Forest Biodiversity Research, Monitoring and Modeling

by F. Dallmeier (Editor), J.A. Comiskey (Editor)

Overview

The first of two volumes documenting the latest findings on forest biodiversity, this book presents original, new contributions by some three hundred scientists from over forty countries. Researchers from the massive Smithsonian/MAB Biological Diversity Program cover the feasibility of using long-term inventory plots as a framework for monitoring multi-layer vegetation, socioeconomic applications of research results, and promotion of multidisciplinary research and training. The book is in five main sections covering first the methodology for forest monitoring and modeling and then the results of research from Europe, Africa, Australia, and Asia/Pacific.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781850709633
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	04/15/1998
Series:	Man and the Biosphere Series , #20
Pages:	696
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

F. Dallmeier, J.A. Comiskey

Table of Contents

Preface. Acknowledgements. Contributors. Section I: Foret monitoring framework. Section II: Monitoring and modeling forest biodiversity. Section III: Europe. Section IV: Africa and Australia. Section V: Asia/Pacific. Conclusion. Index.

Editorial Reviews

"The publication of this book is timely in that it adds substantially to the existing knowledge on biodiversity and addresses important subject areas that require additional research…"
— Agroforestry Sytems, 1998

From the Publisher

Focusing primarily on Europe, Africa, Australia, and SE Asia, 89 contributors discuss regional programs, global networks, and methodologies using permanent sample plots for monitoring forest ecosystems. Following introductory chapters establishing a theoretical framework for such assessment for adaptive management, applications of plot-based results are detailed: e.g. analyzing global trends in tree mortality, climactic change, seed dispersal patterns; and employing satellite imagery to map forests. Based on papers presented at the first international symposium on measuring and monitoring biodiversity held in Washington, DC in May 1995, organized by the Smithsonian Institution/UNESCO's Man and the Biosphere Program. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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