Forestry Books

New and Published Books

1. Mountain World in Danger

   Climate change in the forests and mountains of Europe

   By Sten Nilsson, David Pitt

   Series: Sustainable Development Set

   The changing climate, the warming of the world and acid rain are among the greatest problems facing us at the end of the twentieth century. This book describes, for the first time, the effects of these phenomena on the high mountains and the forests of Europe. Mountains and the frozen regions (the...

   Published March 10th 2013 by Routledge
2. Human Health and Forests

   A Global Overview of Issues, Practice and Policy

   Edited by Carol J. Pierce Colfer

   Series: People and Plants International Conservation

   Hundreds of millions of people live and work in forests across the world. One vital aspect of their lives, yet largely unexamined, is the challenge of protecting and enhancing the unique relationship between the health of forests and the health of people. This book, written for a broad audience, is...

   Published March 3rd 2013 by Routledge
3. Trees, Forested Landscapes and Grazing Animals

   A European Perspective on Woodlands and Grazed Treescapes

   Edited by Ian D. Rotherham

   In this comprehensive book, the critical components of the European landscape – forest, parkland, and other grazed landscapes with trees are addressed. The book considers the history of grazed treed landscapes, of large grazing herbivores in Europe, and the implications of the past in shaping...

   Published February 13th 2013 by Routledge
4. Managing Forests as Complex Adaptive Systems

   Building Resilience to the Challenge of Global Change

   Edited by Christian Messier, Klaus J. Puettmann, K. David Coates

   Series: The Earthscan Forest Library

   This book links the emerging concepts of complexity, complex adaptive system (CAS) and resilience to forest ecology and management. It explores how these concepts can be applied in various forest biomes of the world with their different ecological, economic and social settings, and history....

   Published January 21st 2013 by Routledge
5. Invasive Plant Ecology

   Edited by Shibu Jose, Harminder Pal Singh, Daizy Rani Batish, Ravinder Kumar Kohli

   Invasion of non-native plant species, which has a significant impact on the earth’s ecosystems, has greatly increased in recent years due to expanding trade and transport among different countries. Understanding the ecological principles underlying the invasive process as well as the...

   Published January 8th 2013 by CRC Press
6. Global Forest Monitoring from Earth Observation

   Edited by Frederic Achard, Matthew C. Hansen

   Series: Earth Observation of Global Changes

   Forests provide a large range of beneficial services, including tangible ones such as timber and recreation, and intangible services such as climate regulation, biodiversity, and watershed protection. On the other hand, forests can also be considered roadblocks to progress that occupy space more...

   Published November 18th 2012 by CRC Press
7. Forest Hydrology

   An Introduction to Water and Forests, Third Edition

   By Mingteh Chang

   Due to its height, density, and thickness of crown canopy; fluffy forest floor; large root system; and horizontal distribution; forest is the most distinguished type of vegetation on the earth. In the U.S., forests occupy about 30 percent of the total territory. Yet this 30 percent of land area...

   Published October 31st 2012 by CRC Press
8. Evidence-based Conservation

   Lessons from the Lower Mekong

   Edited by Terry C.H. Sunderland, Jeffrey Sayer, Minh-Ha Hoang

   Series: The Earthscan Forest Library

   There is a considerable gap between the science of conservation biology and the design and execution of biodiversity conservation projects in the field. Science is often failing to inform the practice of conservation, which remains largely experience-based. The main reason is the poor accessibility...

   Published August 15th 2012 by Routledge
9. Wildlife Science

   Connecting Research with Management

   Edited by Joseph P. Sands, Stephen J. DeMaso, Matthew J. Schnupp, Leonard A. Brennan

   Despite the potential synergy that can result from basing management applications on results from research, there is a polarization of cultures between wildlife managers and wildlife researchers. Wildlife Science: Connecting Research with Management provides strategies for bridging cultural and...

   Published May 28th 2012 by CRC Press
10. The Global Economics of Forestry

    By William F. Hyde

    This book traces the economic and biological pattern of forest development from initial settlement and harvest activity at the natural forest frontier to modern industrial forest plantations. It builds from diagrams describing three discrete stages of forest development, and then discusses the...

    Published May 17th 2012 by RFF Press