Maintaining Biodiversity in Forest Ecosystems

The maintenance of the earth's biological diversity is widely seen as both necessary for ecosystem health and aesthetically desirable. This book focuses on how biodiversity can be maintained in forested ecosystems, particularly in those forests that are subject to timber harvesting. At the core of the book lies the concept that diversity should be conserved in all its forms—from the smallest microbes to the largest trees, and at all levels of organization—from genes to whole ecosystems. Int...