TY  - BOOK
AU  - Caldwell,M.M.
AU  - Heldmaier,G.
AU  - Jackson,R.B.
AU  - Lange,O.L.
AU  - Mooney,H.A.
AU  - Schulze,E.-D.
AU  - Sommer,U.
AU  - Wielgolaski,Frans E.
AU  - Karlsson,P.Staffan
AU  - Neuvonen,Seppo
AU  - Thannheiser,Dietbert
ED  - SpringerLink (Online service)
TI  - Plant Ecology, Herbivory, and Human Impact in Nordic Mountain Birch Forests
T2  - Ecological Studies, Analysis and Synthesis,
SN  - 9783540265955
AV  - QH540-549.5 
U1  - 577 23
PY  - 2005///
CY  - Berlin, Heidelberg
PB  - Springer Berlin Heidelberg
KW  - Life sciences
KW  - Ecology
KW  - Ecosystems
KW  - Forestry
KW  - Plant science
KW  - Botany
KW  - Climate change
KW  - Environmental management
KW  - Life Sciences
KW  - Plant Sciences
KW  - Environmental Management
KW  - Climate Change
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - local
N1  - History and Environment of the Nordic Mountain Birch -- Soils and Nutrients in Northern Mountain Birch Forests: A Case Study from Finnmarksvidda, Northern Norway -- Vegetation of the Mountain Birch Forest in Northern Fennoscandia -- Biomass and Production on a Landscape Level in the Mountain Birch Forests -- Mountain Birch Growth in Relation to Climate and Herbivores -- Effects of Temperature Changes on Survival and Growth in Mountain Birch Populations -- Phenology and Performance of Mountain Birch Provenances in Transplant Gardens: Latitudinal, Altitudinal and Oceanity-Continentality Gradients -- Synthesis Section 1: A Dynamic Forest in a Changing Environment -- Forest Defoliation Risks in Birch Forest by Insects Under Different Climate and Land Use Scenarios in Northern Europe -- Birch Sapling Responses to Severity and Timing of Domestic Herbivore Browsing — Implications for Management -- Effects of Reindeer Grazing on Pastures - A Necessary Basis for Sustainable Reindeer Herding -- Long-Term Influence of Herbivores on Northern Birch Forests -- Synthesis Section 2: Herbivory in Northern Birch Forests -- Rates and Processes of Natural Regeneration in Disturbed Habitats -- Recreation at Tree Line and Interactions with Other Land-Use Activities -- Economic Limits and Possibilities for Sustainable Utilization of Northern Birch Forests -- The Vegetation Changes and Recent Impact on the Mountain Birch Forest During the Last 40 Years -- Sámi Approaches to Mountain Birch Utilization in Northern Sápmi (Finland and Norway) -- Sustainable Reindeer Herding in Mountain Birch Ecosystem -- Competition Over Nature, Space, Resources and Management in the Mountain Birch Forest Ecosystem in Northernmost Fennoscandia: A Synthesis -- Landscape-Scale Model Relating the Nordic Mountain Birch Forest Spatio-Temporal Dynamics to Various Anthropogenic Influences, Herbivory and Climate Change -- Scenarios for Future Development of the Mountain Birch Ecosystem -- Managing the Nordic Mountain Birch Ecosystem: Local Communities and the State in Finland’s Forestry -- Policies and Developing Plans Towards Sustainability of Mountain Birch Ecosystems in Scandinavia -- The Nordic Mountain Birch Ecosystem - Challenges to Sustainable Management
UR  - http://ezproxy.alfaisal.edu/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/b137859
ER  -