Forest Biodiversity: Lessons from History for Conservation

Wallingford

2004

285 S.

Bandaufführung

0-85199-802-X

14357

110235

Interest in the ecological history of forests has grown steadily over the past two or three decades. this has triggered a new era of interdisciplinary research on forest history, utilizing both cultural evidence such as written records and maps, and biological evidence such as vegetation surveys and data from sedimentary records (e.g. pollen and charcoal). This book develops this field of interest by focusing on the diverse impact of forest history in general, and of forest continuity, fragmentation and past management in parituclar, on the diversity and distribution of species. The implications for the conservation of biodiversity in forests are also addressed. Chapters have been developed from papers presented at a conference held in Leuven in January 2003. The emphasis is on temperate forests in Europe and North America, but the information may also be applicable to other regions or biomes. The book will be of significant interest to resarchers working within the areas of forestry, ecology, conservation and environmental history.