Forests, Carbon Cycle and Climate Change.

Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Executive summary -- Part I The carbon cycle in temperate and Mediterranean forests -- Chapter 1. The forest carbon cycle: generalities, definitions and scales -- Chapter 2. Environmental control of carbon fluxes in forest ecosystems in France: a comparison of temperate, Mediterranean and tropical forests -- Chapter 3. Dynamics of soil carbon and moder horizons related to age in pine and beech stands -- Chapter 4. Estimating carbon stocks in forest stands: 1. Methodological developments -- Chapter 5. Estimating carbon stocks and fluxes in forest biomass: 2. Application to the French case based upon National Forest Inventory data -- Part II Forest under a changing climate -- Chapter 6. Possible future climates in France -- Chapter 7. Forest tree phenology and climate change -- Chapter 8. Forest tree phenology in the French Permanent Plot Network (RENECOFOR, ICP forest network) -- Chapter 9. Modelling tools for predicting the carbon cycle -- Chapter 10. How will the production of French forests respond to climate change? An integrated analysis from site to country scale -- Part III Climate change and forest vulnerability -- Chapter 11. Climate change and the biogeography of French tree species: first results and perspectives -- Chapter 12. Simulating the effects of climate change on geographical distribution and impact of forest pathogenic fungi -- Chapter 13. Mediterranean forests, fire and carbon budget:the threats of global change -- Abbreviations -- Contributors.

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