Forest Landscape Research
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Forest Landscapes And Global Change
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Author : João C. Azevedo
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2014-07-11
Forest Landscapes And Global Change written by João C. Azevedo and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-07-11 with Science categories.
Climate change, urban sprawl, abandonment of agriculture, intensification of forestry and agriculture, changes in energy generation and use, expansion of infrastructure networks, habitat destruction and degradation, and other drivers of change occur at increasing rates. They affect patterns and processes in forest landscapes, and modify ecosystem services derived from those ecosystems. Consequently, rapidly changing landscapes present many new challenges to scientists and managers. While it is not uncommon to encounter the terms “global change” and “landscape” together in the ecological literature, a global analyses of drivers of change in forest landscapes, and their ecological consequences have not been addressed adequately. That is the goal of this volume: an exploration of the state of knowledge of global changes in forested landscapes with emphasis on causes and effects, and challenges faced by researchers and land managers. Initial chapters identify and describe major agents of landscape change: climate, fire, and human activities. The next series of chapters address implications of changes on ecosystem services, biodiversity conservation and carbon flux. A chapter that describes methodologies of detecting and monitoring landscape changes is presented followed by chapter that highlights the many challenges forest landscape managers face amidst of global change. Finally, we present a summary and a synthesis of the main points presented in the book. Each chapter will contain the individual research experiences of chapter authors, augmented by review and synthesis of global scientific literature on relevant topics, as well as critical input from multiple peer reviewers.
Patterns And Processes In Forest Landscapes
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Author : Raffaele Lafortezza
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2008-08-30
Patterns And Processes In Forest Landscapes written by Raffaele Lafortezza and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-08-30 with Science categories.
Increasing evidence suggests that the composition and spatial configuration – the pattern – of forest landscapes affect many ecological processes, including the movement and persistence of particular species, the susceptibility and spread of disturbances such as fires or pest outbreaks, and the redistribution of matter and nutrients. Understanding these issues is key to the successful management of complex, multifunctional forest landscapes, and landscape ecology, based on a foundation of island bio-geography and meta-population dynamic theories, provides the rationale to deal with this pattern-to-process interaction at different spatial and temporal scales. This carefully edited volume represents a stimulating addition to the international literature on landscape ecology and resource management. It provides key insights into some of the applicable landscape ecological theories that underlie forest management, with a specific focus on how forest management can benefit from landscape ecology, and how landscape ecology can be advanced by tackling challenging problems in forest (landscape) management. It also presents a series of case studies from Europe, Asia, North America, Africa and Australia exploring the issues of disturbance, diversity, management, and scale, and with a specific focus on how human intervention affects forest landscapes and, in turn, how landscapes influence humans and their culture. An important reference for advanced students and researchers in landscape ecology, conservation biology, forest ecology, natural resource management and ecology across multiple scales, the book will also appeal to researchers and practitioners in reserve design, ecological restoration, forest management, landscape planning and landscape architecture.
Forest Landscape Research
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1993
Forest Landscape Research written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993 with Forest landscape management categories.
Proceedings
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Author : International Union of Forestry Research Organizations. Subject Group Forest Landscape and Tourism Management, Division 6
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1979
Proceedings written by International Union of Forestry Research Organizations. Subject Group Forest Landscape and Tourism Management, Division 6 and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1979 with categories.
Forest Landscape Restoration
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Author : John Stanturf
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2012-11-28
Forest Landscape Restoration written by John Stanturf and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-11-28 with Science categories.
