""The Role of Field-Layer Vegetation in Spruce Regeneration""; ""The Role of Wind throw Mounds and Coarse Woody Debris in Spruce Regeneration"" ""Canopy Gaps as a Factor Driving Spruce Regeneration""""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""REFERENCES""; ""CHAPTER 2. UNCULTURED ARCHAEA IN SPRUCE RHIZOSPHERES AND MYCORRHIZAS""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""1. INTRODUCTION""; ""1.1 The Boreal Forests""; ""1.2 Ectomycorrhizal Fungi""; ""1.3. Mycorrhizosphere/Rhizosphere Concept""; ""1.4 Tree Rhizosphere Bacteria""; ""2. ARCHAEA""; ""2.1 Soil Archaea""; ""2.2 Archaea in Roots and Rhizosphere Soil""; ""2.3 Phylogeny of Archaea in Boreal Forest Norway Spruce Roots and Mycorrhizas""; ""2.4 Effect of Mycorrhizal Fungi on the Population of Archaea"" ""2.5 Specific effect of Tree Species on the Rhizospheric Archaeal Population""""2.6 Anaerobic and Aerobic Archaea in the Boreal Forest Mycorrhizosphere""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""REFERENCES""; ""CHAPTER 3. REVERSIBLE VARIATIONS IN SOME WOOD PROPERTIES OF NORWAY SPRUCE (PICEAABIES KARST.), DEPENDING ON THE TREE FELLING DATE""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""RECENT DEVELOPMENTS""; ""LARGE SCALE RESEARCH""; ""FOCUSING ON ONE REPRESENTATIVE SITE""; ""TESTS ON WATER SORPTION (AFTER DRYING)""; ""COMPLEMENTARY TESTS ON COMPRESSION STRENGTH""; ""COMPLEMENTARY TESTS ON CALORIMETRY""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS"" ""REFERENCES""""CHAPTER 4. EXPLORATION OF FOREST VEGETATION WITH DYNAMIC MODELING, GIS AND REMOTE SENSING""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""1. INTRODUCTION""; ""2. GIS FOR FOREST MANAGEMENT AND PROTECTION""; ""3. REMOTE SENSING FOR FOREST MANAGEMENT AND PROTECTION""; ""4. GPS FOR FOREST MANAGEMENT AND PROTECTION""; ""5. MODELING FOR FOREST MANAGEMENT AND PROTECTION""; ""6. A CASE STUDY: USING GIS AND DYNAMIC MODELINGTO STUDY THE SUCCESSION OF A NORWAY SPRUCE FOREST""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""ACKNOWLEDGEMENT""; ""REFERENCES""; ""CHAPTER 5. VITAMIN C AS A STRESS BIOINDICATOR OF NORWAY SPRUCE:A CASE STUDY IN SLOVENIA"" ""ABSTRACT""""1. INTRODUCTION""; ""2. MATERIAL AND METHODS""; ""2.1. Study Area and Sampling Procedures""; ""2.2. Biochemical Analysis""; ""2.3. Statistical Analysis""; ""3. RESULTS""; ""3.1. Mean Annual Contents of Vitamin C in Spruce Needles""; ""3.2. Correlation Analysis""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""ACKNOWLEDGEMENT""; ""REFERENCES""; ""INDEX""
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910821049703321

Pubbl/distr/stampa	London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2017
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (416 pages) : illustrations
Disciplina	634.9/2
Altri autori (Persone)	InnesJohn L TikinaAnna V
Collana	The earthscan forest library
Soggetto topico	Sustainable forestry Forest management Forest ecology Forest conservation
ISBN	0-203-12654-8 1-136-45676-7 1-136-45677-5
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	1. Sustainable forest management : from concept to practice / John L. Innes -- 2. Criteria and indicators of sustainable forest management / John L. Innes -- 3. Forest biodiversity / Fred Bunnell -- 4. Productivity of forest ecosystems / Juan A. Blanco. [et al.] -- 5. Forest ecosystem health and vitality / Richard Hamelin and John L. Innes -- 6. Maintenance of soils / John L. Innes -- 7. Water and watersheds / R. Dan Moore. [et al.] -- 8. Forests and carbon / John L. Innes -- 9. The changing socio-economic contributions of forestry / Harry Nelson, Ngaio Hotte, and Robert Kozak -- 10. Social, cultural and spiritual (SCS) needs and values / Janette Bulkan -- 11. Public participation in forest land-use decision-making / Howard Harshaw and Hosny El-Lakany -- 12. Sustainable forest management (SFM) from an international perspective / Hosny El-Lakany -- 13. Addressing social, economic, and environmental objectives and values through decision support systems / Craig R. Nitschke, Anne-Helene Mathey, and Patrick O. Waeber -- 14. Assessing the quality of forest management / Anna V. Tikina -- 15. Adaptive management : a case study of how some of the principles of SFM can be aplied in practice / Fred Bunnell -- 16. Conclusions / John L. Innes.
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910155250403321