Wildlife management specialists and landscape ecologists offer a
new perspective on the important intersection of these fields in
the twenty-first century. It's been clear for decades that
landscape-level patterns and processes, along with the tenets and
tools of landscape ecology, are vitally important in understanding
wildlife-habitat relationships and sustaining wildlife populations.
Today, significant shifts in the spatial scale of extractive,
agricultural, ranching, and urban land uses are upon us, making it
more important than ever before to connect wildlife management and
landscape ecology. Landscape ecologists must understand the
constraints that wildlife managers face and be able to use that
knowledge to translate their work into more practical applications.
Wildlife managers, for their part, can benefit greatly from
becoming comfortable with the vocabulary, conceptual processes, and
perspectives of landscape ecologists. In Wildlife Management and
Landscapes, the foremost landscape ecology experts and wildlife
management specialists come together to discuss the emerging role
of landscape concepts in habitat management. Their contributions *
make the case that a landscape perspective is necessary to address
management questions * translate concepts in landscape ecology to
wildlife management * explain why studying some important
habitat-wildlife relationships is still inherently difficult *
explore the dynamic and heterogeneous structure of natural systems
* reveal why factors such as soil, hydrology, fire, grazing, and
timber harvest lead to uncertainty in management decisions *
explain matching scale between population processes and management
* discuss limitations to management across jurisdictional
boundaries and balancing objectives of private landowners and
management agencies * offer practical ideas for improving
communication between professionals * outline the impediments that
limit a full union of landscape ecology and wildlife management
Using concrete examples of modern conservation challenges that
range from oil and gas development to agriculture and urbanization,
the volume posits that shifts in conservation funding from a hunter
constituent base to other sources will bring a dramatic change in
the way we manage wildlife. Explicating the foundational similarity
of wildlife management and landscape ecology, Wildlife and
Landscapes builds crucial bridges between theoretical and practical
applications. Contributors: Jocelyn L. Aycrigg, Guillaume
Bastille-Rousseau, Jon P. Beckmann, Joseph R. Bennett, William M.
Block, Todd R. Bogenschutz, Teresa C. Cohn, John W. Connelly,
Courtney J. Conway, Bridgett E. Costanzo, David D. Diamond, Karl A.
Didier, Lee F. Elliott, Michael E. Estey, Lenore Fahrig, Cameron J.
Fiss, Jacqueline L. Frair, Elsa M. Haubold, Fidel Hernandez, Jodi
A. Hilty, Joseph D. Holbrook, Cynthia A. Jacobson, Kevin M.
Johnson, Jeffrey K. Keller, Jeffery L. Larkin, Kimberly A. Lisgo,
Casey A. Lott, Amanda E. Martin, James A. Martin, Darin J. McNeil,
Michael L. Morrison, Betsy E. Neely, Neal D. Niemuth, Chad J.
Parent, Humberto L. Perotto-Baldivieso, Ronald D. Pritchert, Fiona
K. A. Schmiegelow, Amanda L. Sesser, Gregory J. Soulliere, Leona K.
Svancara, Stephen C. Torbit, Joseph A. Veech, Kerri T. Vierling,
Greg Wathen, David M. Williams, Mark J. Witecha, John M. Yeiser
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