Pines and Their Mixed Forest Ecosystems in the Mediterranean Basin (Hardcover)

1. Evolution, genetics and distribution.- 1.1. Phylogenesis and evolution of Mediterranean pines; D. Grivet.- 1.2. Aleppo pine population genetics and genomics; G.G. Vendramin et al.- 1.3. Pine breeding under global climate change; J. Climent, R. de la Mata.- 1.4. Adaptive selection, plasticity patterns and range shifts of Mediterranean pines in response to climate change; Benito-Garzon et al.- 1.5. Pines of the Mediterranean Basin as invasive species; D.M. Richardson, M.M. Nsikane.- 1.6. Genetic conservation of Mediterranean pines; R. Alia, B. Fady.- 2. The ecophysiology of Mediterranean pines: resistance to stress and perturbation.- 2.1. Mediterranean pine forests in a 'Green World' - Physiological trade-offs under stress and perturbation; V. Resco de Dios.- 2.2. Carbon allocation dynamics in Mediterranean pines under stress; T. Klein.- 2.3. Mediterranean pine root systems under drought; D. Sarris.- 2.4. Stress and tree mortality in Mediterranean forests; L. Gil, J. Rosana.- 2.5. Fungal diseases of Mediterranean pines; O. Jonas.- 2.6. The genetic and ecological basis of coniferous tree resistance to herbivorous insects; R. Zas, L. Sampedro.- 3. Pine and mixed forest ecosystems under global climate change.- 3.1. The effects of global change on the structure, composition and dynamics of Mediterranean pine- and mixed forests; J.J. Camarero.- 3.2. Carbon and energy balance of dry Mediterranean pine forests: A case study; D. Yakir et al.- .- 3.3. Soil properties and biogeochemical functioning in Mediterranean pine forests; A. Gallardo.- 3.4. Decomposition in Mediterranean forests; J.M. Grunzweig.- 4. Forest dynamics, biodiversity and biotic interactions.- 4.1. Dynamics of mixed pine-oak forests; E. Sheffer.- 4.2. Pine oak dynamics along altitudinal gradients; M. Zavala.- 4.3. Bird diversity in Mediterranean pine and mixed forests; M. Diaz.- 4.4. Soil micro- and macrofauna in Mediterranean pine and mixed forests; R. Kanella, M. Arianoutsou.- 4.5. Mycorrhizae in Mediterranean pine and mixed forests; A. Rincon.- 5. Forest fire ecology and management.- 5.1. Fire in Mediterranean pine forests, past present and future; J.M. Moreno et al.- 5.2. Mediterranean pines - adaptations to fire; G. Ne'eman, M. Arianoutsou.- 5.3. Post-fire soil erosion ? the Mediterranean perspective; L. Wittenberg.- 5.4. Fuel reduction by prescribed burning for managing fire risk in pine and mixed forests; E. Rigolot.- 5.5. Estimating the impact of grazing on the understory fuel load in pine forests and oak woodlands in Israel; J. Landau et al.- 5.6. Post-fire restoration of Mediterranean pine forests; J. Castro.- 5.7. Predicting post-fire conifer regeneration in California forests: current state, future directions, and applications to Mediterranean Basin forests; J. Williams, H. Safford.- 5.8. Remote sensing techniques for monitoring fire damage and recovery of Mediterranean pine forests: Pinus pinaster and P. halepnsis as case studies; A. Fernandez et al.- 6. Policy and ecosystem services of Mediterranean pine and mixed forest ecosystems.- 6.1. Mediterranean forests and United Nations sustainable development goals; N. Picard.- 6.2. Timber and non-timber forest products and services provided by Mediterranean pine and mixed forests and their economic assessment; I. Martinez de Arano.- 6.3. Fungal forest products as ecosystem services provided by Mediterranean forests and their economic assessment; S. de Miguel, J.A. Bonet.- 6.4. Multi-disciplinary assessment of cultural ecosystem services supplied by Mediterranean pine and mixed forests; D.E. Orenstein.- 6.5. Mediterranean forests as socio-ecological systems; E. Gorriz.- 7. Afforestation and forest management policy.- 7.1. Principal management issues and dynamics of West Mediterranean pine and mixed forests; L. Coll et al.- 7.2. From pine monoculture forests into sustainable mixed forest ecosystems; Y. Osem.- 7.3. Forest management policy of Mediterranean pine forests in Israel; Y. Osem et al.- 7.4. Water-based forest management of Mediterranean pine forests; A. Vilagrosa.