Old-Growth Forests (English, Christian Wirth | Gerd Gleixner | Martin Heimann)

About the Book

Many terms often used to describe old-growth forests imply that these forests are less vigorous, less productive and less stable than younger forests. But research in the last two decades has yielded results that challenge the view of old-growth forests being in decline. Given the importance of forests in battling climate change and the fact that old-growth forests are shrinking at a rate of 0.5% per year, these new results have come not a moment…

ISBN: 9783540927051