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Forest Landscape Ecology

Transferring Knowledge to Practice

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Editors:
  1. Ajith H. Perera

    1. Ontario Forest Research Institute, Sault Ste. Marie, Canada

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  2. Lisa J. Buse

    1. Ontario Forest Research Institute, Sault Ste. Marie, Canada

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  3. Thomas R. Crow

    1. USDA Forest Service, Arlington, USA

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  • Distills information for the successful application of ecological theories to forest management
  • Encourages knowledge transfer between researchers, professionals, and policy makers

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Knowledge Transfer in Forest Landscape Ecology: A Primer

    • Ajith H. Perera, Lisa J. Buse, Thomas R. Crow
    Pages 1-18
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  3. Transfer and Extension of Forest Landscape Ecology: A Matter of Models and Scale

    • Ajith H. Perera, Anthony W. King
    Pages 19-41
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  4. A Collaborative, Iterative Approach to Transferring Modeling Technology to Land Managers

    • Eric J. Gustafson, Brian R. Sturtevant, Andrew Fall
    Pages 43-64
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  5. Development and Transfer of Spatial Tools Based on Landscape Ecological Principles: Supporting Public Participation in Forest Restoration Planning in the Southwestern United States

    • Haydee M. Hampton, Ethan N. Aumack, John W. Prather, Brett G. Dickson, Yaguang Xu, Thomas D. Sisk
    Pages 65-95
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  6. Transferring Landscape Ecological Knowledge in a Multipartner Landscape: The Border Lakes Region of Minnesota and Ontario

    • David E. Lytle, Meredith W. Cornett, Mary S. Harkness
    Pages 97-128
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  7. Applications of Forest Landscape Ecology and the Role of Knowledge Transfer in a Public Land Management Agency

    • Ajith H. Perera, Lisa J. Buse
    Pages 129-155
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  8. Moving to the Big Picture: Applying Knowledge from Landscape Ecology to Managing U.S. National Forests

    • Thomas R. Crow
    Pages 157-180
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  9. Fundamentals of Knowledge Transfer and Extension

    • A. Scott Reed, Viviane Simon-Brown
    Pages 181-204
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  10. Synthesis: What Are the Lessons for Landscape Ecologists?

    • Ajith H. Perera, Lisa J. Buse, Thomas R. Crow
    Pages 205-214
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  11. Back Matter

    Pages 215-225
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About this book

Forested landscapes have provided many important testing grounds for the devel- ment and application of landscape ecological principles and methods in North America. This central role of forests in landscape ecology emerged for several reasons. Forest cover is prominent in many regions of North America, from the temperate deciduous forests of the east to the coniferous forests of the north and west. Changes in forest spatial patterns are readily apparent to the human eye—natural disturbances and timber harvests alter the arrangement of forest age classes across the landscape and this, in turn, influences many species and ecosystem processes; land-use changes have produced profound fluctuations in forest cover over several centuries; increasing re- dential development in rural areas is often concentrated within forests; and public lands include many forested landscapes. Management actions, such as varying the amount, size, and location of harvests, also represent landscape-scale “experiments” that provide valuable opportunities for study. Finally, forest patterns are readily detectable from remote imagery, and are thus amenable to study at broad scales. For these reasons, forests have provided motivation and many opportunities for studying the complex relationships between patterns and processes in many areas. The importance of landscape-level considerations in the management and c- servation of forested landscapes has become increasingly important, and a variety of stakeholders are involved.

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“This is a nicely produced, well edited collection of papers that provides a rich source of information … . Researchers should really address this issue before they begin their research … . This book might be consigned to being an excellent account of what it declares itself to be – the transfer of knowledge generated by models to practitioners. … book merits the attention of a much broader audience. Anyone involved in landscape issues in either developing countries or in Europe will find much of interest.” (Jeff Sayer, International Forestry Review, Vol. 11 (3), September, 2009)

Editors and Affiliations

  • Ontario Forest Research Institute, Sault Ste. Marie, Canada

    Ajith H. Perera, Lisa J. Buse

  • USDA Forest Service, Arlington, USA

    Thomas R. Crow

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