eprintid: 4389 rev_number: 5 eprint_status: archive userid: 351 dir: disk0/00/00/43/89 datestamp: 2016-01-15 02:05:36 lastmod: 2021-08-27 17:36:04 status_changed: 2016-01-15 02:05:36 type: book metadata_visibility: show item_issues_count: 1 creators_name: Apps, M.J. creators_name: Price, D.T. creators_name: Wisniewski, J. creators_id: 7408 title: Boreal Forests and Global Change ispublished: pub internal_subjects: iis_for internal_subjects: iis_ecn internal_subjects: iis_env divisions: prog_for abstract: Boreal forests form Earth's largest terrestrial biome. They are rich in ecosystem and landscape diversity, though characterized by relatively few plant species, as compared to other forested regions. The long term viability and sustainability of boreal forests is influenced by many factors. They are subject to interruptions at intervals by large-scale natural disturbances, and increasingly by human activities. Boreal ecosystem development is typically a slow process; hence rapid changes in the global environment may invoke complex responses. Many industrial nations border, or lie within, boreal regions, deriving much of their economic wealth and culture from the forests. The response of boreal forests to changes in the global environment - whether caused by direct human activity or by indirect changes such as the anticipated changes in climate - are therefore of considerable international interest, both for their policy implications and their scientific challenges. This book which contains almost 50 peer-reviewed papers from a world-wide group of experts assembled under the auspices of IBFRA, the International Boreal Forest Research Association, covers topics which will stimulate further research and the development of constructive policies for improved management and conservation of global boreal forest resources. date: 1995 date_type: published publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers official_url: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-0942-2 iiasapubid: XB-95-903 iiasa_bibref: Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, Netherlands [1995] iiasa_bibnotes: [ISBN 0-7923-3665-8] creators_browse_id: 1128 full_text_status: none place_of_pub: Dordrecht, The Netherlands refereed: TRUE isbn: 978-94-017-0942-2 coversheets_dirty: FALSE fp7_type: info:eu-repo/semantics/book citation: Apps, M.J. , Price, D.T., & Wisniewski, J. (1995). Boreal Forests and Global Change. Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers. ISBN 978-94-017-0942-2