Forests and woodland

Even before the myth of Prometheus, fire played a crucial ecological role around the world.

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

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

In 1944 Lady Park Wood (45 hectares of woodland in Gloucestershire and Monmouthshire, UK) was set aside indefinitely by the Forestry Commission so that ecologists could study how woodland develops naturally.

A definitive natural history of Northumberland, from its ecological history, geology and climate to its naturalists and conservation issues.

Comprehensive review of hydrological and physiological functioning of tropical rain forests, for practitioners and scientists.

The Flowering of Australia's Rainforests provides an overview of pollination in Australian rainforests, especially subtropical rainforests.

The treetops of the world's forests are where discovery and opportunity abound, however they have been relatively inaccessible until recently.

Danger in the Congo!

Ferns gives the reader an introduction to the reasons for the variety of ferns in the British Isles, as well as the history of their development within this landscape and their use by man.

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

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

Views on the dynamics of tropical forests are changing rapidly with the recognition that their environment is variable on the decadal to century scale.

Dating back to the nineteenth-century transplantation of a latex-producing tree from the Amazon to Southeast Asia, rubber production has wrought monumental changes worldwide.

Facing droughts, floods, and water security challenges, society is increasingly forced to develop new policies and practices to cope with the impacts of climate change.

This book tells the incredible story of one woman's adventure into the heart of the rainforest.

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

Colonial Geography charts changes in conceptions of the relationship between people and landscapes in mainland Tanzania during the German colonial period.

Giant redwoods are American icons, paragons of grandeur, exceptionalism, and endurance.

Covering 92 million acres from Virginia to Texas, the longleaf pine ecosystem was, in its prime, one of the most extensive and biologically diverse ecosystems in North America.

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

How do you record the wildlife in a wood?

A ground-breaking and beautifully written investigation into the Arctic Treeline with an urgent environmental message.

A summary of our understanding of the ecology of tropical rain-forest trees, with particular emphasis on comparative ecology.

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

Over the last century, the scale of Canada's domestic disaster response system has grown significantly due to the country's increased capacity for emergency management and the rise in natural hazards.

WINNER OF THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR CONSERVATION 2023The Sunday Times Science Book of the YearAs seen on Countryfile'If anyone was born to save Britain's rainforests, it was Guy Shrubsole' Sunday TimesShortlisted for the Richard Jefferies Society Literary PrizeTemperate rainforest may once have covered up to one-fifth of Britain, inspiring Celtic druids, Welsh wizards, Romantic poets, and Arthur Conan Doyle's most loved creations.

This book examines the history and science of forest–climate influences and forest management to mitigate climate change.

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

Over the last century, the scale of Canada's domestic disaster response system has grown significantly due to the country's increased capacity for emergency management and the rise in natural hazards.

*Shortlisted for the Lukas Prize Project*The tree was poached in a two-part operation.

2011 Outstanding Title, University Press Books for Public and Secondary School LibrariesWinner of the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association AwardBefore Forks, a small town on Washingtons Olympic Peninsula, became famous as the location for Stephenie Meyers Twilight book series, it was the self-proclaimed Logging Capital of the World and ground zero in a regional conflict over the fate of old-growth forests.

The changing climate, the warming of the world and acid rain are among the greatest problems facing us at the end of the twentieth century.

Survive anything life throws at you with the ultimate visual guide to camping, wilderness, and outdoor survival skills.

Extinction of species has alarmingly increased in recent decades due to anthropogenic activities, natural calamities and climate change.

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.

Dating back to the nineteenth-century transplantation of a latex-producing tree from the Amazon to Southeast Asia, rubber production has wrought monumental changes worldwide.

How do you record the wildlife in a wood?

Facing droughts, floods, and water security challenges, society is increasingly forced to develop new policies and practices to cope with the impacts of climate change.

Can we prevent the destruction of the world's tropical forests?

The Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve has captured the worldwide attention of biologists, conservationists, and ecologists and has been the setting for extensive investigation over the past 30 years.

Killing Bugs for Business and Beauty examines the beginning of Canada's aerial war against forest insects and how a tiny handful of officials came to lead the world with a made-in-Canada solution to the problem.

Cottonwood and the River of Time looks at some of the approaches scientists have used to unravel the puzzles of the natural world.

The North Pacific temperate rainforest, stretching from southern Alaska to northern California, is the largest temperate rainforest on earth.

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