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Informationen zum Autor Joe Landsberg is a forest scientist and consultant with a long history of active international scientific collaboration studying the role of climate and weather on global forests. During his illustrious career! he has served as chief of the CSIRO Division of Forest Research! worked for NASA in its Terrestrial Ecology Program! and! together with Richard Waring! developed a landmark computer model for CSIRO to assess the influence of climate on the growth and yield of forests. Richard Waring is emeritus distinguished professor of forest science at Oregon State University. In his long career! he has held guest and visiting professorships at leading institutions around the world! and has served as administrator of a NASA program exploring land-atmosphere interactions and as a long-term consultant to NASA on forest modelling projects. Klappentext Forests cover vast regions of the globe and serve as a first line of defence against the worst effects of climate change! but only if we keep them healthy and resilient. This book presents an overview of forests around the globe! describing basic precepts of forest ecology and physiology and how forests will change as earth's climate warms. Zusammenfassung Forests cover vast regions of the globe and serve as a first line of defence against the worst effects of climate change! but only if we keep them healthy and resilient. This book presents an overview of forests around the globe! describing basic precepts of forest ecology and physiology and how forests will change as earth's climate warms.
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Joe Landsberg is a forest scientist, consultant, and past chief of the CSIRO Division of Forest Research in Australia. Richard Waring is emeritus Distinguished Professor of Forest Science at Oregon State University in Corvallis.
