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Author:   Trevor Fenning
Publisher:   Springer
Imprint:   Springer
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2014
Volume:   81
Weight:   1.484kg
ISBN:  

9789402402216

ISBN 10:   9402402217
Pages:   838
Publication Date:   17 September 2016
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Forward; Yvo de Boer 1.Introduction; Trevor Fenning PART 1. Sustainable Forestry & Conservation Objectives 2. A burning issue: Tropical Forests and the Health of Global Ecosystems; Paul McMahon 3. Silviculture of planted forests managed for multi-functional objectives: lessons from Chinese and British experiences ; Bill Mason & Jiaojun Zhu 4. Forests for all? Considering the conservation implications of human-species interactions in the context of multifunctional forestry; Mariella Marzano, Christopher P. Quine & Norman Dandy 5. Human engagement with forest environments – implications for physical and mental health and wellbeing; Simon Bell & Catharine Ward Thompson 6. Sustainable forest management in China: Achievements in the past and challenges ahead; Li Nuyun 7. The Value of Forest: An Ecological Economic Examination of Forest People’s Perspective; Debal Deb PART 2. Forest Resources Worldwide 8. Global trends and outlook for forest resources; Adrian Whiteman 9. Save the forests : Use more wood; Wink Sutton PART 3. Forests, Forestry and Climate Change 10. Forests in the global carbon cycle; David Schimel 11. Forests, Forestry and Climate Change; John Grace, James Morison & Mike Perks 12. The Influence of Climate Change on Insect Invasions in Temperate Forest Ecosystems; Patrick C. Tobin, Dylan Parry & Brian H. Aukema PART 4. The Economics of Forestry 13. How cost-effective is forestry for climate change mitigation?; Gregory Valatin & Colin Price 14. Additionality of climate change mitigation activities; Gregory Valatin 15. Different Economic Approaches to Forest Management; David B. South PART 5. Tree Breeding & Commercial Forestry 16. A Roadmap to Eucalyptus Breeding for Clonal Forestry; Gabriel Dehon S.P. Rezende, Marcos Deon V. de Resende & Teotônio F. de Assis 17. Conifer Somatic Embryogenesis and Multi-varietal Forestry; Yill-Sung Park 18. Modern Advances in Tree Breeding; Yousry A. El-Kassaby, Fikret Isik & Ross W. Whetten 19. A ‘reality check’ in the management of tree breeding programmes ; Heidi S. Dungey, Alvin D. Yanchuk & Rowland D. Burdon 20. Seed orchards and aspects on supporting tree breeding; Dag Lindgren PART 6. Biotechnological approaches 21. Biosafety considerations in the context of deployment of GM trees; Hely Häggman, Suvi Sutela, Christian Walter & Matthias Fladung 22. Scientific research related to genetically modified trees; Armand Séguin, Denis Lachance, Annabelle Déjardin, Jean-Charles Leplé & Gilles Pilate 23. Forest Biotechnology Futures; Kevan M.A. Gartland & Jill S. Gartland 24. Research and Application of Transgenic Poplar in China; Jianjun Hu, Lijuan Wang, Donghui Yan & Meng-Zhu Lu PART 7. Genomic studies with forest trees 25. Genome resequencing in Populus: Revealing large-scale genome variation and implications on specialized-trait genomics; Wellington Muchero, Jessy Labbé, Priya Ranjan, Stephen DiFazio & Gerald A. Tuskan 26. Comparative and evolutionary genomics of forest trees; Andrew Groover & Stefan Jansson PART 8. Bio-energy, lignin and wood 27. Willows as a source of renewable fuels and diverse products; Angela Karp 28. Woodfuel production in the UK – unlocking the existing resource and growing for the future; Ian Tubby 29. Bioenergy opportunities from forests in New Zealand; Peter Hall & Michael Jack 30. Creating the wood supply of the future; Barry Gardiner & John Moore PART 9. Forest Science, including ecological studies 31. Community genetics applications for forest biodiversity and policy: Planning for the future; Adam S. Wymore, Helen M. Bothwell, Zacchaeus G. Compson, Louis J. Lamit, Faith M. Walker, Scott A. Woolbright & Thomas G. Whitham 32. The long reach of biogenic emissions in the atmosphere; Sanford Sillman 33. Ecological interactions of the host-insect system Quercus robur and Tortrix viridana; Hilke Schroeder & Riziero Tiberi 34. Forests have survived climate changes and epidemics in the past. Will they continue to adapt and survive?  At what cost?  Stephanos Diamandis 35. Horse chestnut bleeding canker – a 21st Century tree pathogen; S. Green, B.E.  Laue, R. Nowell, & H. Steele 36. The use of small footprint airborne LiDAR for the estimation of individual tree parameters in Sitka spruce stands; Juan C. Suárez

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From the book reviews: This work can serve as a textbook for a capstone class for forestry majors and is also a useful reference for graduate students, active forest science researchers, and forest management practitioners. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through professionals/practitioners. (J. Chen, Choice, Vol. 51 (11), August, 2014)

From the book reviews: This work can serve as a textbook for a capstone class for forestry majors and is also a useful reference for graduate students, active forest science researchers, and forest management practitioners. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through professionals/practitioners. (J. Chen, Choice, Vol. 51 (11), August, 2014)

From the book reviews: This work can serve as a textbook for a capstone class for forestry majors and is also a useful reference for graduate students, active forest science researchers, and forest management practitioners. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through professionals/practitioners. (J. Chen, Choice, Vol. 51 (11), August, 2014)

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