Ecology of a Managed Terrestrial Landscape: Patterns and Processes of Forest Landscapes in Ontario

Ecology of a Managed Terrestrial Landscape: Patterns and Processes of Forest Landscapes in Ontario
ISBN-10
0774842369
ISBN-13
9780774842365
Category
Nature
Pages
346
Language
English
Published
2011-11-01
Publisher
UBC Press
Authors
Ajith H. Perera, David L. Euler, Ian D. Thompson

Description

The growing popularity of the broad, landscape-scale approach to forest management represents a dramatic shift from the traditional, stand-based focus on timber production. Ecology of a Managed Terrestrial Landscape responds to the increasing need of forest policy developers, planners, and managers for an integrated, comprehensive perspective on ecological landscapes. The book examines the "big picture" of ecological patterns and processes through a case study of the vast managed forest region in Ontario. The contributors synthesize current landscape ecological knowledge of this area and look at gaps and future research directions from several points of view: spatial patterns, ecological functions and processes, natural disturbances, and ecological responses to disturbance. They also discuss the integration of landscape ecological knowledge into policies of forest management policies, particularly with respect to Ontario's legislative goals of forest sustainability. Ecology of a Managed Terrestrial Landscape is the first book to describe the landscape ecology of a continuously forested landscape in a comprehensive manner. It is written for instructors and students in forest management, wildlife ecology, and landscape ecology, and for forest managers, planners, and policy developers in North America.

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