Biodiversity and Conservation in Forests

• Autor principal: Diana F. Tomback (Ed.) (auth)
• Formato: Electrónico Capítulo de libro
• Lenguaje: inglés
• Publicado: MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2019
• Materias: Environmental economics; conservation; global warming; biodiversity; exotic species; restoration
• Acceso en línea: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Global forest communities cover only about 30% of land areas, but they provide important ecosystem services, such as watershed protection, carbon sequestration, and oxygen production, as well as renewable forest products for human subsistence and markets. Forests also support the majority of the wor...