Old-Growth Forests

Chapter 1 Old-Growth Forests: Function, Fate and Value – an Overview

Chapter 2 Old-Growth Forest Definitions: a Pragmatic View

Chapter 3 Old Trees and the Meaning of ‘Old’

Chapter 4 Ecophysiological Characteristics of Mature Trees and Stands - Consequences for Old-Growth Forest Productivity

Chapter 5 The Imprint of Species Turnover on Old-Growth Forest Carbon Balances - Insights From a Trait-Based Model of Forest Dynamics

Chapter 6 Functional Relationships Between Old-Growth Forest Canopies, Understorey Light and Vegetation Dynamics

Chapter 7 Biosphere–Atmosphere Exchange of Old-Growth Forests: Processes and Pattern

Chapter 8 Woody Detritus its Contribution to Carbon Dynamics of Old-Growth Forests: the Temporal Context

Chapter 9 Aboveground and Belowground Consequences of Long-Term Forest Retrogression in the Timeframe of Millennia and Beyond

Chapter 10 Rooting Patterns of Old-Growth Forests: is Aboveground Structural and Functional Diversity Mirrored Belowground?

Chapter 11 Soil Carbon Accumulation in Old-Growth Forests

Chapter 12 Is There a Theoretical Limit to Soil Carbon Storage in Old-Growth Forests? A Model Analysis with Contrasting Approaches

Chapter 13 Old-Growth Forests in the Canadian Boreal: the Exception Rather than the Rule?

Chapter 14 Biomass Chronosequences of United States Forests: Implications for Carbon Storage and Forest Management

Chapter 15 Temperate and Boreal Old-Growth Forests: How do Their Growth Dynamics and Biodiversity Differ from Young Stands and Managed Forests?

Chapter 16 Old-Growth Temperate Rainforests of South America: Conservation, Plant–Animal Interactions, and Baseline Biogeochemical Processes

Chapter 17 Old-Growth Forests

Chapter 18 Detecting Intact Forests from Space: Hot Spots of Loss, Deforestation and the UNFCCC

Chapter 20 Old-Growth Forests in the Context of International Environmental Agreements

Chapter 21 Old-Growth Forests: Function, Fate and Value – a Synthesis