A Critique of Silviculture - Managing for Complexity (Paperback)

New ideas in ecology have implications for managing forest ecosystems. The discipline of silviculture is at a crossroads. Silviculturists are under increasing pressure to develop practices that sustain the full function and dynamics of forested ecosystems and maintain ecosystem diversity and resilience while still providing needed wood products. "A Critique of Silviculture" offers a penetrating look at the current state of the field and provides suggestions for its future development.The book includes an overview of the historical developments of silvicultural techniques and describes how these developments are best understood in their contemporary philosophical, social, and ecological contexts. It also explains how the traditional strengths of silviculture are becoming limitations as society demands a varied set of benefits from forests and as we learn more about the importance of diversity on ecosystem functions and processes.The authors go on to explain how other fields, specifically ecology and complexity science, have developed in attempts to understand the diversity of nature and the variability and heterogeneity of ecosystems. The authors suggest that ideas and approaches from these fields could offer a road map to a new philosophical and practical approach that endorses managing forests as complex adaptive systems."A Critique of Silviculture" bridges a gap between silviculture and ecology that has long hindered the adoption of new ideas. It breaks the mold of disciplinary thinking by directly linking new ideas and findings in ecology and complexity science to the field of silviculture. This is a critically important book that is essential reading for anyone involved with forest ecology, forestry, silviculture, or the management of forested ecosystems.

General

Imprint:	Island Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	November 2008
First published:	November 2008
Authors:	Klaus J. Puettmann • K.David Coates • Christian C. Messier
Dimensions:	229 x 153 x 13mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	206
ISBN-13:	978-1-59726-146-3
Categories:	Books > Professional & Technical > Agriculture & farming > Forestry & silviculture: practice & techniques Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Life sciences: general issues > Ecological science, the Biosphere Promotions
LSN:	1-59726-146-7
Barcode:	9781597261463

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