Routledge Handbook of Forest Ecology Routledge Environment and Sustainability Handbooks Series

This comprehensive handbook provides a unique resource covering all aspects of forest ecology from a global perspective. It covers both natural and managed forests, from boreal, temperate, sub-tropical and tropical regions of the world. The book is divided into seven parts, addressing the following themes:

• forest types
• forest dynamics
• forest flora and fauna
• energy and nutrients
• forest conservation and management
• forests and climate change
• human impacts on forest ecology.

While each chapter can stand alone as a suitable resource for a lecture or seminar, the complete book provides an essential reference text for a wide range of students of ecology, environmental science, forestry, geography and natural resource management. Contributors include leading authorities from all parts of the world.

1. Introduction Kelvin S.-H. Peh, Yves Bergeron and Richard T. Corlett Part 1: The Forest 2. Boreal Forests Jean-Pierre Saucier, Ken Baldwin, Pavel Krestov and Torre Jorgenson 3. Northern Temperate Forests Lee E. Frelich, Rebecca Montgomery and Jacek Oleksyn 4. Subtropical Forests Richard T. Corlett and Alice C. Hughes 5. Tropical Forests Lindsay F. Banin, Oliver L. Phillips and Simon L. Lewis 6. Managed Forests Jürgen Bauhus and Patrick Pyttel Part 2: Forest Dynamics 7. Insect Disturbances in Forest Ecosystems Dan Kneeshaw, Brian R. Sturtevant, Barry Cooke, Timothy Work, Deepa Pureswaran, Louis DeGrandpre and Dave MacLean 8. The Role of Fire in Forest Ecosystems David F. Greene and Sean T. Michaletz 9. Ecological Effects of Strong Wind on Forests Stephen M. Turton and Mohammed Alamgir 10. Forest Succession and Gap Dynamics Rebecca Montgomery and Lee Frelich 11. Tree Genetic Diversity and Gene Flow in Forest Ecosystems Francine Tremblay 12. Changing Forest Dynamics: Plot-based Evidence Simon Willcock and Nikée E. Groot Part 3: Forest Flora and Fauna 13. Lianas in Forest Ecosystems Stefan A. Schnitzer 14. Vascular Epiphytes in Forest Ecosystems David H. Benzing 15. Insects in Forest Ecosystems Andrea Battisti 16. Pests and Pathogens in North American Forest Ecosystems Louis Bernier and Sandy M. Smith 17. Bryophytes in Forest Ecosystems Nicole J. Fenton, Kristoffer Hylander and Emma J. Pharo 18. Lichens in Forest Ecosystems Per-Anders Esseen and Darwyn Coxson 19. Mammals in Forest Ecosystems Richard T. Corlett and Alice C. Hughes 20. Birds in Forest Ecosystems Jeffrey A. Stratford and Çağan H. Şekercioğlu 21. Global Patterns of Biodiversity in Forests Christine B. Schmitt Part 4: Energy and Nutrients 22. Mycorrhizal Symbiosis in Forest Ecosystems Leho Tedersoo 23. Biogeochemical Cycling David Paré, Daniel Markewitz and Håkan Wallander 24. Hydrological Cycling Michael Bredemeier and Shabtai Cohen 25. Primary Production and Allocation Frank Berninger, Kelvin S.-H. Peh and Hazel Smith Part 5: Forest Conservation and Management 26. Natural Regeneration after Harvesting Nelson Thiffault, Lluís Coll and Douglass F. Jacobs 27. Tropical Deforestation, Forest Degradation and REDD+ John A. Parrotta 28. Restoration of Forest Ecosystems David Lamb 29. Forest Fragmentation Ed Turner and Jake L. Snaddon 30. Ecological Effects of Logging and Approaches to Mitigating Impacts Paul Woodcock, Panu Halme and David P. Edwards 31. Pollution in Forests Mikhail V. Kozlov and Elena L. Zvereva 32. Biological Invasions in Forests and Forest Plantations Marcel Rejmánek Part 6: Forest and Climate Change 33. Fire and Climate: Using the Past to Predict the Future Justin Waito, Martin P. Girardin , Jacques C. Tardif, Christelle Hély, Olivier Blarquez and Adam A. Ali 34 Ecological Consequences of Droughts in Boreal Forests Changhui Peng 35. Assessing Responses of Tree Growth to Climate Change at Inter- and Intra-annual Temporal Scale Sergio Rossi, Jian-Guo Huang and Hubert Morin 36. Plant Movements in Response to Rapid Climate Change Richard T. Corlett 37. Forest Carbon Budgets and Climate Change Yadvinder Malhi, Sam Moore and Terhi Riutta 38. Modelling Climate Impacts on Forest Ecosystems David R. Galbraith and Bradley O. Christoffersen Part 7: Human Ecology 39. Multiple Roles of Non-timber Forest Products in Ecologies, Economies and Livelihoods Charlie M. Shackleton 40. Agriculture in the Forest: Ecology and Rationale of Shifting Cultivation Olivier Ducourtieux 41. Indigenous Forest Knowledge Hugo Asselin 42. Recreations in Forests Bruce Prideaux 43. Impacts of Hunting in Forests Rhett D. Harrison 44. The Ecology of Urban Forests Mark J. Mcdonnell and Dave Kendal

Kelvin Peh is a Lecturer in the Faculty of Natural and Environmental Sciences, University of Southampton, and also a Visiting Fellow in the Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, UK. 

Richard Corlett is Professor and Director of the Center for Integrative Conservation, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yunnan, China. He was previously a professor at the National University of Singapore and the University of Hong Kong. 

Yves Bergeron is Professor of Forest Ecology and Management at Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue and Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada.