Temperate and boreal rainforests of the world : ecology and conservation

DellaSala, Dominick A., 1956- (Added Author).

Summary: While tropical rainforests have received much conservation attention and support for their protection, temperate and boreal rainforests have been largely overlooked. This book describes the ecology and conservation of these lesser-known rainforests in an attempt to place them on par with tropical rainforests in conservation efforts.

Record details

ISBN: 9781597266765 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN: 1597266760
ISBN: 9781597266758 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN: 1597266752 (cloth : alk. paper)
Physical Description: print
xvii, 295 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps ; 27 cm.
Publisher: Washington, DC : Island Press, c2011.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Just what are temperate and boreal rainforests? / Dominick A. DellaSala ... [et al.] -- Temperate and boreal rainforests of the Pacific Coast of North America / Dominick A. DellaSala ... [et al.] -- Temperate and boreal rainforests of inland northwestern North America / Dominick A. DellaSala ... [et al.] -- Perhumid boreal and hemiboreal forests of Eastern Canada / Stephen R. Clayden, Robert P. Cameron, John W. McCarthy -- Valdivian temperate rainforests of Chile and Argentina / David Tecklin ... [et al.] -- Temperate and boreal rainforest relicts of Europe / Dominick A. DellaSala ... [et al.] -- Temperate rainforests of Japan / Yukito Nakamura, Dominick A. DellaSala, Paul Alaback -- Temperate rainforests of Australasia / James B. Kirkpatrick, Dominick A. DellaSala -- Colchic and Hyrcanic temperate rainforests of the western Eurasian Caucasus / George Nakhutsrishvili, Nugzar Zazanashvili, Ketevan Batsatsashvili -- Humidity-dependent forests of the Russian Far East, inland Southern Siberia, and the eastern Korean peninsula / Pavel V. Krestov ... [et al.] -- Knysna-Tsitsikamma temperate rainforests of South Africa / Paul E. Hosten, Jeannine M. Rossa -- Crosscutting issues and conservation strategies / Dominick A. DellaSala ... [et al.] -- A global strategy for rainforests in the era of climate change / John Fitzgerald ... [et al.].