Forest ecosystems, forest management, and the global carbon cycle /
Globally, forest vegetation and soils are both major stores of terrestrial organic carbon, and major contributors to the annual cycling of carbon between the atmosphere and the biosphere. Forests are also a renewable resource, vital to the everyday existence of millions of people, since they provide...
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| Format: | Conference Proceeding eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Berlin ; New York :
Springer,
[1996]
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| Series: | NATO ASI series. Global environmental change ;
vol. 40. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Globally, forest vegetation and soils are both major stores of terrestrial organic carbon, and major contributors to the annual cycling of carbon between the atmosphere and the biosphere. Forests are also a renewable resource, vital to the everyday existence of millions of people, since they provide food, shelter, fuel, raw materials and many other benefits. The combined effects of an expanding global population and increasing consumption of resources, however, may be seriously endangering both the extent and future sustainability of the world's forests. About thirty chapters cover four main themes: the role of forests in the global carbon cycle; effects of past, present and future changes in forest land use; the role of forest management, products and biomass on carbon cycling, and socio-economic impacts. |
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| Item Description: | "Published in cooperation with NATO Scientific Affairs Division." "Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop 'The Role of Global Forest Ecosystems and Forest Resource Management in the Global Cycle, ' held in Banff, Canada, September 12-16, 1994"--Title page verso. Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xvi, 452 pages) : illustrations, maps (some color). |
| Format: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9783642611117 (electronic bk.) 3642611117 (electronic bk.) |