World Atlas of Trees and Forests (eBook)

Exploring Earth's Forest Ecosystems

Jerome Chave, Sassan Saatchi, Herman Shugart, Peter White (Autoren)

eBook Download: PDF

2022
400 Seiten
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-0-691-23593-6 (ISBN)

Infos

A marvelously illustrated look at the world's diverse forests and their ecosystemsThe earth's forests are havens of nature supporting a diversity of life. Shaped by climate and geography, these vast and dynamic wooded spaces offer unique ecosystems that shelter complex and interdependent webs of flora, fungi, and animals. The World Atlas of Trees and Forests offers a beautiful introduction to what forests are, how they work, how they grow, and how we map, assess, and conserve them.Provides the most wide-ranging coverage of the world's forests availableTakes readers beneath the breathtaking variety of wooded canopies that span the globeProfiles a wealth of tree species, with enlightening and entertaining natural-history highlights along the wayFeatures stunning color photos, maps, and graphicsDraws on the latest cutting-edge research and technology, including satellite imagery

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 20.9.2022
• Zusatzinfo: 250+ color illus.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Natur / Ökologie
• Themenwelt: Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Lexikon / Chroniken
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie
• Schlagworte: Alpine tundra • amazon rainforest • Antarctic Ice Sheet • Araucariaceae • Atmospheric circulation • biodiversity • biodiversity hotspot • Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project • Biomass (ecology) • Boreal ecosystem • Boreal forest of Canada • Bristlecone Pine • cloud forest • Cyperaceae • Deciduous • deforestation • Douglas fir • ecosystem • Elm • Eucalyptus • Evergreen • evergreen forest • Experimental forest • Flora • Forest • Forest dynamics • forest ecology • forest floor • forest fragmentation • Forest management • Forest plot • Forest produce (India) • forestry • Forest transition • Forest zone • Fraser fir • fungus • geolocation • Giant Forest • If a tree falls in a forest • Jasper National Park • Landscape architecture • leaf • Live Oak • Mountain ecosystems • Myristicaceae • Nantahala National Forest • Normalized Difference Vegetation Index • North Carolina Botanical Garden • northern canada • Northern Europe • Northern Hemisphere • Nut Tree • oak • old-growth forest • petrified forest national park • Pine • Pinus ponderosa • Plant • Podocarpaceae • Polar regions of Earth • Protection forest • Rainforest • Redwood National and State Parks • Rocky Mountain National Park • Rocky Mountains • Royal forest • Savanna • Sayan Mountains • Seasonal tropical forest • secondary forest • Sequoiadendron • Sequoia National Park • Shrub • shrubland • Soil • Soil Carbon • Soil map • spruce • spruce-fir forests • subalpine forest • Sustainable forest management • Taiga • Temperate broadleaf and mixed forest • Temperate deciduous forest • Temperate forest • Tibetan Plateau • Tierra del Fuego National Park • timberline • Tree • tree stand • tree structure • Tropical and subtropical coniferous forests • Tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests • Tropical rainforest • United States Forest Service • Vegetation • vegetation index • Wood • Woodlot
• ISBN-10: 0-691-23593-7 / 0691235937
• ISBN-13: 978-0-691-23593-6 / 9780691235936