Globally, forests represent highly productive ecosystems that act as carbon sinks where soil
organic matter is formed from residuals after biomass decomposition as well as from …

The conservation of plants has not generated the sense of urgency—or the funding—that
drives the conservation of animals, although plants are far more important for us. There are …

This Element provides an accessible introduction to ecosemiotics and demonstrates its
pertinence for the study of today's unstable culture-nature relations. Ecosemiotics can be …

Confronted with an unprecedented scale of human-induced environmental crisis, there is a
need for new modes of theorizing that would abandon human exceptionalism and …

The use of native species in forest restoration has been increasingly recognized as an
effective means of restoring ecosystem functions and biodiversity to degraded areas across …

Background The importance of structurally diverse forests for the conservation of biodiversity
and provision of a wide range of ecosystem services has been widely recognised. However …

Despite a century of study by ecologists, recovery following disturbances (succession) is not
fully understood. This book provides the first global synthesis that compares plant …

The diversity and composition of soil microbial community in forests are affected by
vegetation type, season, and soil properties, but the relative importance of these factors on …

Rapidly changing climate is likely to modify the spatial distribution of both flora and fauna.
Land use change continues to alter the availability and quality of habitat and further …

Forests are highly productive ecosystems that contribute to biogeochemical cycles of carbon
and nitrogen, through which it regulates climate and global change. Forests are also …