Recent climatic shifts, based on mild winters and more hot summers have released vegetation shifts all over the world. This book presents case studies from countries including Switzerland, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Brazil and Chile. The authors analyse the resulting changes, especially the process of Laurophyllisation. In the MONTE VERITA series.

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