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Foreword; D. Suzuki -- Preface; D.A. DellaSala -- 1. Just What Are Temperate and Boreal Rainforests?; D.A. DellaSala et al -- 2. Temperate and Boreal Rainforests of the Pacific Coast of North America; D.A. DellaSala et al -- 3. Temperate and Boreal Rainforests of Inland Northwestern North America; D.A. DellaSala et al -- 4. Perhumid Boreal and Hemiboreal Forests of Eastern Canada; S.R. Clayden et al -- 5. ValdivianTemperate Rainforests of Chile and Argentina; D. Tecklin et al -- 6. Temperate and Boreal Rainforest Relicts of Europe; D.A. DellaSala et al -- 7. Temperate Rainforests of Japan; Y. Nakamura et al -- 8. Temperate Rainforests of Australasia; J.B. Kirkpatrick, D.A. DellaSala -- 9. Rainforests at the Margins:Regional Profiles; D.A. DellaSala. Regional Profile: Colchic and HyrcanicTemperate Rainforests of the Western Eurasian Caucasus; G. Nakhutsrishvili et al. Regional Profile: Humidity-Dependent Forests of the Russian Far East, Inland Southern Siberia, and the Eastern Korean Peninsula; P.V. Krestov et al. Regional Profile: Knysna-TsitsikammaTemperate Rainforests of South Africa; P.E. Hosten, J.M. Rossa -- 10. Crosscutting Issues and Conservation Strategies; D.A. DellaSala et al -- 11. A Global Strategy for Rainforests in the Era of Climate Change; J. Fitzgerald et al -- Contributors -- Index.

9780128135761_WEB1_missing -- Front Cover -- Encyclopedia of the Anthropocene -- Copyright -- Acknowledgments and Dedications -- The Anthropocene: How the Great Acceleration Is Transforming the Planet at Unprecedented Levels -- References -- Basis for Establishment of Geologic Eras, Periods, and Epochs -- References -- Finding a ``Golden Spike´´ to Mark the Anthropocene -- References -- Arguments for a formal Global Boundary Stratotype Section and Point for the Anthropocene -- References -- The Geomorphology of the Human Age -- References -- The 1950s as the Beginning of the Anthropocene -- References -- Sediments of the Anthropocene -- References -- Historical Overview of the Natural Gas Industry -- Introduction -- References -- Concrete: The Most Abundant Novel Rock Type of the Anthropocene -- References -- Relevant Websites -- Hydrology in the Anthropocene -- References -- Fluxes of Trace Metals on a Global Scale -- Abbreviations -- References -- Impacts of Anthropocene Fossil Fuel Combustion on Atmospheric Iron Supply to the Ocean -- References -- Further Reading -- Greatly Increased CO2 -- References -- Anthropogenic Soils as the Marker -- References -- Plastics in the Ocean -- References -- Evidence in Polar Ice Records -- References -- Humanly Modified Ground -- References -- Multimedia Components -- Plastics and the Anthropocene -- References -- The Anthropocene-A Potential Stratigraphic Definition Based on Black Carbon, Char, and Soot Records -- References -- Magnetic Particulates as Markers of Fossil Fuel Burning -- References -- Relevant Websites -- Spheroidal Carbonaceous Fly Ash Particles in the Anthropocene -- References -- Relevant Websites -- Isotopic Signatures -- References -- Geochemical Records in Speleothems -- References -- Chemical Signals of the Anthropocene -- References.

The Ecological Importance of High-Severity Fires, presents information on the current paradigm shift in the way people think about wildfire and ecosystems. While much of the current forest management in fire-adapted ecosystems, especially forests, is focused on fire prevention and suppression, little has been reported on the ecological role of fire, and nothing has been presented on the importance of high-severity fire with regards to the maintenance of native biodiversity and fire-dependent ecosystems and species. This text fills that void, providing a comprehensive reference for documenting and synthesizing fire's ecological role

Introduction: Defining and interpreting ecological disturbances -- Forest Disturbances: Scale-dependence, Natural vs. Anthropogenic Disturbance, Length of Recovery or Succession. Wildlife responses to abiotic conditions, herbivory, and management of Aspen communities ; Fire-mediated biological legacies in dry forested ecosystems of the Pacific Northwest USA -- Emerging Disturbances Amidst Global Change: Non-native Species, Disease, and Synergies with Other Disturbances. Context-dependent effects of livestock grazing in deserts of Western North America ; Response of tick-borne disease to fire and timber harvesting mechanisms and case studies across scales -- Land-use Disturbance: Landscape Pattern, Resilience, and Recovery. Microbes to bobcats: biological refugia of Appalachian reclaimed coal mines ; Toward a theory of connectivity among depressional wetlands of the Great Plains: resiliency to natural and anthropogenic disturbance within a wetland network.