Managing forests as complex adaptive systems. Building resilience to the challenge of global change

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Parte 1. Setting the stage: 1. Managing Forests as Complex Adaptive Systems: Introductory Concepts and Applications / Klaus J Puettmann, Christian Messier and K. David Coates - 2. An Introduction to Complexity Science / Lael Parrott and Holger Lange - Parte 2. Complexity and complex adaptive systems in different forest biomes: 3. Tropical Forests as Complex Adaptive Systems / Robin L. Chazdon and Juan Pablo Arroyo - 4. Complexity in Temperate Forest Dynamics / Sybille Haeussler, Charles D Canham and K. David Coates - 5. Exploring Complexity in Boreal Forests / Philip J. Burton - Parte 3. Management under the complex adaptive system and resilience paradigm: 6. Forest Restoration in a Changing World: Complexity and Adaptation Examples from the Great Lakes Region of North America / Meredith Cornett and Mark White - 7. Meta-networks of Fungi, Fauna and Flora as Agents of Complex Adaptive Systems / Suzanne Simard, Kathy Martin, Alan Vyse and Bruce Larson - 8. Complexity Confronting Tropical Silviculturists / Francis Putz - 9. Is Close-to-Nature Forest Management in Europe Compatible with Managing Forests as Complex Adaptive Forest Ecosystems? / Jürgen Bauhus, Klaus J. Puettmann, Christian Kühne - 10. Mediterranean Forests: Human Use And Complex Adaptive Systems / Susanna Nocentini and Lluis Coll - 11. Fennoscandian Boreal Forests as Complex Adaptive Systems: Properties, Management Challenges and Opportunities / Timo Kuuluvainen and Juha Siitonen - 12. Management of Tasmanian Eucalypt Forests as Complex Adaptive Systems / Sue Baker - 13. Managing Tree Plantations as Complex Adaptive Systems / Alain Paquette and Christian Messier - 14. A New Integrative Framework for Understanding and Managing the World Forest: The Complex Adaptive System / Christian Messier, Klaus J. Puettmann and K. David Coates