Forests and woodland

Nearing the end of a lifetime in the boreal forest, a retired forester writes a passionate plea for rational, science-based forest management.

Madre de Dios Mother of God is a place where the Andean Cloud Forest intermingles with the steaming tropical jungle at the head of the Amazon river.

Insects are the most abundant and diverse organisms that inhabit our planet and are found in all the world s forest ecosystems.

Insects are the most abundant and diverse organisms that inhabit our planet and are found in all the world s forest ecosystems.

Maintaining forest biodiversity by combining protection, management and restoration of forest and woodland landscapes is a central component of sustainable development.

Suserup Skov in Denmark is a well-preserved beech-dominated forest reserve with continuity in tree cover at least back to 4200 BC, indicating it to be a direct descendent of the primeval forests.

As part of the urbanization process, suburban development involves the conversion of rural land to urban use.

As part of the urbanization process, suburban development involves the conversion of rural land to urban use.

Canada and the United States share the world's longest international border.

Canada and the United States share the world's longest international border.

A fascinating 'day in the life' look at the natural world.

A guide to exploring 325 of the most scenic, wildlife-rich and historically significant woodlands in Wales.

A guide to exploring 325 of the most scenic, wildlife-rich and historically significant woodlands in Wales.

This book investigates the economic, strategic, and political importance of forests in early modern and modern Europe.

This book investigates the economic, strategic, and political importance of forests in early modern and modern Europe.

An accessible account of how forest fires work, the ecological effects they have, and why and how we fight fires.

An accessible account of how forest fires work, the ecological effects they have, and why and how we fight fires.

Provides the conceptual backbone and specific information necessary for the ecologically sound restoration and sustainable development of boreal ecosystems.

Provides the conceptual backbone and specific information necessary for the ecologically sound restoration and sustainable development of boreal ecosystems.

An impassioned case for the importance of ancient forests and their preservationStanding in an old-growth forest, you can instinctively sense the ways it is different from forests shaped by humans.

The Amazon Basin contains the largest and most diverse tropical rainforest in the world.

The Amazon Basin contains the largest and most diverse tropical rainforest in the world.

Forest mensuration the science of measurement applied to forest vegetation and forest products holds value for basic ecology as well as sustainable forest management.

Forest mensuration the science of measurement applied to forest vegetation and forest products holds value for basic ecology as well as sustainable forest management.

Large and intense wildfires are integral to the globally important boreal forest biome.

Large and intense wildfires are integral to the globally important boreal forest biome.

Forest soils are the foundation of the entire forest ecosystem and complex, long-term interactions between trees, soil animals, and the microbial community shape soils in was that are very distinct from agricultural soils.

Forest soils are the foundation of the entire forest ecosystem and complex, long-term interactions between trees, soil animals, and the microbial community shape soils in was that are very distinct from agricultural soils.

A concise environmental history of the near-extinction of the bison from the mid-eighteenth century to the present.

A global assessment of potential and anticipated impacts of efforts to achieve the SDGs on forests and related socio-economic systems.

A global assessment of potential and anticipated impacts of efforts to achieve the SDGs on forests and related socio-economic systems.

Looks at the question: do forests cool or warm the atmosphere and reduce global warming?

An overview of recent advances in the quantitative modeling of wildland fire based on fluid dynamics.

Provides a comparative approach to plant succession among all terrestrial biomes and disturbances, helping to reveal generalizable patterns.

An overview of recent advances in the quantitative modeling of wildland fire based on fluid dynamics.

Provides a comparative approach to plant succession among all terrestrial biomes and disturbances, helping to reveal generalizable patterns.

Looks at the question: do forests cool or warm the atmosphere and reduce global warming?

This book explores how the transnational legal process for REDD+ has affected human rights in developing countries.

This book explores how the transnational legal process for REDD+ has affected human rights in developing countries.

This book synthesises recent research across temperate and tropical forest ecosystems, to present the numerous ways forests are responding to global change.

This book synthesises recent research across temperate and tropical forest ecosystems, to present the numerous ways forests are responding to global change.

The first systematic and comprehensive account of the vegetation types of this country.

The first systematic and comprehensive account of the vegetation types of this country.

In this beautifully compiled book, Charlie Whinney, the UK's leading expert on the topic, shares the secrets of the unique and magical craft of steam-bending.

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Following the 1917 Mexican Revolution inhabitants of the states of Chihuahua and Michoacan received vast tracts of prime timberland as part of Mexico's land redistribution program.

Heart of Palms is a clear-eyed memoir of Peace Corps service in the rural Panamanian village of Tranquilla through the eyes of a young American woman trained as a community forester.

Ken Drushka analyses the changes in human attitudes towards the forests, detailing the rise of the late nineteenth-century conservation movement and its subsequent decline after World War I, the interplay between industry and government in the development of policy, the adoption of sustained yield policies after World War II, and the recent adoption of sustainable forest management in response to environmental concerns.

The Allegheny National Forest exists on what might have been the most heavily exploited landscape in the history of civilization.

A spectacularly illustrated journey into the intimate communities that native trees share with animals, insects, fungi, and microbesYou can tell a lot about a tree from the company it keeps.