Author: Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1428961429
Category : Forest roads
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
Forest Roads: A Synthesis of Scientific Information
Author: Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1428961429
Category : Forest roads
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest (N.F.), Phelps Vegetation and Transportation Management Project, Vilas County
Author: Vegetation-based Degradation and Restoration on the Alpine Grasslands of the Tibetan Plateau
Author: Yanfu BaiPublisher: Frontiers Media SA
ISBN: 2832553109
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 186
Book Description
Known as the “roof of the world,” the Tibetan Plateau is the highest and largest plateau on Earth. Tibetan Plateau hosts several mountain ecosystems characterized by high elevations, cold conditions, and a wide range in water availability. Its unique physical and geographical environment includes ecosystems typical for alpine regions, classified as alpine grasslands, which account for 50-70% of the total land area of the Tibetan plateau. Most of these grasslands contain fragile tundra-like environments which are seriously affected by anthropogenic modifications and whose restoration presents a challenge. These natural grassland types include alpine deserts, alpine steppes, alpine meadows, and alpine swamp meadows along precipitation gradients, as well as the transition types between them. Alpine grasslands remain subject to severe degradation by multiple factors, mainly overgrazing and climate warming. As a result, grasslands exhibit a decreased capacity to support biodiversity and complexity, and more generally, ecosystem functions. Therefore, these changes also affect social and recreational activities and restrict access to clean water and food by local communities.
Final Environmental Impact Statement
Author: Monongahela National Forest (N.F.), Lower Williams Vegetation
Author: Ecology and Recovery of Eastern Old-Growth Forests
Author: Andrew M. BartonPublisher: Island Press
ISBN: 1610918908
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 362
Book Description
The landscapes of North America, including eastern forests, have been shaped by humans for millennia, through fire, agriculture, hunting, and other means. But the arrival of Europeans on America’s eastern shores several centuries ago ushered in the rapid conversion of forests and woodlands to other land uses. By the twentieth century, it appeared that old-growth forests in the eastern United States were gone, replaced by cities, farms, transportation networks, and second-growth forests. Since that time, however, numerous remnants of eastern old growth have been discovered, meticulously mapped, and studied. Many of these ancient stands retain surprisingly robust complexity and vigor, and forest ecologists are eager to develop strategies for their restoration and for nurturing additional stands of old growth that will foster biological diversity, reduce impacts of climate change, and serve as benchmarks for how natural systems operate. Forest ecologists William Keeton and Andrew Barton bring together a volume that breaks new ground in our understanding of ecological systems and their importance for forest resilience in an age of rapid environmental change. This edited volume covers a broad geographic canvas, from eastern Canada and the Upper Great Lakes states to the deep South. It looks at a wide diversity of ecosystems, including spruce-fir, northern deciduous, southern Appalachian deciduous, southern swamp hardwoods, and longleaf pine. Chapters authored by leading old-growth experts examine topics of contemporary forest ecology including forest structure and dynamics, below-ground soil processes, biological diversity, differences between historical and modern forests, carbon and climate change mitigation, management of old growth, and more. This thoughtful treatise broadly communicates important new discoveries to scientists, land managers, and students and breathes fresh life into the hope for sensible, effective management of old-growth stands in eastern forests.
Greenbrier Pipline Project
Author: Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest (N.F.), Grub Hoe Vegetation and Transportation Management Project
Author: Hiawatha National Forest (N.F.), Land and Resource(s) Management Plan (LRMP)
Author: An Analysis of the Timber Situation in the United States, 1952-2030
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ISBN:
Category : Forest products industry
Languages : en
Pages : 532
Book Description