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The first volume of the manual "The forests handbook" presents an overview of forest science and consists of the following parts and chapters:
Part 1: Forest Resources and Types
Ch. 1. Global Forest Resources: History and Dynamics (author: J.B. Ball). Ch. 2. Forest Types and Classification (R.L. Hendrick).
Part 2: Biological and Ecological Processes
Ch. 3. Genetics and Speciation in the World’s Forests (G. Namkoong, M.P. Koshy). Ch. 4. Structural Dynamics of Forest Stands and Natural Processes (G.F. Peterken). Ch. 5. Biological Interactions and Disturbance: Plants and Animals (J. Ghazoul, E.A. Simmons). Ch. 6. Biological Interactions and Disturbance: Invertebrates (H.F. Evans).
Part 3: Environmental Interactions
Ch. 7. Forest Soils (P.M. Attiwill, C.J. Weston). Ch.8. Ecophysiology of Forests (R.H. Waring, A.R. Ludlow). Ch. 9. Models for Pure and Mixed Forests (H. Pretzsch). Ch. 10. Forests and the Atmosphere (P.G. Jarvis, D.G. Fowler). Ch. 11. Environmental Stresses to Forests (P.H. Freer-Smith).
Part 4: Social and Human Interface
Ch. 13. Trees in the Urban Environment (K. Nilsson, T.B. Randrup, B.M. Wandall). Ch. 14. The Importance of Social Values (S. Bass). Ch. 15. Non-timber Forest Products and Rural Poverty: an Economic Analysis (W. Cavendish).
Synthesis and conclusions