Future Forests by Steven G. McNulty - 9780323904308

Elsevier - Health Sciences Division

Future ForestsMitigation and Adaptation to Climate Change\nAuthor(s): Steven G. McNulty\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Elsevier - Health Sciences Division, United States\nImprint: Elsevier - Health Sciences Division\nISBN-13: 9780323904308, 978-0323904308\nSynopsis\nFuture Forests: Mitigation and Adaptation to Climate Change provides background on forests as natural and social systems, the current distribution and dynamics based on major biomes that set the stage for their role of forests in global systems, the nature of climate change organized by biomes, and detailed descriptions of mitigation and adaptation strategies. This book forms presents a foundational summary of the feedback between the effect of climate change on forests and the converse effects of forests on climate, leading to conclusions on how forest management needs to be dictated by climate change.\n\nThe book will be ideal for readers in the fields of climate change science, forest science and conservation biology,.