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The Paradigm of Forests and
the Survival of the Fittest
Editors
Sergio A. Molina-Murillo
Associate Professor/Researcher
Department of Environmental Sciences
National University of Costa Rica (UNA);
Forest Resources Unit
University of Costa Rica (UCR)
Costa Rica
Carlos Rojas
Coordinator and Researcher/Professor
Forest Resources Unit/Dpt. of Agricultural Engineering
University of Costa Rica (UCR)
San Pedro de Montes de Oca
Costa Rica
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Contents
Preface v
Introduction ix
Sergio A. Molina-Murillo and Carlos Rojas
1. Forests in a Changing World 1
John Markham and Mauricio Fernández Otárola
2. How Do Forests Work? Primary Production, Energy and 17
Forest Growth
Gerardo Avalos
3. Forest Carbon Sequestration and Global Change 39
Achim Häger and Luitgard Schwendenmann
4. Forest Ecosystems and Civilization: An Overview of the 87
Footprint of Modernity in the Exploitation-Conservation
Relationship
Anthony Goebel McDermott
5. The Economy of Forests 116
Sergio A. Molina-Murillo and Timothy M. Smith
6. Silviculture and Forest Management 137
Adrián A. Monge Monge
7. Challenges of Forest Conservation 172
J. Edgardo Arévalo and Richard J. Ladle
8. Forests, Sustainability, and Progress: Safeguarding the 196
Multiple Dimensions of Forests through Sustainable Practices
Robin R. Sears
Conclusions: The Survival of the Fittest 221
Carlos Rojas, Adam W. Rollins and Sergio A. Molina-Murillo
Index 229
