Forests and Global Change. 2013. (Ecological Reviews). 94 (12 col.) figs. XV, 462 p. gr8vo. Paper bd.

Forests hold a significant proportion of global biodiversity andterrestrial carbon stocks and are at the forefront of human-inducedglobal change. The dynamics and distribution of forest vegetationdetermines the habitat for other organisms, and regulates thedelivery of ecosystem services, including carbon storage.Presenting recent research across temperate and tropical ecosystems,this volume synthesises the numerous ways that forests areresponding to global change and includes perspectives on: the roleof forests in the global carbon and energy budgets / historicalpatterns of forest change and diversification / contemporarymechanisms of community assembly and implications ofunderlying drivers of global change / the ways in which forestssupply ecosystem services that support human lives. The chaptersrepresent case studies drawn from the authors' expertise,highlighting new research.