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Provides new insights into the importance of soils and related ecosystems for sustainable forestry
Examines the challenges with regard to the preservation and management of forest ecosystems under environmental change
Discusses how policy can support the development and maintenance of adaptive and resilient forests
Part of the book series: Ecological Studies (ECOLSTUD, volume 237)
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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
This book is an open access publication.
Forest ecosystems in Central Europe are changing as a result of anthropogenic influences and changing climate conditions. As such, a large-scale monitoring programme was undertaken in order to understand the influence of site modification, deposition of air pollutants, and climate.
This book presents the scientific findings of this study for Germany, including the major challenges with regard to the future preservation and management of forest ecosystems under environmental change. In addition, it addresses a number of central questions: what are the main factors affecting forest stands and soil integrity? How, and how rapidly, are forest ecosystems changing? How diverse are the changes across Germany? What will be the main risks in sustainable forest management in the future? And how can policy support the development and maintenance of adaptive and resilient forests that provide essential ecosystem services, today and in the future?
Helping readers understand the importance of soils and related ecosystem processes for future sustainable forestry, and sharing essential findings on environmental change and related changes in forest status and dynamics, the book is a valuable resource for researchers and policymakers interested in science-based decisions.
Keywords
- Carbon cycle
- Ecosystem function
- Forestry
- Nitrogen cycle
- Soil acidification
- Sustainable use
- Open access
Editors and Affiliations
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Thünen Institute of Forest Ecosystems, Eberswalde, Germany
Nicole Wellbrock, Andreas Bolte
About the editors
Thünen Institute of Forest Ecosystems
Eberswalde, Germany
nicole.wellbrock@thuenen.de
Prof. Dr. Andreas Bolte
Thünen Institute of Forest Ecosystems
Eberswalde, Germany
andreas.bolte@thuenen.de
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Status and Dynamics of Forests in Germany
Book Subtitle: Results of the National Forest Monitoring
Editors: Nicole Wellbrock, Andreas Bolte
Series Title: Ecological Studies
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-15734-0
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2019
License: CC BY
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-15732-6Published: 20 September 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-15734-0Published: 09 September 2019
Series ISSN: 0070-8356
Series E-ISSN: 2196-971X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 384
Number of Illustrations: 98 b/w illustrations, 75 illustrations in colour
Topics: Terrestial Ecology, Forestry, Soil Science, Sustainability, Biogeosciences