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This second edition of the conifer book PINES is an amended and updated version of the first edition, which sold out in 2002. The scope and structure of the book have been maintained. It includes several taxonomic changes and presents a new chapter on phylogeny. Conservation aspects have been added. The book contains a total of 92 drawings and 103 distribution maps.
Pine wilt disease (PWD) is unquestionably a major threat to forest ecosystems worldwide. After seriously affecting Eastern Asian countries, the challenge is now in Europe, following its detection in Portugal in 1999 and its subsequent spread. For foresters, these were really very bad news and, in order for adequate action to be taken, scientists had to teach politicians about the seriousness of the problem. That is never an easy task, but it was successfully done at that time, mainly by the continued effort of Professor Manuel Mota. The challenge of having political decisions based on good science is fundamental for the success of any program, but especially in dif?cult situations such as th...
Reproduction of the original: The different modes of cultivating the pine-apple by John Claudius Loudon
"In this book, the authors gather and present current research in the study of the types, threats and management of pine forests. Topics discussed include the sustainability of harvested stands of ponderosa pine forests; climatic and anthropogenic threats to the semi-arid inner Asian pine forests; fructification and species conservation on pinus halepensis Mill forests in Tunisia; evapotranspiration in pinus sylvestris and pinus uncinata forest plots from a water balance component measurement; genetics studies of the Brazilian pine forest ecosystem; potential carbon sequestraion for forest soils under pinus halepensis using RothC models and pine forest species and threats in Israel."--Pub. desc.
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This type of exercise of review and analysis for one component (carbon) of a relatively simple forest type is more generally useful in focusing thought and perhaps field research; critical knowledge gaps identified for pines presumably also apply to more complex forest ecosystems. This volume also serves to illustrate the value of comparative field studies, which in this case were totally unplanned and retrospective.
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