Overview
""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.
Full Product Details
Author: Chao Li ,
Raffaele Lafortezza ,
Jiquan Chen
Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
Imprint: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
Dimensions:
Width: 15.50cm
, Height: 2.80cm
, Length: 23.50cm
Weight: 0.771kg
ISBN: 9783642127533
ISBN 10: 3642127533
Pages: 426
Publication Date: 16 September 2010
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
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)
"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)"
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)
