Ecology Of A Managed Terrestrial Landscape
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Ecology of a Managed Terrestrial Landscape
Author | : Ajith H. Perera,David L. Euler,Ian D. Thompson |
Publsiher | : UBC Press |
Total Pages | : 355 |
Release | : 2011-11-01 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 9780774842365 |
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The growing popularity of the broad, landscape-scale approach to forest management represents a dramatic shift from the traditional, stand-based focus on timber production. Ecology of a Managed Terrestrial Landscape responds to the increasing need of forest policy developers, planners, and managers for an integrated, comprehensive perspective on ecological landscapes. The book examines the "big picture" of ecological patterns and processes through a case study of the vast managed forest region in Ontario. The contributors synthesize current landscape ecological knowledge of this area and look at gaps and future research directions from several points of view: spatial patterns, ecological functions and processes, natural disturbances, and ecological responses to disturbance. They also discuss the integration of landscape ecological knowledge into policies of forest management policies, particularly with respect to Ontario's legislative goals of forest sustainability. Ecology of a Managed Terrestrial Landscape is the first book to describe the landscape ecology of a continuously forested landscape in a comprehensive manner. It is written for instructors and students in forest management, wildlife ecology, and landscape ecology, and for forest managers, planners, and policy developers in North America.
The Terrestrial Biosphere and Global Change
Author | : Brian Walker,Will Steffen,Josep Canadell,John Ingram |
Publsiher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 462 |
Release | : 1999-03-25 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 0521624800 |
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Summarises understanding of global change interactions with terrestrial ecosystems.
Landscape Approaches to Wildlife and Ecosystem Management
Author | : Canadian Society for Landscape Ecology and Management. Symposium |
Publsiher | : Morin Heights, Quebec : Polyscience Publications |
Total Pages | : 286 |
Release | : 1990 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : PSU:000022601216 |
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Forest Landscapes and Global Change
Author | : João C. Azevedo,Ajith H. Perera,M. Alice Pinto |
Publsiher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 271 |
Release | : 2014-07-11 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9781493909537 |
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Climate change, urban sprawl, abandonment of agriculture, intensification of forestry and agriculture, changes in energy generation and use, expansion of infrastructure networks, habitat destruction and degradation, and other drivers of change occur at increasing rates. They affect patterns and processes in forest landscapes, and modify ecosystem services derived from those ecosystems. Consequently, rapidly changing landscapes present many new challenges to scientists and managers. While it is not uncommon to encounter the terms “global change” and “landscape” together in the ecological literature, a global analyses of drivers of change in forest landscapes, and their ecological consequences have not been addressed adequately. That is the goal of this volume: an exploration of the state of knowledge of global changes in forested landscapes with emphasis on causes and effects, and challenges faced by researchers and land managers. Initial chapters identify and describe major agents of landscape change: climate, fire, and human activities. The next series of chapters address implications of changes on ecosystem services, biodiversity conservation and carbon flux. A chapter that describes methodologies of detecting and monitoring landscape changes is presented followed by chapter that highlights the many challenges forest landscape managers face amidst of global change. Finally, we present a summary and a synthesis of the main points presented in the book. Each chapter will contain the individual research experiences of chapter authors, augmented by review and synthesis of global scientific literature on relevant topics, as well as critical input from multiple peer reviewers.
The Ecology and Management of Aquatic terrestrial Ecotones
Author | : Robert J. Naiman,Henri Décamps |
Publsiher | : Bernan Press(PA) |
Total Pages | : 336 |
Release | : 1990 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9231026682 |
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Integrating Landscape Ecology Into Natural Resource Management
Author | : Jianguo Liu,William W. Taylor |
Publsiher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 520 |
Release | : 2002-08 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 0521784336 |
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Ecosystem Approaches to Landscape Management in Central Europe
Author | : J.D. Tenhunen,R. Lenz,Ralph Hantschel |
Publsiher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages | : 698 |
Release | : 2001-01-25 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 3540672672 |
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The challenges in ecosystem science encompass a broadening and strengthening of interdisciplinary ties, the transfer of knowledge of the ecosystem across scales, and the inclusion of anthropogenic impacts and human behavior into ecosystem, landscape, and regional models. The volume addresses these points within the context of studies in major ecosystem types viewed as the building blocks of central European landscapes. The research is evaluated to increase the understanding of the processes in order to unite ecosystem science with resource management. The comparison embraces coastal lowland forests, associated wetlands and lakes, agricultural land use, and montane and alpine forests. Techniques for upscaling focus on process modelling at stand and landscape scales and the use of remote sensing for landscape-level model parameterization and testing. The case studies demonstrate ways for ecosystem scientists, managers, and social scientists to cooperate.
Expert Knowledge and Its Application in Landscape Ecology
Author | : Ajith H. Perera,C. Ashton Drew,Chris J. Johnson |
Publsiher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages | : 307 |
Release | : 2011-10-22 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 1461410347 |
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Typically, landscape ecologists use empirical observations to conduct research and devise solutions for applied problems in conservation and management. In some instances, they rely on advice and input of experienced professionals in both developing and applying knowledge. Given the wealth of expert knowledge and the risks of its informal and implicit applications in landscape ecology, it is necessary to formally recognize and characterize expert knowledge and bring rigor to methods for its applications. In this context, the broad goal of this book is to introduce the concept of expert knowledge and examine its role in landscape ecological applications. We plan to do so in three steps: First we introduce the topic to landscape ecologists, explore salient characteristics of experts and expert knowledge, and describe methods used in capturing and formalizing that knowledge. Second, we present examples of research in landscape ecology from a variety of ecosystems and geographic locations that formally incorporate expert knowledge. These case studies address a range of topics that will interest landscape ecologists and other resource management and conservation professionals including the specific roles of expert knowledge in developing, testing, parameterizing, and applying models; estimating the uncertainty in expert knowledge; developing methods of formalizing and incorporating expert knowledge; and using expert knowledge as competing models and a source of alternate hypotheses. Third, we synthesize the state of knowledge on this topic and critically examine the advantages and disadvantages of incorporating expert knowledge in landscape ecological applications. The disciplinary subject areas we address are broad and cover much of the scope of contemporary landscape ecology, including broad-scale forest management and conservation, quantifying forest disturbances and succession, conservation of habitats for a range of avian and mammal species, vulnerability and conservation of marine ecosystems, and the spread and impacts of invasive plants. This text incorporates the collective experience and knowledge of over 35 researchers in landscape ecology representing a diverse range of disciplinary subject areas and geographic locations. Through this text, we will catalyze further thought and investigations on expert knowledge among the target readership of researchers, practitioners, and graduate students in landscape ecology.