Patterns and processes in forest landscapes: multiple use and sustainable management

Increasing evidence suggests that the composition and spatial configuration –the pattern – of forest landscapes affect many ecological processes, including the movement and persistence of particular species, the susceptibility and spread of disturbances such as fires or pest outbreaks, and the redistribution of matter and nutrients. Understanding these issues is key to the successful management of complex, multifunctional forest landscapes, and landscape ecology, based on a foundation of island bio-geography and meta-population dynamic theories, provides the rationale to deal with this pattern-to-process interaction at different spatial and temporal scales. This carefully edited volume represents a stimulating addition to the international literature on landscape ecology and resource management. It provides key insights into some of the applicable landscape ecological theories that underlie forest management, with a specific focus on how forest management can benefit from landscape ecology Provides evidence of critical role of management to achieve an ecological balance between natural disturbances and human-induced changes Provides information usable for expanding the scope of environmental education in upper-level (under)graduate classes Provides examples based on diverse, unique landscapes around the world Covers a wide range of emerging topics globally Multiple research groups involved INDICE: From the contents 1. Ecology and management of forest landscapes.-2. Cultural determinants of spatial heterogeneity in forest landscapes.- 3. Managing forest landscapes for climate change.- 4. The Great Siberian Forest.- 5. Fragmentation of forest landscapes in Central Africa.- 6. Human-induced alterations in native forests of Patagonia, Argentina.- 7. Landscape-scale factors influencing forest dynamics in Northern Australia.- 8. Spatial patterns and ecology of shifting forest landscapes in Garo Hills.- 9. Tools for understanding landscapes.- 10. Shape irregularity as indicator of forest biodiversity andguidelines for metric selection.- 11. Land suitability for short rotation coppices assessed through fuzzy membership functions.- 12. Assessing human impacts on Australian forests through integration of remote sensing data.- 13. Habitat quality assessment and modelling for forest biodiversity and sustainability.- 14. The role of the sustainable forestry initiative in forest landscape changes in Texas.

• ISBN: 978-1-4020-8503-1
• Editorial: Springer
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 455
• Fecha Publicación: 01/09/2008
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés