Front Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Contributors -- Abbreviations -- Dedications -- SECTION 1 INTRODUCTION TO WOODY HABITAT -- Chapter 1 Survey of trees: their global significance, architecture, and early evolution -- Introduction -- Types of trees -- Importance of trees for civilization -- Tree architecture -- The evolution of land plants and trees -- SECTION 2 WORLD DISTRIBUTION OF FORESTS -- Chapter 2 Northern boreal and montane coniferous forests -- Introduction -- Conifers of the boreal forest belt -- Montane conifers -- Coastal conifers -- Concluding remarks -- Chapter 3 Temperate deciduous and temperate rain forests -- Temperate deciduous forests (TDFs) -- Temperate rain forests (TRFs) -- Chapter 4 Temperate mixed evergreen forests -- Introduction -- Temperate evergreen forests of Australia -- Temperate evergreen forests of Tasmania and New Zealand -- Temperate evergreen forests of South Africa -- Temperate evergreen forests of northern and central Chile -- Temperate mixed evergreen forests of the Mediterranean -- Chapter 5 Tropical and sub-tropical rain and dry forests -- Introduction -- The forests of tropical America -- The forests of southeast Asia and Australia -- The forests of Africa -- Old world dry semi-deciduous forests -- Montane forests -- Secondary forests -- SECTION 3 TREE MORPHOLOGY, ANATOMY, AND HISTOLOGY -- Chapter 6 Woody thickening in trees and shrubs -- Introduction -- Vascular activity in broadleaved and coniferous trees -- Structure and function of bark -- SECTION 4 TREE PATHOLOGY -- Chapter 7 The role of cell-wall polymers in disease resistance in woody plants -- Introduction -- The molecular structure of cell-wall polymers -- The cell wall as a physical barrier to infection -- Active defence mechanisms involving the cell wall -- Future developments.

Chapter 8 Microbial and viral pathogens, and plant parasites of plantation and forest trees -- Introduction -- Tree root diseases -- Diseases of stems -- Diseases of foliage -- Decay -- Rust diseases -- Wilt diseases -- Virus diseases -- Parasitic plants -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter 9 Insect pests of some important forest trees -- Introduction -- Sap feeders -- Bark and stem borers -- Shoot borers -- Bark chewers -- Defoliators -- Termites -- Concluding remarks -- SECTION 5 FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT, TREE SURGERY, PROPAGATION, AND CONSERVATION -- Chapter 10 General forest ecological processes -- Introduction -- Size and growth -- Light -- Water -- Nutrients -- Coarse woody debris -- Evergreen and deciduous leaves -- Concluding remarks -- Chapter 11 Silvicultural systems -- Introduction -- Ecological principles in forest regeneration -- Classification of systems -- Even-aged systems -- Uneven-aged systems -- Silvicultural systems in different parts of the tropics -- Concluding remarks -- Chapter 12 Tree pruning and surgery in arboriculture -- Introduction -- Rationale and problems of tree surgery -- Tree pruning techniques -- Phenology -- Pollarding -- Artificial support systems -- Tree felling -- Concluding remarks -- Chapter 13 Tree propagation for forestry and arboriculture -- Introduction -- Overview of concepts -- Propagation by seed -- Vegetative propagation -- Handling of young propagules -- Ethics in tree propagation -- Chapter 14 Forest and woodland conservation -- Introduction -- Reserve size -- Population size -- Conservation genetics -- The human component -- Maintaining biological interactions -- Reserve management -- Education and capacity building -- Concluding remarks -- References and general reading -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X.

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