Forest Conservation in the Anthropocene Science, Policy, and Practice / edited by V. Alaric Sample, R. Patrick Bixler, and Char Miller.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Miller, Char, 1951- editor.

Bixler, R. Patrick (Richard Patrick), editor.

Sample, V. Alaric, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Climatic changes.

Forest conservation.

Forest microclimatology.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (300 p.)

Manufacture:

Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2016

Place of Publication:

Boulder : University Press of Colorado, 2016.

Summary:

"Thought-provoking insight on overcoming the constraints of climate change and policies that need to be introduced or changed to combat the climate change on the forests of the world. Environmental scientists probe the dilemmas that confront us and will continue to confront us in the coming century"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Forest Conservation and Management in the Anthropocene; Section I: Changing Climatic Regimes and Forest Ecosystems; 1 Climate Change in the Age of Humans; 2 Invasive Plants, Insects, and Diseases in the Forests of the Anthropocene; 3 Climate and Wildfire in Western US Forests; 4 Forest Ecosystem Reorganization Underway in the Southwestern United States: Preview of Widespread Forest Changes in the Anthropocene?; Section II: Assessing Vulnerability and Threats to Current Management Regimes

5 Increasing Resiliency in Frequent Fire Forests: Lessons from the Sierra Nevada and Western Australia6 Protected Areas under Threat; 7 Mitigating Anthropocene Influences in Forests in the United States; Section III: Adaptation Strategies for Biodiversity Conservation and Water Protection; 8 Planning the Future's Forests with Assisted Migration; 9 Maintaining Forest Diversity in a Changing Climate: A Geophysical Approach; 10 Adaptation: Forests as Water Infrastructure in a Changing Climate

11 Water Source Protection Funds as a Tool to Address Climate Adaptation and Resiliency in Southwestern ForestsSection IV: Transdisciplinarity in the Anthropocene; 12 Implementing Climate Change Adaptation in Forested Regions of the Western United States; 13 Challenges and Opportunities for Landscape-Scale Management in a Shifting Climate: The Importance of Nested Adaptation Responses across Geospatial and Temporal Scales; 14 Climate Change Effects on Forests, Water Resources, and Communities of the Delaware River Basin; Section V: Evolving Institutional and Policy Frameworks

15 Policy Challenges for Wildlife Management in a Changing Climate16 Evolving Institutional and Policy Frameworks to Support Adaptation Strategies; 17 Forest Conservation in the Anthropocene: Policy Recommendations; Works Cited; List of Contributors; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781607324591

1607324598

OCLC:

958055316