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Tropical Forestry Handbook

  • Reference work
  • © 2016

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Editors:
  1. Laslo Pancel

    1. Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, La Libertad, El Salvador

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  2. Michael Köhl

    1. Center for Wood Science, Institute of World Forestry, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

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  • Discusses natural resources management in a changing environment induced by climate change

  • Provides proven methods & promising concepts to solve many challenges prevailing in the tropics

  • Presents the most comprehensive yet concise work on tropical forestry

  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (103 entries)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-lx
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  2. The Global Forestry Sector

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Tropical Forest Resources: Facts and Tables

      • Jutta Poker, Kenneth MacDicken
      Pages 3-45

    3. International Processes: Framework Conditions for Tropical Forestry

      • Thomas Schneider, Prem Raj Neupane
      Pages 47-90

  3. Basic Sciences

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 91-91
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    2. Geology and Soils

      • Wolfgang Zech
      Pages 93-283

    3. Climate Aspects of the Tropics

      • Michael Richter
      Pages 285-291

    4. Classifications of Climates in the Tropics

      • Michael Richter
      Pages 293-301

    5. The Atmospheric Circulation

      • Thorsten Peters, Michael Richter
      Pages 303-331

    6. Radiation and Heat

      • Thorsten Peters
      Pages 333-342

    7. Temperatures in the Tropics

      • Michael Richter
      Pages 343-361

    8. Precipitation in the Tropics

      • Michael Richter
      Pages 363-390

    9. Water Balance in Tropical Regions

      • Thorsten Peters
      Pages 391-403

    10. Climatic Types of Water Balances in the Tropics

      • Thorsten Peters
      Pages 405-412

    11. Microclimate in the Tropics

      • Michael Richter
      Pages 413-427

    12. Climate Change in the Tropics

      • Thorsten Peters
      Pages 429-444

    13. Design of Data Collection Related to the Climate in the Tropics

      • Thorsten Peters
      Pages 445-450

    14. Tree Species Identification in the Tropics

      • Michelle Szejner, Patricio Emanuelli
      Pages 451-470

    15. Tropical Forest Ecology in the Anthropocene

      • Richard T. Corlett
      Pages 471-477

    16. Classifying Tropical Forests

      • Richard T. Corlett
      Pages 479-489
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About this book

This book provides a cross-section of all outstanding experience in all fields of tropical forestry under a drastically changing environment induced by climate change. It sheds light on the existing know-how and presents it in a concise and efficient way for the scientist and professional in charge of planning, implementing and evaluating forest resources. The Tropical Forestry Handbook provides proven and/or promising alternative concepts which can be applied to solve organizational, administrative and technical challenges prevailing in the tropics. Presented are state of the art methods in all fields concerning tropical forestry. Emphasis is given to methods which are adapted to- and which safeguard - environmental conditions.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, La Libertad, El Salvador

    Laslo Pancel

  • Center for Wood Science, Institute of World Forestry, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

    Michael Köhl

About the editors

Dr. Laszlo Pancel, is working for the German Association for Technical Cooperation (GTZ) and director of the program of the REDD/CCAD-GIZ in El Salvador.

Professor Michael Köhl is working at the University of Hamburg, at the Institute of World Forestry (Center for Wood Sciences) in Germany.




Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Tropical Forestry Handbook

  • Editors: Laslo Pancel, Michael Köhl

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-54601-3

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Reference Module Biomedical and Life Sciences

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2016

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-642-54600-6Published: 05 July 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-54601-3Published: 21 June 2016

  • Edition Number: 2

  • Number of Pages: LX, 3633

  • Number of Illustrations: 311 b/w illustrations, 794 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Forestry

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