Forest Ecosystems

2009 Outstanding Academic Title, Choice

This acclaimed textbook is the most comprehensive available in the field of forest ecology. Designed for advanced students of forest science, ecology, and environmental studies, it is also an essential reference for forest ecologists, foresters, and land managers.

The authors provide an inclusive survey of boreal, temperate, and tropical forests with an emphasis on ecological concepts across scales that range from global to landscape to microscopic. Situating forests in the context of larger landscapes, they reveal the complex patterns and processes observed in tree-dominated habitats.

The updated and expanded second edition covers

Conservation

Ecosystem services

Climate change

Vegetation classification

Disturbance

Species interactions

Self-thinning

Genetics

Soil influences

Productivity

Biogeochemical cycling

Mineralization

Effects of herbivory

Ecosystem stability