Ecosystem goods and services from plantation forests [electronic resource] / edited by Jürgen Bauhus, Peter van der Meer and Markku Kanninen.
Plantation forests often have a negative image. They are typically assumed to be poor substitutes for natural forests, particularly in terms of biodiversity conservation, carbon storage, provision of clean drinking water and other non-timber goods and services. Often they are monocultures that do no...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London ; Washington, DC :
Earthscan,
2010.
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| Series: | Earthscan forest library.
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| Summary: | Plantation forests often have a negative image. They are typically assumed to be poor substitutes for natural forests, particularly in terms of biodiversity conservation, carbon storage, provision of clean drinking water and other non-timber goods and services. Often they are monocultures that do not appear to invite people for recreation and other direct uses. Yet as this book clearly shows, they can play a vital role in the provision of ecosystem services, when compared to agriculture and other forms of land use or when natural forests have been degraded. This is the first book to examine exp. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xvii, 254 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781849776417 1849776415 |