Forest Management and the Water Cycle: An Ecosystem-Based Approach

✍ Scribed by Patrick Schleppi (auth.), Michael Bredemeier, Shabtai Cohen, Douglas L. Godbold, Elve Lode, Viliam Pichler, Patrick Schleppi (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer Netherlands
• Year: 2011
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 526
• Series: Ecological Studies 212
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The protective function of forests for water quality and water-related hazards, as well as adequate water supplies for forest ecosystems in Europe, are potentially at risk due to changing climate and changing land-management practices. Water budgets of forest ecosystems are heavily dependent on climate and forest structure. The latter is determined by the management measures applied in the forestry sector. Various developments of forest management strategies, imposed on a background of changing climate, are considered in assessing the overall future of forest–water interactions in Europe.

Synthesizing recent research on the interactions of forest management and the water regime of forests in Europe and beyond, the book makes an important contribution to the ongoing dialogue between scientists dealing with different scales of forest-water interactions. This collaborative endeavour, which covers geographic and climatic gradients from Iceland to Israel and from southern Spain to Estonia and Finland, was made possible through the COST Action "Forest Management and the Water Cycle (FORMAN)", which was launched in 2007 (http://www.forestandwater.eu/).

The book will be of particular interest to the research community involved in forest ecosystem research and forest hydrology, as well as landscape ecologists and hydrologists in general. It will also provide reference material for forest practitioners and planners in hydrology and land use.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xv
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Introduction....Pages 3-4
Hydrological Effects on Below Ground Processes in Temperate and Mediterranean Forests....Pages 5-29
Above Ground Processes: Anticipating Climate Change Influences....Pages 31-64
Field Studies of Whole-Tree Leaf and Root Distribution and Water Relations in Several European Forests....Pages 65-88
Forested Water Catchments in a Changing Environment....Pages 89-110
Forest Development in the European Alps and Potential Consequences on Hydrological Regime....Pages 111-126
Effects of Climate Change on the Vulnerability of Norway Spruce Stands – Soil Hydrological Constraints for Forest Management in Austria’s Lowlands....Pages 127-140
Observed Climate Change in Croatia and Its Impact on the Hydrology of Lowlands....Pages 141-162
The Case of Yatir Forest....Pages 163-186
How Mediterranean Deciduous Trees Cope with Long Summer Drought? The Case of Quercus pyrenaica Forests in Western Spain....Pages 187-201
Front Matter....Pages 203-203
Introduction....Pages 205-207
Changes in Forest Cover and its Diversity....Pages 209-224
Afforestation Strategies with Respect to Forest–Water Interactions....Pages 225-245
Tree Species’ Tolerance to Water Stress, Salinity and Fire....Pages 247-261
Overland Flow, Soil Erosion and Stream Water Quality in Forest Under Different Perturbations and Climate Conditions....Pages 263-289
Forest Management Effects on Below-Ground Hydrological Processes....Pages 291-312
Adjustment of Forest Management Strategies to Changing Climate....Pages 313-329
Front Matter....Pages 331-331
Introduction....Pages 333-334
Forest Management and the Water Cycle: An Integrated Introduction to Scaling....Pages 335-349
Multidimensionality of Scales and Approaches for Forest–Water Interactions....Pages 351-380
Front Matter....Pages 331-331
Fundamentals of Model Scaling in Forest Ecology....Pages 381-395
Up- and Downscaling Model Approaches for Water Relations in Forest Management from Plot to Landscape Level....Pages 397-417
A Small Catchment Scale Approach for Modeling Effects of Forest Management on Water Cycle in Boreal Landscape....Pages 419-433
Large Scale Approach to Forest and Water Interactions....Pages 435-452
Model-Based Assessment of Forest Land Management on Water Dynamics at Various Hydrological Scales – A Case Study....Pages 453-469
Typological Up-Scaling of Wooded Peatlands....Pages 471-496
Difficulties of Scaling in Forest and Water Management in Urban Areas: Social and Institutional Dimension....Pages 497-506
Synthesis and Outlook....Pages 507-512
Back Matter....Pages 513-531

✦ Subjects

Forestry