Global Forest Fragmentation -

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Résumé :
Forest fragmentation will inevitably continue over the coming years, especially in developing economies. This book provides a cutting edge review of the multi-disciplinary sciences related to studies of global forest fragmentation. It specifically addresses cross-cutting themes from both an ecological and a social sciences perspective. The ultimate goal of Global Forest Fragmentation is to provide a detailed scientific base to support future forest landscape management and planning to meet global environmental and societal needs.

Biographie:
Chris J Kettle and Lian Pin Koh, both at ETH Zurich Switerland

Sommaire:
Introduction Chapter 1: The history of forest fragmentation: a global perspective. Section I: The costs of forest fragmentation Chapter 2: Contemporary drivers of forest fragmentation. Chapter 3: Implications of forest fragmentation for biodiversity conservation in temperate regions. Chapter 4: Implications of forest fragmentation for biodiversity conservation in tropical regions. Chapter 5: Forest fragmentation an evolutionary perspective. Chapter 6: Forest fragmentation genetics. Chapter 7: Forest fragmentation and climate change mitigation. Section II: Trading off forest loss against agricultural productivity Chapter 8: Biomass and timber production in modern forest systems. Chapter 9: Forests Islands in an agricultural sea. Chapter 10: Forest fragmentation and ecosystem function. Section III: Resolving environmental and societal conflicts in next generation agroforest landscapes Chapter 11: Ecological restoration and integration of multiple-use forest landscapes. Chapter 12: Linking forests, rural livelihoods and development: Win win solutions. Chapter 13: Synthesis.