Overview
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Johann Georg Goldammer
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Max Planck Institute for Chemistry-Freiburg University, Mainz-Freiburg, Germany
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Valentin V. Furyaev
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V.N. Sukachev Institute of Forestry and Timber, Russian Academy of Sciences, Krasnoyarsk, Russia
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Table of contents (49 chapters)
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Ecological Effects of Fire
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Fire, Atmosphere, and Climate Change
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- W. R. Cofer III, E. L. Winstead, B. J. Stocks, D. R. Cahoon, J. G. Goldammer, J. S. Levine
Pages 465-475
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- B. J. Stocks, T. J. Lynham
Pages 481-494
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- M. A. Fosberg, B. J. Stocks, T. J. Lynham
Pages 495-504
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- R. W. Wein, W. J. de Groot
Pages 505-512
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Annex II
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- Johann Georg Goldammer, Valentin V. Furyaev
Pages 516-517
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Annex III
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- Johann Georg Goldammer, Valentin V. Furyaev
Pages 518-524
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Back Matter
Pages 525-531
About this book
One of the first priority areas among joint East/West research programs is the rational use of natural resources and sustainable development of regions. In the boreal zone of North America and Eurasia forests are economically very important and, at the same time highly vulnerable to disturbances. Because of its size and ecological functions the boreal forest zone and its most dynamic disturbance factor - fire - play an important role in ecosystem processes on global scale. Interest within the global change research community in Northern Eurasia (Fennoscandia, European Russia, Siberia, and the Far East of Russia) has grown dramatically in the last few years. It is a vast area about which very little is known. It is a region where temperature rise due to anthropogenic climate forcing is predicted to be the greatest, and where the consequent feedbacks to the atmosphere are potentially large. In addition, it is poised to undergo rapid economic development, which may lead to large and significant changes to its land cover. Much of this interest in Northern Eurasia, as in the high latitude regions in general, is centerd on its role in the global carbon cycle, which is likely to be significantly affected under global change. New research initiatives between Western and Eastern countries have been designed to address a series of phenomena, problems and management solutions.
Editors and Affiliations
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Max Planck Institute for Chemistry-Freiburg University, Mainz-Freiburg, Germany
Johann Georg Goldammer
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V.N. Sukachev Institute of Forestry and Timber, Russian Academy of Sciences, Krasnoyarsk, Russia
Valentin V. Furyaev