ABSTRACT

Humans have influenced the landscapes and forests throughout the temperate and boreal zones for millennia. Restoration of Boreal and Temperate Forests, Second Edition focuses on the negative impact of human activity, and explains the importance of forest restoration as a way to repair habitat, restore forest structure and function, and counteract t

chapter 1|16 pages

What Is Forest Restoration?

ByJohn A. Stanturf

chapter 2|20 pages

What Is a Natural Forest?

ByRichard H.W. Bradshaw

chapter 3|32 pages

Effects of Restoration at the Stand Level

ByChadwick D. Oliver, Kevin L. O’Hara, and Patrick J. Baker

chapter 4|16 pages

Integrating Ungulate Herbivory into Forest Landscape Restoration

ByThomas P. Rooney, Rita Buttenschøn, Palle Madsen, Carsten Riis Olesen, Alejandro A. Royo, and Susan L. Stout

chapter 5|18 pages

Site Preparation Techniques for Forest Restoration

ByMagnus Löf, Back Tomas Ersson, Joakim Hjältén, Tomas Nordfjell, Juan A. Oliet, and Ian Willoughby

chapter 6|62 pages

Developing Restoration Strategies for Temperate Forests Using Natural Regeneration Processes

ByHolger Fischer, Franka Huth, Ulrike Hagemann, Sven Wagner

chapter 8|14 pages

Afforestation and Land Use Dynamics in the Baltic States

ByKalev Jõgiste, Marek Metslaid, Veiko Uri

chapter 9|16 pages

Afforestation in Denmark

ByPalle Madsen, Finn A. Jensen, Søren Fodgaard

chapter 10|16 pages

Forest Restoration and Rehabilitation in the Republic of Korea

ByDon Koo Lee, Pil Sun Park, Yeong Dae Park

chapter 11|18 pages

Forest Landscape Restoration in China: A Case Study in the Minjiang River Watershed, Southwest China

ByShirong Liu, Jiangming Ma, Ning Miao

chapter 12|20 pages

Restoration and Ecosystem-Based Management in the Circumboreal Forest: Background, Challenges, and Opportunities

ByTimo Kuuluvainen, Yves Bergeron, K. David Coates

chapter 13|28 pages

Integrating Forest Restoration into Mainstream Land Management in British Columbia, Canada

ByTanis L. Gower, Philip J. Burton, Mike Fenger

chapter 15|16 pages

Irish Peatland Forests: Lessons from the Past and Pathways to a Sustainable Future

ByFlorence Renou-Wilson, Kenneth A. Byrne

chapter 16|18 pages

Forest Restoration in the French Massif Central Mountains

ByPhilippe Balandier, Bernard Prévosto

chapter 17|10 pages

Conversion of Norway Spruce (Picea abies [L.] Karst.) Forests in Europe

ByJörg Hansen, Heinrich Spiecker

chapter 19|24 pages

Restoration of Open Oak Woodlands in Mediterranean Ecosystems of Western Iberia and California

ByMariola Sánchez-González, Guillermo Gea-Izquierdo, Fernando Pulido, Vanda Acácio, Doug McCreary, and Isabel Cañellas

chapter 20|28 pages

Restoration of Midwestern Oak Woodlands and Savannas

ByDaniel C. Dey, John M. Kabrick

chapter 22|22 pages

Restoring Longleaf Pine Forest Ecosystems in the Southern United States

ByDale G. Brockway, Kenneth W. Outcalt, Donald J. Tomczak, Everett E. Johnson

chapter 23|28 pages

Restoring Dry and Moist Forests of the Inland Northwestern United States

ByTheresa B. Jain, Russell T. Graham

chapter 24|24 pages

Options for Promoting the Recovery and Rehabilitation of Forests Affected by Severe Insect Outbreaks

ByPhilip J. Burton, Miroslav Svoboda, Daniel Kneeshaw, Kurt W. Gottschalk

chapter 25|16 pages

Restoring Boreal and Temperate Forests: A Perspective

ByJohn A. Stanturf