Forest Health: An Integrated Perspective

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(2012), "Forest Health: An Integrated Perspective", Management of Environmental Quality, Vol. 23 No. 1. https://doi.org/10.1108/meq.2012.08323aaa.009

Forest Health: An Integrated Perspective

Forest Health: An Integrated Perspective

Article Type: Books and resources From: Management of Environmental Quality: An International Journal, Volume 23, Issue 1.

Edited by John D. Castello and Stephen A. TealeCambridge University PressCambridgeJune 2011404 pp.ISBN 9780521747417US$49.00

Forest Health: An Integrated Perspective is the first book to define an ecologically rational, conceptual framework that unifies and integrates the many sub-disciplines that comprise the science of forest health and protection. This new global approach applies to boreal, temperate, tropical, natural, managed, even-aged, un-even aged and urban forests, as well as plantations.

Readers of the text can use real datasets to assess the sustainability of four forests around the world. Datasets for the case studies are at www.cambridge.org/9780521766692, and the text provides stepwise instructions for performing the calculations in Microsoft Excel. Readers can follow along as the editors perform the same calculations and interpret the results. Elevating forest health from a fuzzy concept to an ecologically sound paradigm, this is essential reading for undergraduate and graduate students and professionals interested in forest health, protection, entomology, pathology, and ecology.