Conference on Recent Shifts in Vegetation Boundaries of Deciduous Forests, Especially Due to General Global Warming

Recent climatic shifts, based on mild winters and more hot summers have released vegetation shifts all over the world. This book presents numerous case studies from Switzerland, Germany, Hungary, Caucasus, Italy, Ireland, China, Japan, United States, Brazil and Chile. The authors analyze the resulting changes in compositions and structures of the forest vegetations, especially the process of Laurophyllisation.