Forests and Forest Plants

Edited by : John N. Owens,

Centre for Forest Biology, University of Victoria, Canada

H. Gyde Lund,

Forest Information Services, USA

Forests and Forest Plants

John N. Owens, Center for Forest Biology, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, and Consultant, Forest Technologies, Jomtein, Chonburi, Thailand

H. Gyde Lund, Consultant, Forest Information Services, Manassas, Virginia, USA

National Forest Inventories and Global Resource Assessments

H. Gyde Lund, Forest Information Services, USA

Forest Land Resources

Juan Picos, Environment and Natural Resources Engineering Department, Vigo University, Spain
Enrique Valero Gutiérrez del Olmo, Environment and Natural Resources Engineering Department, Vigo University, Spain

Classification and Distribution of Forest by Geography

Sergio Cinnirella, Italian National Research Council, Institute for Atmospheric Pollution (CNR-IIA), Division of Rende, Italy

Boreal and Temperate Forests

Sean C. Thomas, Faculty of Forestry, University of Toronto, Canada
James MacLellan, Faculty of Forestry, University of Toronto, Canada

Tropical and Subtropical Forests

Irene Seling, Fachhochschule Furtwangen, University of Applied Sciences Furtwangen, Germany
Peter Spathelf, State Forest Administration of Baden-Wrttemberg at Tubingen,Germany

Forest Plantations

Julian Evans, Department for Environmental Science and Technology, Earth Sciences and Engineering, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, University of London, UK

Forest Ecology

James Peter (Hamish) Kimmins, Department of Forest Sciences, Faculty of Forestry, University of British Columbia, Canada

Forests in Environmental Protection

John L. Innes, Department of Forest Resources Management, University of British Columbia, Forest Sciences Centre, Canada

Understory Plants in Temperate Forests

Joseph A. Antos, Department of Biology, University of Victoria, Canada

Urban Forestry

David J. Nowak, USDA Forest Service, Northeastern Research Station, USA
John F. Dwyer, USDA Forest Service, USA

Multipurpose Sustainable Forest Management

Philip Wallace West, SciWest Consulting, Australia

Agroforestry

Donald James Mead, Silviculture Advisor, USA

Forest Recreation on Private Lands

Jeffrey A. Langholz, Graduate School of International Policy Studies, Monterey Institute of International Studies, USA

Important Tree Species

R.K. Kohli, D.R. Batish and H.P. Singh, Department of Botany, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India

Coniferous Trees

Aljos Farjon, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, UK

Temperate Hardwoods

James E. Eckenwalder, Department of Botany, University of Toronto, Canada

Tropical Hardwoods

Batish, Daizy R., Singh H.P., Kohli R.K., and Dhiman R, Center for Environment, Department of Botany, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India

Tree Species in Reclamation

Nico E. Marcar, CSIRO Forestry and Forest Products, Australia

Arid Zone Forestry with Special Reference to Indian Hot Arid Zone

Arun K. Sharma, Central Arid Zone Research Institute (CAZRI), India
J.C. Tewari, Central Arid Zone Research Institute, India

Forests and Forest Products

History, Nature and Products of Wood

Robert L. Youngs, Brooks Forest Products Center, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, USA

Cellulose and Pulp

Hsiu Hwa (Cathy) Wang, Department of Wood Science and Technology, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, Taiwan

Food, Forage and Medicinal Resources of Forests

Nancy J. Turner, School of Environmental Studies, University of Victoria, Canada
Sarah E. Turner, Department of Anthropology, University of Victoria, Canada

Energy Resources: Biomass & Fuel

H.W. Kong, Malaysia

Products of Resin Processing

William M. Ciesla, Forest Health Management International, USA

Wildlife and Tourism in Forest Ecosystems

Stefan Gössling, Human Ecology Division, Lund University, Sweden

Bamboos and Rattans

Cherla Sastry

Forests in the Biosphere

Mohammed Ellatifi, Forest Service, Ministry in Charge of Waters and Forests, Casablanca Office, Morocco

The Role of Forests in the Preservation of Biodiversity

Judy A. Loo, Canadian Forest Service, Canada

The Role of Forests in the Hydrological Cycle

John M. Roberts, Centre for Ecology and Hydrology-Wallingford, UK

Role of Trees in Croplands

Tang Ya, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Science, China

Multipurpose Sustain. For. Man.

Deep Narayan Pandey, Indian Forest Service, Faculty of Ecosystem Management and Technical Forestry, Indian Institute of Forest Management, India

Flow and Conservation of Energy in Forests

Arthur L. Fredeen, Forestry Program, Faculty of Natural Resources & Environmental Studies, University of Northern British Columbia, Canada

Conservation and Breeding of Forest Trees

Gene Namkoong, Professor retired: North Carolina State University and the University of British Columbia, and Principal: International Forestry Genetics Research Associates, USA

Multipurpose Sustainable Forest Management

Philip Wallace West, SciWest Consulting, Australia

Techniques in Forest Tree Breeding

Alvin Dale Yanchuk, Research Branch, British Columbia Forest Service, Canada

Structure, Growth, Development and Reproduction of Forest Trees

John N. Owens, Centre for Forest Biology, University of Victoria, Canada

Silvicultural Systems for Boreal and Temperate Forests

Darwin Burgess, Natural Resources Canada, Pacific Forestry Centre, Canada
A.K. Mitchell, Natural Resources Canada, Pacific Forestry Centre, Canada
Pasi Puttonen, Department of Forest Ecology, University of Helsinki, Finland

Tropical Forest Plantations

Rodolfo Salazar F., CATIE, Costa Rica

Agroforestry Systems

Donald James Mead, Silviculture Advisor, USA

Producing Planting Stock in Forest Nurseries

Marek J. Krasowski, Faculty of Forestry and Environmental Management, University of New Brunswick, Canada

Forest Pest and Fire Management

John H. Borden, Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Frazer University, Canada

Forest Resource Management

Lingzhi Chen, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, P. R. China

Forest Economics: Giving Content to the Relationship Between Forests and Societies

Jussi Uusivuori, Finnish Forest Research Institute Metla, Finland

Wood Physics and Drying

Hee-Suk Jung, Emeritus Professor, College of Agriculture & Life Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Hwanmyeong Yeo, College of Agriculture & Life Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea

Diseases of Forest and Shade Trees

Pierluigi (Enrico) Bonello and Stephen Woodward, Department of Plant Pathology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Feed Production Constraints, Climate Resilience and Livestock Production

Veerasamy Sejian, Centre for Climate Resilient Animal Adaptation Studies, ICAR-National Institute of Animal Nutrition and Physiology, ICAR, Bangalore, India
Raghavendra BhattaCentre for Climate Resilient Animal Adaptation Studies, ICAR -National Institute of Animal Nutrition and Physiology, ICAR, Bangalore, India
John B Gaughan, School of Agriculture and Food Sciences, The University of Queensland, Queensland, Australia
Frank R Dunshea, Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
Nicola Lacetera, Department of Agriculture and Forest Science, University of Tuscia, Viterbo-01100, Italy
Rattan Lal, Carbon Management and Sequestration Centre, School of Environment and Natural Resources, The Ohio State University, Columbus, USA