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A Knowledge System Environment for Ecosystem Management

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Landscape Ecological Analysis

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Ecosystem management is a collective term used to embrace a philosophy and set of methodologies associated with land-use manipulation or modification (Grumbine 1994; Kaufmann et al. 1995; Sedjo 1995; Lackey 1996). Broad-based issues dealt with under the umbrella of ecosystem management include biodiversity (Wilson 1992; Groombridge 1995; Heywood and Watson 1995), sustainability of ecological systems (Lubchenco et al. 1991; Risser et al. 1991; Covington and DeBano 1993; Levin 1993; Bormann et al. 1994a), maintenance of ecosystem health (Costanza et al. 1993; USDA Forest Service 1996), preservation of ecosystem integrity (Monnig and Byler 1992; Woodley et al. 1993). conservation and stewardship (Sample 1991; Callicott 1994; Alpert 1995), public participation (Wondolleck 1988; Knopp and Caldbeck 1990; Loikkanen 1995), and landscape management (Lucas 1991; Diaz and Apostol 1993; Urban 1993; Boyce 1995; Forman 1995a, 1995b).

This work was supported in part by a contract with batelle, Pacific Northwest Laboratory, and the USDA Forest Service, Forest Health Protection. The opinions expressed herein are those of the authors.

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Coulson, R.N., Saarenmaa, H., Daugherity, W.C., Rykiel, E.J., Saunders, M.C., Fitzgerald, J.W. (1999). A Knowledge System Environment for Ecosystem Management. In: Klopatek, J.M., Gardner, R.H. (eds) Landscape Ecological Analysis. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-0529-6_5

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