Restoration ecology, as a scientific discipline, developed from practitioners’ efforts to restore degraded land, with interest also coming from applied ecologists attracted by the potential for restoration projects to apply and/or test developing theories on ecosystem development. Since then, forest landscape restoration (FLR) has emerged as a practical approach to forest restoration particularly in developing countries, where an approach which is both large-scale and focuses on meeting human needs is required. Yet despite increased investigation into both the biological and social aspects of FLR, there has so far been little success in systematically integrating these two complementary strands. Bringing experts in landscape studies, natural resource management and forest restoration, together with those experienced in conflict management, environmental economics and urban studies, this book bridges that gap to define the nature and potential of FLR as a truly multidisciplinary approach to a global environmental problem. The book will provide a valuable reference to graduate students and researchers interested in ecological restoration, forest ecology and management, as well as to professionals in environmental restoration, natural resource management, conservation, and environmental policy.
Forest Snow And Landscape Research
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2004
Forest Snow And Landscape Research written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Environmental protection categories.
Mapping Forest Landscape Patterns
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Author : Tarmo K. Remmel
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2017-09-07
Mapping Forest Landscape Patterns written by Tarmo K. Remmel and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-09-07 with Science categories.
This book explores the concepts, premises, advancements, and challenges in quantifying natural forest landscape patterns through mapping techniques. After several decades of development and use, these tools can now be examined for their foundations, intentions, scope, advancements, and limitations. When applied to natural forest landscapes, mapping techniques must address concepts such as stochasticity, heterogeneity, scale dependence, non-Euclidean geometry, continuity, non-linearity, and parsimony, as well as be explicit about the intended degree of abstraction and assumptions. These studies focus on quantifying natural (i.e., non-human engineered) forest landscape patterns, because those patterns are not planned, are relatively complex, and pose the greatest challenges in cartography, and landscape representation for further interpretation and analysis.
Conservation Of Faunal Diversity In Forested Landscapes
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Author : R.M. DeGraaf
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2012-12-06
Conservation Of Faunal Diversity In Forested Landscapes written by R.M. DeGraaf and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-12-06 with Science categories.
Forest wildlife conservation is critically required in many parts of the world today. This book presents a merger between the elements of wildlife conservation and habitat conservation, and explains how these disciplines can be used to promote the conservation of vertebrates in forests around the world.
Exploring Biological Diversity Environment And Local People S Perspectives In Forest Landscapes Methods For A Multidisciplinary Landscape Assessment
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Author : Douglas Sheil
language : en
Publisher: CIFOR
Release Date : 2002-01-01
Exploring Biological Diversity Environment And Local People S Perspectives In Forest Landscapes Methods For A Multidisciplinary Landscape Assessment written by Douglas Sheil and has been published by CIFOR this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-01-01 with Biodiversity categories.
Operational overview. Villages and communities. Field sample selection. Village-based activities. First community meeting. Community landscape mapping. Selecting local informants. Community-based data collections. Field-based activities. Site, vegetation and trees. Plants and site - ethnoecological data. Soil assessment. Data control and management. Plant taxonomy and verification. Database. Conclusiones.
Forest Landscape Ecology
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Author : Ajith H. Perera
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2006-12-13
Forest Landscape Ecology written by Ajith H. Perera and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-12-13 with Science categories.
Forested landscapes have provided many important testing grounds for the devel- ment and application of landscape ecological principles and methods in North America. This central role of forests in landscape ecology emerged for several reasons. Forest cover is prominent in many regions of North America, from the temperate deciduous forests of the east to the coniferous forests of the north and west. Changes in forest spatial patterns are readily apparent to the human eye—natural disturbances and timber harvests alter the arrangement of forest age classes across the landscape and this, in turn, influences many species and ecosystem processes; land-use changes have produced profound fluctuations in forest cover over several centuries; increasing re- dential development in rural areas is often concentrated within forests; and public lands include many forested landscapes. Management actions, such as varying the amount, size, and location of harvests, also represent landscape-scale “experiments” that provide valuable opportunities for study. Finally, forest patterns are readily detectable from remote imagery, and are thus amenable to study at broad scales. For these reasons, forests have provided motivation and many opportunities for studying the complex relationships between patterns and processes in many areas. The importance of landscape-level considerations in the management and c- servation of forested landscapes has become increasingly important, and a variety of stakeholders are involved.