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Forest Development in Cold Climates (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1993)
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Forest Development in Cold Climates (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1993)
Series: NATO Science Series A:, 244
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As forests decline in temperate and tropical climates,
highly-developed countries and those striving for greater economic
and social benefits are beginning to utilize marginal forests of
high-latitude and mountainous regions for resources to satisfy
human needs. The benefits of marginal forests range from purely
aesthetic to providing resources for producing many goods and
services demanded by a growing world population. Increased demands
for forest resources and amenities and recent warming of high
latitude climates have generated interest in reforestation and
afforestation of marginal habitats in cold regions. Afforestation
of treeless landscapes improves the environment for human
habitation and provides for land use and economic prosperity. Trees
are frequently planted in cold climates to rehabilitate denuded
sites, for the amenity of homes and villages, and for wind shelter,
recreation, agroforestry, and industrial uses. In addition, forests
in cold climates reduce the albedo of the earth's surface in
winter, and in summer they are small but significant long-lived
sinks for atmospheric carbon dioxide. Finally, growth and
reproductive success of forests at their geographic limits are
sensitive indices of climatic change. As efforts to adapt forests
to cold climates increase, however, new afforestation problems
arise and old ones intensify. Austral, northern, and altitudinal
tree limits are determined by many different factors. Current
hypotheses for high-latitude tree limits are based on low
growing-season temperatures that inhibit plant development and
reproduction.
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