Chen, Jiquan
Patterns and Processes in Forest Landscapes
Part I. Underlying Concepts and Applicative Approaches
1. Ecology and Management of Forest Landscapes
Jiquan Chen, Kimberley D. Brosofske, Raffaele Lafortezza
2. Cultural Determinants of Spatial Heterogeneity in Forest Landscapes
Raffaele Lafortezza, Robert C. Corry, Giovanni Sanesi, Robert D. Brown
3. Managing Forest Landscapes for Climate Change
Thomas R. Crow
Part II. Consequences of Management across Regions and Scales
4. The Great Siberian Forest: Challenges and Opportunities of Scale
Igor M. Danilin, Thomas R. Crow
5. Fragmentation of Forest Landscapes in Central Africa: Causes, Consequences and Management
Jan Bogaert, Issouf Bamba, Kouao J. Koffi, Serge Sibomana, Jean-Pierre Kabulu Djibu, Dominique Champluvier, Elmar Robbrecht, Charles De Cannière, Marjolein N. Visser
6. Human-Induced Alterations in Native Forests of Patagonia, Argentina
Francisco Carabelli, Roberto Scoz
7. Landscape-Scale Factors Influencing Forest Dynamics in Northern Australia
Daniel S. Banfai, David M.J.S. Bowman
8. Spatial Patterns and Ecology of Shifting Forest Landscapes in Garo Hills, India
Ashish Kumar, Bruce G. Marcot, P.S. Roy
9. Synthesis
Raffaele Lafortezza, Giovanni Sanesi
Part III. Landscape-Scale Indicators and Projection Models
10. Tools for Understanding Landscapes: Combining Large-Scale Surveys to Characterize Change
W. Keith Moser, Janine Bolliger, Don C. Bragg, Mark H. Hansen, Mark A. Hatfield, Timothy A. Nigh, Lisa A. Schulte
11. Shape Irregularity as an Indicator of Forest Biodiversity and Guidelines for Metric Selection
Santiago Saura, Olga Torras, Assu Gil-Tena, Lucía Pascual-Hortal
12. Land Suitability for Short Rotation Coppices Assessed through Fuzzy Membership Functions
Piermaria Corona, Riccardo Salvati, Anna Barbati, Gherardo Chirici
13. Assessing Human Impacts on Australian Forests through Integration of Remote Sensing Data
Richard Lucas, Arnon Accad, Lucy Randall, Peter Bunting, John Armston
14. Habitat Quality Assessment and Modelling for Forest Biodiversity and Sustainability
Sandra Luque, Nina Vainikainen
15. Synthesis
Jiquan Chen
Part IV. Long-Term Sustainable Plans and Management Actions
16. The Role of the Sustainable Forestry Initiative in Forest Landscape Changes in Texas, USA
João C. Azevedo, X. Ben Wu, Michael G. Messina, Jimmy R. Williams, Richard F. Fisher
17. Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Livelihoods in Tropical Forest Landscapes
Jean-Laurent Pfund, Piia Koponen, Trudy O’Connor, Jean-Marc Boffa, Meine Noordwijk, Jean-Pierre Sorg
18. Forest Management and Carbon Sink Dynamics: a Study in Boreal and Sub-Alpine Forest Regions
Chao Li, Shirong Liu, Yuandong Zhang, Jianwei Liu, Chuanwen Luo
19. Emulating Natural Disturbance Regimes: an Emerging Approach for Sustainable Forest Management
Malcolm P. North, William S. Keeton
20. Conserving Forest Biodiversity: Recent Approaches in UK Forest Planning and Management
Kevin Watts, Christopher P. Quine, Amy E. Eycott, Darren Moseley, Jonathan W. Humphrey, Duncan Ray
21. Synthesis
Thomas R. Crow
22. Appendix A
Santiago Saura
Keywords: Life Sciences, Landscape Ecology, Forestry Management, Biodiversity, Nature Conservation, Remote Sensing/Photogrammetry
- Author(s)
- Chen, Jiquan
- Crow, Thomas R.
- Lafortezza, Raffaele
- Sanesi, Giovanni
- Publisher
- Springer
- Publication year
- 2008
- Language
- en
- Edition
- 1
- Page amount
- 450 pages
- Category
- Natural Sciences
- Format
- Ebook
- eISBN (PDF)
- 9781402085048