Effects of Climate Change on Forests - An Evidence-Based Primer for Sustainable Management of Temperate and Mediterranean Forests

Outlines innovative tools to evaluate and assess forest management plans Provides guidelines and criteria for forest planning, sustainability and management techniques for adapting to climate change Helps the reader develop comprehensive forest management plans-- complete with sylvicultural interventions--which account for uncertainties in climate change Ties directly into A for Climate project from the EU Commission as part of Horizon 2020

List of contents

1. Introduction

Part I: Research evidence
2. Effects of climate change on forests
3. Adaptation, mitigation, and migration in tree
populations
4. Forest growth under climate change
5. Climate variability and tree growth
6. The adaptive capacity of forests
Part II: Evidence-based planning models
7. Adapting forestry to climate change: Challenges
8. The impact of forest management on forests under climate change
9. Forest management approaches and monitoring
10. Approaches for adaptation in forest management
11. Adapting forest planning and management to climate
change: The variable "time"

About the author

Fabrizio D’Aprile is registered as an expert for project evaluation by the European Commission, directly involved as an expert in Horizon 2020 for project evaluation, and a peer reviewer with international scientific journals. He has significantly contributed to the development of the guidelines for management of the Italian forests under climate change.

Product details

• Authors: Piermaria Corona, Piermaria (Director at the Council for Agricultural Research and Economics (CREA) in Italy) Corona, Piermaria (Research Centre for Forestry and Wood Corona, Piermaria in Italy) Corona, Fabrizio D'Aprile, Fabrizio (Research Centre for Forestry and Wood D'Aprile, Giuseppe Scarascia-Mugnozza
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 13.12.2024
• EAN: 9780128150245
• ISBN: 978-0-12-815024-5
• Weight: 450 g
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Agriculture, horticulture; forestry, fishing, food; Climate Change, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Agriculture / General, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geology, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Meteorology & Climatology, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Agriculture / Forestry, NATURE / Plants / Trees, Forestry & related industries, Geological surface processes (geomorphology), Meteorology & climatology, Atmospheric physics, Meteorology and climatology, Geology, geomorphology and the lithosphere, Forestry & silviculture: practice & techniques, Forestry and silviculture