Forest Ecosystems
The common idea for many people is that forests are just a collection of trees. However, they are much more than that. They are a complex, functional system of interacting and often interdependent biological, physical, and chemical components, the biological part of which has evolved to perpetuate i...
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| description | The common idea for many people is that forests are just a collection of trees. However, they are much more than that. They are a complex, functional system of interacting and often interdependent biological, physical, and chemical components, the biological part of which has evolved to perpetuate itself. This complexity produces combinations of climate, soils, trees and plant species unique to each site, resulting in hundreds of different forest types around the world. Logically, trees are an important component for the research in forest ecosystems, but the wide variety of other life forms and abiotic components in most forests means that other elements, such as wildlife or soil nutrients, should also be the focal point in ecological studies and management plans to be carried out in forest ecosystems. In this book, the readers can find the latest research related to forest ecosystems but with a different twist. The research described here is not just on trees and is focused on the other components, structures and functions that are usually overshadowed by the focus on trees, but are equally important to maintain the diversity, function and services provided by forests. The first section of this book explores the structure and biodiversity of forest ecosystems, whereas the second section reviews the research done on ecosystem structure and functioning. The third and last section explores the issues related to forest management as an ecosystem-level activity, all of them from the perspective of the "other" parts of a forest. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-656932024-04-14T10:28:58Z Forest Ecosystems Blanco, Juan A. Lo, Yueh-Hsin Forestry & silviculture: practice & techniques thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TV Agriculture and farming::TVR Forestry and silviculture The common idea for many people is that forests are just a collection of trees. However, they are much more than that. They are a complex, functional system of interacting and often interdependent biological, physical, and chemical components, the biological part of which has evolved to perpetuate itself. This complexity produces combinations of climate, soils, trees and plant species unique to each site, resulting in hundreds of different forest types around the world. Logically, trees are an important component for the research in forest ecosystems, but the wide variety of other life forms and abiotic components in most forests means that other elements, such as wildlife or soil nutrients, should also be the focal point in ecological studies and management plans to be carried out in forest ecosystems. In this book, the readers can find the latest research related to forest ecosystems but with a different twist. The research described here is not just on trees and is focused on the other components, structures and functions that are usually overshadowed by the focus on trees, but are equally important to maintain the diversity, function and services provided by forests. The first section of this book explores the structure and biodiversity of forest ecosystems, whereas the second section reviews the research done on ecosystem structure and functioning. The third and last section explores the issues related to forest management as an ecosystem-level activity, all of them from the perspective of the "other" parts of a forest. 2021-04-20T15:23:38Z 2021-04-20T15:23:38Z 2012 book ONIX_20210420_9789535102021_1050 9789535102021 9789535152309 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/65693 eng image/jpeg n/a https://www.intechopen.com/books https://mts.intechopen.com/storage/books/616/authors_book/authors_book.pdf IntechOpen IntechOpen 10.5772/1127 10.5772/1127 78a36484-2c0c-47cb-ad67-2b9f5cd4a8f6 9789535102021 9789535152309 IntechOpen 482 open access |
| spellingShingle | Forestry & silviculture: practice & techniques thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TV Agriculture and farming::TVR Forestry and silviculture Forest Ecosystems |
| title | Forest Ecosystems |
| title_full | Forest Ecosystems |
| title_fullStr | Forest Ecosystems |
| title_full_unstemmed | Forest Ecosystems |
| title_short | Forest Ecosystems |
| title_sort | forest ecosystems |
| topic | Forestry & silviculture: practice & techniques thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TV Agriculture and farming::TVR Forestry and silviculture |
| topic_facet | Forestry & silviculture: practice & techniques thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TV Agriculture and farming::TVR Forestry and silviculture |
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