With climate change now charging up the political agenda, there are three issues commonly making the headlines: carbon budgets, renewable energy, and the anticipated impacts of climate change. Equally important, though currently less well covered, is the issue how these effects might be mitigated. Given the significant role that forests play in the climate system as sources, sinks, and through carbon trading this book discusses the current scientific evidence on the relationships between climate, forest resources and forest management practices around the world. Drawing on expertise from forest scientists from several continents, the book presents both in depth analysis of the current knowledge, and a series of case studies which assess the biological and the economic impacts of climate change. It includes sections on forest responses to climate change, monitoring and modeling changes, economic and management implications, and carbon sequestration under specific management systems. The book will form a valuable resource for researchers and advanced students dealing with sustainable forestry, climate change issues and the effects of climate change on natural resource management.
Author(s): Felipe Bravo
Edition: 1
Year: 2008
Language: English
Pages: 342
Contents......Page 8
Foreword......Page 6
Part I: Introduction......Page 11
Introduction......Page 12
Part II: Overview of Climate Change and Forest Responses......Page 21
A Mechanistic View of the Capacity of Forests to Cope with Climate Change......Page 22
Greenhouse-gas Emissions from Temperate Mountain Forests......Page 48
Part III: Monitoring and Modeling......Page 68
Estimating Carbon Stocks and Stock Changes in Forests: Linking Models and Data Across Scales......Page 69
Forest Eco-physiological Models and Carbon Sequestration......Page 88
Influence of Climatic Variables on Crown Condition in Pine Forests of Northern Spain......Page 108
Part IV: Economic and Management Impacts......Page 121
Influence of Carbon Sequestration in an Optimal Set of Coppice Rotations for Eucalyptus Plantations......Page 122
Use of Forests and Wood Products to Mitigate Climate Change......Page 139
Biomass Forest in Sweden and Carbon Emissions Balance......Page 152
Taper Equations and Wood Products: Assessing the Carbon Flow of the Forest Through Its Products......Page 165
Forest Management Strategies and Carbon Sequestration......Page 178
Analysing the Effects of Forest Structure on Carbon Stocks and Timber Production Under Changing Management and Climate......Page 194
Part V: Case Studies......Page 218
Carbon Sequestration in Mediterranean Pine Forests......Page 219
Carbon Sequestration of Ponderosa Pine Plantations in Northwestern Patagonia......Page 244
Assessing Pine Wilt Disease Risk Under a Climate Change Scenario in Northwestern Spain......Page 265
Dynamics of Soil Carbon in Primary and Secondary Tropical Forests in Colombia......Page 279
Carbon Sequestration Potential of Mangroves in Southeast Asia......Page 293
Silviculture and Carbon Sequestration in Mediterranean Oak Forests......Page 312
