Landscape Ecology in Forest Management and Conservation

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xx

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2. Landscape Ecology and Forest Management

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 2-2

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   2. Managing Forest Landscapes under Global Change Scenarios

      • Chao Li, Jianwei Liu, Raffaele Lafortezza, Jiquan Chen

      Pages 3-21

   3. Landscape Ecology Contributions to Forestry and Forest Management in China: Progresses and Research Needs

      • Shirong Liu, Yong Lin, Yuandong Zhang, Zhihua Guo, Lei Zhang, Chao Li et al.

      Pages 22-45

   4. Issues Facing Forest Management in Canada, and Predictive Ecosystem Management Tools for Assessing Possible Futures

      • James P. (Hamish) Kimmins, Juan A. Blanco

      Pages 46-72

3. Modeling Disturbance and Succession in Forest Landscapes

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 73-73

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   2. Challenges and Needs in Fire Management: A Landscape Simulation Modeling Perspective

      • Robert E. Keane, Geoffrey J. Cary, Mike D. Flannigan

      Pages 75-98

   3. Using Landscape Disturbance and Succession Models to Support Forest Management

      • Eric J. Gustafson, Brian R. Sturtevant, Anatoly Z. Shvidenko, Robert M. Scheller

      Pages 99-118

   4. Research Methods for Assessing the Impacts of Forest Disturbance on Hydrology at Large-scale Watersheds

      • Xiaohua Wei, Mingfang Zhang

      Pages 119-147

   5. Software Applications to Three-Dimensional Visualization of Forest Landscapes — A Case Study Demonstrating the Use of Visual Nature Studio (VNS) in Visualizing Fire Spread in Forest Landscapes

      • Brian J. Williams, Bo Song, Chiao-Ying Chou, Thomas M. Williams, John Hom

      Pages 148-175

   6. Predicting Tree Growth Dynamics of Boreal Forest in Response to Climate Change

      • Zewei Miao, Chao Li

      Pages 176-205

4. Emerging Approaches in Forest Landscape Conservation

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 207-207

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   2. The Next Frontier: Projecting the Effectiveness of Broad-scale Forest Conservation Strategies

      • Janet Silbernagel, Jessica Price, Randy Swaty, Nicholas Miller

      Pages 209-230

   3. Forest Avian Species Richness Distribution and Management Guidelines under Global Change in Mediterranean Landscapes

      • Assu Gil-Tena, Marie-Josée Fortin, Lluís Brotons, Santiago Saura

      Pages 231-251

   4. Development of a Forest Network System to Improve the Zoning Process: A Case Study in Japan

      • Ken Sugimura, Theodore E. Howard

      Pages 252-272

   5. Forest Fragmentation: Causes, Ecological Impacts and Implications for Landscape Management

      • Jan Bogaert, Yao S. S. Barima, Léon Iyongo Waya Mongo, Issouf Bamba, Adi Mama, Mireille Toyi et al.

      Pages 273-296

5. Practicing Sustainable Forest Landscape Management

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 297-297

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   2. Application of Landscape and Habitat Suitability Models to Conservation: The Hoosier National Forest Land-management Plan

      • Chadwick D. Rittenhouse, Stephen R. Shifley, William D. Dijak, Zhaofei Fan, Frank R. Thompson III, Joshua J. Millspaugh et al.

      Pages 299-328

   3. Agriculture Abandonment, Land-use Change and Fire Hazard in Mountain Landscapes in Northeastern Portugal

      • João C. Azevedo, César Moreira, João P. Castro, Carlos Loureiro

      Pages 329-351

   4. Overview of Biodiversity Loss in South America: A Landscape Perspective for Sustainable Forest Management and Conservation in Temperate Forests

      • Sandra Luque, Guillermo Martínez Pastur, Cristian Echeverría, Maria J. Pacha

      Pages 352-379

“Landscape Ecology in Forest Management and Conservation: Challenges and Solutions for Global Change” discusses how landscape ecology can contribute to addressing the challenges in contemporary forest management practice, with diverse contributions from active researchers worldwide. It provides not only a summary of conceptual understanding of landscape ecology as related to forest management but also a whole set of specific challenges, issues, and methods on how to deal with them. This book is a stimulating addition to the international literature on landscape ecology and land resource management at large. Dr. Chao Li is a Research Scientist with the Canadian Forest Service (CFS), Natural Resources Canada, and leads the Landscape Disturbances and Forest Valuation Modeling group. Dr. Raffaele Lafortezza is a Lecturer in forest landscape ecology at the University of Bari, Italy. Dr. Jiquan Chen is a Professor at the Department of Environmental Sciences, the University of Toledo, USA.

• Conservation ecology
• Disturbance ecology
• Forest management
• HEP
• Landscape ecology
• Landscape restoration

From the reviews:

“This book covers the entire suite of analytical forest management science in a landscape ecology framework. … On the good side, the book includes holistic, proactive, model-based chapters, often focusing on climate change scenarios and watersheds. Many tables and literature references are powerful reinforcements of the topics. … Summing Up: Recommended. All academic and professional audiences.” (F. Huettmann, Choice, Vol. 49 (5), January, 2012)

• Canadian Wood Fibre Centre Canadian Forest Service, Natural Resources Canada, Alberta, Canada

  Chao Li

• greenLab Dept. Scienze delle Produzioni Vegetali, Università degli Studi di Bari, Bari, Italy

  Raffaele Lafortezza

• Landscape Ecology & Ecosystem Science (LEES) Department of Environmental Sciences (DES) Bowman-Oddy Laboratories, Toledo, USA

  Jiquan Chen