Dear Ecolog:
Submissions are invited for a special issue of the "International
Journal of Biodiversity Science, Ecosystem Services & Management",
entitled "Synergies between biodiversity and management for high-value
timber species". This issue is based on a technical session of the IUFRO
2014 World Congress, but the issue is open to authors who did not
participate in the session. The deadline has been extended to April 15,
2015.
This Special Issue examines the scientific basis for managing to create
a positive synergy between biodiversity and high-value timber species.
Management to conserve biodiversity and management for the production of
high-value timber species can be in conflict with each other. The
increasing need to conserve biodiversity and the ongoing demand for
high-value timbers prompt the goal to integrate these management
objectives.
Therefore papers are requested for a Special Issue that explores
positive interactions between biodiversity and high-value timbers. This
Special Issue aims for a global scope, including tropical and temperate
high-value timbers. Possible topics include:
• How biodiversity can protect high-value species from pests and
pathogens
• How biodiversity, as an indicator of more intact ecosystems, can
sustain production of high-value species
• How high-value species in restoration and plantations can reestablish
or conserve biodiversity
• How high-value species in enrichment plantings or natural forest can
help maintain intact forests and their biodiversity
• How high-value species themselves are examples of biodiversity in need
of conservation
For more information, please see:
http://explore.tandfonline.com/pages/cfp/tbsm-themed-paper-aug-2014
If you have any questions, please contact Sheila Ward at:
sheila.emily.w...@gmail.com
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Sheila Ward, PhD