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"The 5th edition of Forest Ecology re-discovers the readability and accessibility of the previous editions. Much of the material covered in the 4th edition is just as relevant in the field today as it was almost 20 years ago. This new edition includes additional topical material that has surfaced in the field, such as climate change, invasive species, and the application of landscape ecology in forest management. Advances in our understanding of climate change impacts has grown exponentially over the last two decades, as has our exposure and experience with invasive species and their impacts of forests. The field of forest ecology in general is trending towards an understanding of site-species relationships as well as broad-scale ecological variability -- trends astutely sensed by Dr. Barnes in the 1990s. The field is demanding that students and researchers think at multiple scales. As such, the book fills a niche utilized by no other forest ecology text on the market."
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Prolonged seasonal drought affects most of the tropics, including vast areas presently or recently dominated by 'dry forests'. These forests have received scant attention, despite the fact that humans have used and changed them more than rain forests. This volume reviews the available information, often making contrasts with wetter forests. The world's dry forest heterogeneity of structure and function is shown regionally. In the neotropics, biogeographic patterns differ from those of wet forests, as does the spectrum of plant life-forms in terms of structure, physiology, phenology and reproduction. Biomass distribution, nutrient cycling, below-ground dynamics and nitrogen gas emission are also reviewed. Exploitation schemes are surveyed, and examples are given of non-timber product economies. It is hoped that this review will stimulate research leading to more conservative and productive management of dry forests.
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The Boreal forest is the northern-most forest in the world, whose organisms and dynamics are shaped by low temperature and high latitude. The Alaskan Boreal forest is now warming as rapidly as any place on earth, providing an unprecedented opportunity to examine a biome as it adjusts to change.
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