Wild Forests: Conservation Biology And Public PolicyIsland Press, 05.03.2013 - 323 Seiten Wild Forests presents a coherent review of the scientific and policy issues surrounding biological diversity in the context of contemporary public forest management. The authors examine past and current practices of forest management and provide a comprehensive overview of known and suspected threats to diversity. In addition to discussing general ecological principles, the authors evaluate specific approaches to forest management that have been proposed to ameliorate diversity losses. They present one such policy -- the Dominant Use Zoning Model incorporating an integrated network of "Diversity Maintenance Areas" -- and describe their attempts to persuade the U.S. Forest Service to adopt such a policy in Wisconsin. Drawing on experience in the field, in negotiations, and in court, the authors analyze the ways in which federal agencies are coping with the mandates of conservation biology and suggest reforms that could better address these important issues. Throughout, they argue that wild or unengineered conditions are those that are most likely to foster a return to the species richness that we once enjoyed. |
Im Buch
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... Dynamics 39 5 From Hero to Villain: Edge Effects 64 6 Hazards of Fragmentation: Area and Isolation Effects 76 7 Tracking Diversity: Biological Inventory, Research, and Monitoring 94 Part III Approaches to Forest Management 117 8 The ...
... dynamics and disturbance regimes Fig. 4-5. Hypothetical disturbance spectra for predominant natural disturbances in two temperate forests Fig. 4-6. Approximate disturbance spectra for different modes of timber harvest Fig. 4-7 ...
... dynamics that maintain large landscapes in a steady-state mosaic. Even the ecosystems of our biggest national parks, such as Yellowstone, may not be self-sustaining. They are doubtfully big enough to maintain unmanaged populations of ...
... dynamics, threats to communities, and optimal forest management will be useless if they are not applied. Thus, we consider it essential to devote Part IV to questions of policy and implementation. Chapter 12 explores key aspects of ...
... dynamics of insect and fungal interactions, and actively mitigate subtle but insidious losses in genetic diversity. The ultimate goal, under this vision, is to actively create forest habitats that can produce a full range of commodity ...
Inhalt
Ecological Mechanisms and Biotic Resources | 35 |
Approaches to Forest Managment | 117 |
Toward a New Diversity Policy and TwentyFirst Century Old Growth | 179 |
First Postscript | 257 |
References | 259 |
Glossary of Abbreviations and Acronyms | 287 |
Species List | 291 |
Index | 293 |
Island Press Board of Directors 1994 | 301 |