The emerging concepts of complexity, complex adaptive system (CAS) and resilience to forest ecology and management are linked in this new book. It explores how these concepts can be applied in various forest biomes of the world with their different ecological, economic and social settings, and history.

1. Managing Forests as Complex Adaptive Systems: Introductory Concepts and Applications 2. An Introduction to Complexity Science 3. Tropical Forests as Complex Adaptive Systems 4. Complexity in Temperate Forest Dynamics 5. Exploring Complexity in Boreal Forests 6. Forest Restoration in a Changing World: Complexity and Adaptation Examples from the Great Lakes Region of North America 7. Meta-networks of Fungi, Fauna and Flora as Agents of Complex Adaptive Systems 8. Complexity Confronting Tropical Silviculturists 9. Is Close-to-Nature Forest Management in Europe Compatible with Managing Forests as Complex Adaptive Forest Ecosystems? 10. Mediterranean Forests: Human Use And Complex Adaptive Systems 11. Fennoscandian Boreal Forests as Complex Adaptive Systems: Properties, Management Challenges and Opportunities 12. Management of Tasmanian Eucalypt Forests as Complex Adaptive Systems 13. Managing Tree Plantations as Complex Adaptive Systems 14. A New Integrative Framework for Understanding and Managing the World Forest: The Complex Adaptive System