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.
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