Managing forests as complex adaptive systems : building resilience to the challenge of global change

Publication Data

• Title Managing forests as complex adaptive systems : building resilience to the challenge of global change
• Contributors Christian C. Messier, Klaus J. Puettmann, K. Dave Coates
• Publisher Routledge
• Publication date 2013
• Publication location Abingdon
• Language English

Contents

Managing forests as complex adaptive systems / Klaus J Puettmann
An introduction to complexity science / Lael Parrott
Tropical forests as complex adaptive systems / Robin l. Chazdon
Complexity in temperate forest dynamics / Sybille Haeussler
Exploring complexity in boreal forests / Philip J. Burton
Forest restoration in a changing world / Meredith Cornett
Meta-networks of fungi, fauna and flora as agents of complex adaptive systems / Suzanne Simard
Complexity confronting tropical silviculturists / Francis Putz
Is close-to-nature forest management in Europe compatible with managing forests as complex adaptive forest ecosystems? / Jürgen Bauhus
Mediterranean forests:human use and complex adaptive systems / Susanna Nocentini
Fennoscandian boreal forests as complex adaptive systems / Timo Kuuluvainen
Management of Tasmanian eucalypt forests as complex adaptive systems / Sue Baker
Managing tree plantations as complex adaptive systems / Alain Paquette
A new integrative framework for understanding and managing the world forest / Christian Messier.

Topics

• Forest management
• Forest ecology

Managing forests as complex adaptive systems : building resilience to the challenge of global change. ISBN 9780415519779. Published by Routledge in 2013. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.