Forest Health: An Integrated Perspective

Abstract

Preface Part I. Forest Health and Mortality: 1. The past as key to the future: a new perspective on forest health S. A. Teale and J. D. Castello 2. Mortality: the essence of a healthy forest L. Zhang, B. D. Rubin and P. D. Manion 3. How do we do it, and what does it mean?: forest health case studies J. D. Castello, S. A. Teale and J. A. Cale Part II. Forest Health and its Ecological Components: 4. Regulators and terminators: the importance of biotic factors to a healthy forest S. A. Teale and J. D. Castello 5. Alien invasions: the effects of introduced species on forest structure and function D. Parry and S. A. Teale 6. Out of sight, underground: forest health, edaphic factors, and mycorrhizae R. D. Briggs and T. R. Horton 7. Earth, wind, and fire: abiotic factors and the impacts of global environmental change on forest health J. E. Lundquist, A. E. Camp, M. L. Tyrrell, S. J. Seybold, P. Cannon and D. J. Lodge Part III. Forest Health and the Human Dimension: 8. Silviculture, forest management, and forest health: an axe does not a forester make C. A. Nowak, R. H. Germain and A. P. Drew 9. Biodiversity, conservation, and sustainable timber harvest: can we have it all? S. P. Campbell, D. A. Patrick and J. P. Gibbs 10. Seeing the forest for the trees: forest health monitoring M. Fierke, D. Nowak and R. Hofstetter 11. What did we learn, and where does it leave us?: concluding thoughts J. D. Castello and S. A. Teale Appendix A. Microsoft Excel instructions for Chapter 2 Appendix B. Microsoft Excel instructions for Chapter 3 Appendix C. Glossary of terms Index.