Book ID: 96795
Wirth, Christian, Gerd Gleixner and Martin Heimann (Eds.)
Old-Growth Forests. Function, Fate and Value. 2009. (Ecological Studies, Vol. 207). 110 figs. XXVI, 512 p. gr8vo. Hardcover.
Many terms often used to describe old-growth forests imply that these forests are less vigorous, less productive and less stable than younger forests. But research in the last two decades has yielded results that challenge the view of old-growth forests being in decline. Given the importance of forests in battling climate change and the fact thatold-growth forests are shrinking at a rate of 0.5% per year, these new results have come not a moment too soon.This book is an exhaustive compendium of information that contains scope as it studies boreal forests in Canada, temperate old-growth forests in Europe and the Americas, and global tropical forests.