Forests of Southeast Europe Under a Changing Climate

Part I - Introduction.- Part II - State of forest genetic resources conservation in Southeast Europe (8 chapters).- Part III - Legal and institutional framework for forest genetic resources conservation (8 chapters).- Part IV - In situ conservation case studies (8 chapters) .- Part V - Ex situ conservation case studies (10 chapters).- Part VI - Climate change aspects in forest genetic resources conservation (10 chapters).- Part VII - Conservation of genetic resources in forests of Southeast Europe under a changing climate - Concluding Remarks and Recommendations.

Prof. dr. Mirjana Sijacic-Nikolic is a Full Professor in the University of Belgrade - Faculty of Forestry, Republic of Serbia. She published more than 300 scientific papers related to genetics of forest trees, plants breeding, conservation and sustainable utilization of forest genetic resources and plant production. She co-authored the university textbook Conservation and Directed Utilization of Forest Genetic Resources and numerous chapters in national and international books published by Springer and CRC Press.

Prof. dr Jelena Milovanovi c is a Full professor in the Singidunum University in Belgrade, Republic of Serbia, Study Program Environment and Sustainable Development. She has been involved in forest genetic resources conservation and climate change challenges research since 2005 and she has made significant scientific and expert achievements in this field. She is author of many journal articles, chapters and books on forest genetic resources, conservation issues and environmental protection, including chapters in other Springer series, and participates as an expert in many international and national projects. She co-authored the university textbook Conservation and Directed Utilization of Forest Genetic Resources.