Wild Forests: Conservation Biology And Public PolicyIsland Press, 1994 - 300 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. |
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... biologists today would contest the fact that edges , in general , are good for game species . But are they good for wildlife ? Approximately 20 years ago , biologists began to notice that the same edges that were so beneficial to ...
... biologists have eagerly sought to apply ideas from island biogeography to a variety of conservation issues . In addition to Diamond's ( 1976 ) seminal article , several authors have de- duced that area and proximity represent ...
... biologists have sought to identify those particular aspects of landscape structure that allow habitat strips to act as corridors ( Bridgewater 1987 ) . Proponents point out that effective corridors will expand the ex- change of ...
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Forests Then and Now | 3 |
Shadows in the Forest | 19 |
The Myth of Hearts Content | 29 |
Urheberrecht | |
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Wild Forests: Conservation Biology And Public Policy William S. Alverson,Don Waller,Walter Kuhlmann Eingeschränkte Leseprobe - 2013 |