With climate change now charging up the political agenda, there are three issues commonly making the headlines: carbon budgets, renewable energy, and the anticipated impacts of climate change. Equally important, though currently lesswell covered, is the issue how these effects might be mitigated. Given the significant role that forests play in the climate system – as sources, sinks, and through carbon trading – this book discusses the current scientific evidenceon the relationships between climate, forest resources and forest management practices around the world. Drawing on expertise from forest scientists from several continents, the book presents both in depth analysis of the current knowledge, and a series of case studies which assess the biological and the economic impacts of climate change. It includes sections on forest responses to climate change, monitoring and modeling changes, economic and management implications, and carbon sequestration under specific management systems. Includes authors from several continents Economic as well as biological impacts are included Case studies to highlight forest management activities to mitigate climate changes are included INDICE: From the contents 1. Introduction.- 2. A mechanistic view of the capacity of forests to cope with climate change.- 3. Greenhouse gas emissions from temperate mountain forests.- 4. Estimating carbon stocks and stock changesin forests.- 5. Forest eco-physiological models and carbon sequestration.- 6.Influence of climatic variables on crown condition in pine forests of Northern Spain.- 7. Influence of carbon sequestration in an optimal set of coppice rotations for Eucalyptus plantations.- 8. Use of forest and wood products to mitigate climate change.- 9. Biomass forest in Sweden and carbon emissions balance.- 10. Taper equations and wood products.- 11. Forest management strategies and carbon sequestration.- 12. Analysing the effects of forest structure on carbon stocks and timber production under changing management and climate.- 13. Carbon sequestration in Mediterranean pine forests.
- ISBN: 978-1-4020-8342-6
- Editorial: Springer
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 342
- Fecha Publicación: 01/07/2008
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés