Landscape ecology in forest management and conservation [electronic resource] : challenges and solutions for global change / Chao Li, Raffael Lafortezza, Jiquan Chen.

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Online Access: Full Text (via Springer)
Main Author: Li, Chao, 1952-
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Other Authors: Lafortezza, Raffaele, Chen, Jiquan, 1962-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Beijing : Heileberg ; New York : Higher Education Press; Springer, 2011.
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Table of Contents:
  • Managing forest landscapes under global change scenarios
  • Landscape ecology contributions to forestry and forest management in China : progresses and research needs
  • Issues facing forest management in Canada, and predictive ecosystem management tools for assessing possible futures
  • Challenges and needs in fire management : a landscape simulation modeling perspective
  • Using landscape disturbance and succession models to support forest management
  • Research methods for assessing the impacts of forest disturbance on hydrology at large-scale watersheds
  • 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
  • Predicting tree growth dynamics of boreal forest in response to climate change
  • The next frontier : projecting the effectiveness of broad-scale forest conservation strategies
  • Forest avian species richness distribution and management guidelines under global change in Mediterranean landscapes
  • Development of a forest network system to improve the zoning process : a case study in Japan
  • Forest fragmentation : causes, ecological impacts, and implications for landscape management
  • Application of landscape and habitat suitability models to conservation : the Hoosier National Forest Land-management Plan
  • Agricultural abandonment, land-use change, and fire hazard in mountain landscapes in northeastern Portugal
  • Overview of biodiversity loss in South American : a landscape perspective for sustainable forest management and conservation in temperate forests
  • Conservation of biodiversity in managed forests : developing an adaptive decision support system.