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Written by leading European scientists in forest management research Includes state-of-the-art reviews and case studies from across Europe
Comprehensive in scope and across scales from tree and catchment to forest and landscape
Explores the influence of climate change and the future of forest systems
Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Ecological Studies (ECOLSTUD, volume 212)
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Table of contents (28 chapters)
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Scales and Approaches for Forest Water Interactions
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
The protective function of forests for water quality and water-related hazards, as well as adequate water supplies for forest ecosystems in Europe, are potentially at risk due to changing climate and changing land-management practices. Water budgets of forest ecosystems are heavily dependent on climate and forest structure. The latter is determined by the management measures applied in the forestry sector. Various developments of forest management strategies, imposed on a background of changing climate, are considered in assessing the overall future of forest–water interactions in Europe.
Synthesizing recent research on the interactions of forest management and the water regime of forests in Europe and beyond, the book makes an important contribution to the ongoing dialogue between scientists dealing with different scales of forest-water interactions. This collaborative endeavour, which covers geographic and climatic gradients from Iceland to Israel and from southern Spain to Estonia and Finland, was made possible through the COST Action "Forest Management and the Water Cycle (FORMAN)", which was launched in 2007 (http://www.forestandwater.eu/).
The book will be of particular interest to the research community involved in forest ecosystem research and forest hydrology, as well as landscape ecologists and hydrologists in general. It will also provide reference material for forest practitioners and planners in hydrology and land use.
Editors and Affiliations
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, Forschungszentrum Waldökosysteme, Universität Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
Michael Bredemeier
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, ARO Volcani Center, Institute of Soil, Water and Environment, Bet Dagan, Israel
Shabtai Cohen
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College of Natural Sciences, School of the Environment & Natural Reso, University of Wales, Bangor, United Kingdom
Douglas L. Godbold
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, Institute of Ecology, Tallinn University, Tallinn, Estonia
Elve Lode
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Faculty of Forestry, Department of Natural Environment, Technical University Zvolen, Zvolen, Slovakia
Viliam Pichler
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Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow, Birmensdorf, Switzerland
Patrick Schleppi
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Forest Management and the Water Cycle
Book Subtitle: An Ecosystem-Based Approach
Editors: Michael Bredemeier, Shabtai Cohen, Douglas L. Godbold, Elve Lode, Viliam Pichler, Patrick Schleppi
Series Title: Ecological Studies
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-9834-4
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2011
Hardcover ISBN: 978-90-481-9833-7Published: 27 October 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-90-481-9834-4Published: 25 October 2010
Series ISSN: 0070-8356
Series E-ISSN: 2196-971X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 531
Topics: Forestry