Ecosystem Management : Applications for Sustainable Forest and Wildlife Resources

by Edited by Mark S. Boyce and Alan Haney

• ISBN13: 9780300078589
• ISBN10: 0300078587
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 1999-01-11
• Publisher: Yale University Press

Summary

Until recently, natural resource management of such commodities as timber and wildlife was driven largely by the desire to exploit these resources. During the past three decades, however, ecologists have warned that this approach to natural resource management could have unforeseen consequences because it ignored how ecosystems function within the landscape. Federal agencies that oversee forest and wildlife resources have begun to implement different schemes of ecosystem management, schemes that vary enormously among agencies. Contributors to this volume -- leading experts who are agency personnel as well as researchers -- now clarify the key elements of sound ecosystem management and offer prescriptions for implementing them. The authors discuss definitions of ecosystem management, sustainability of ecological systems, landscape ecology, resource management at different scales and in an ecosystem context, new advances in computer technology that facilitate classification schemes for ecosystems, ecosystem restoration, biological diversity, and public concerns. Throughout, the experts agree that management practices must be sustainable: that production of commodities, such amenities as recreation and aesthetics, and biodiversity must not be allowed to decline over time.

Table of Contents

Foreword
Preface
Introduction	p. 1
Ecosystem Management: An Overview	p. 21
Concepts and Methods of Ecosystem Management: Lessons from Landscape Ecology	p. 54
The Role of Keystone Ecosystems in Landscapes	p. 68
Maintaining the Integrity of Managed Ecosystems: The Challenges of Preserving Rare Species	p. 77
Managing the Invisible: Ecosystem Management and Macronutrient Cycling	p. 94
Applied Disequilibriums: Riparian Habitat Management for Wildlife	p. 133
Managing Forested Wetlands	p. 147
National Hierarchical Framework of Ecological Units	p. 181
Geographic Information Systems and Remote Sensing Applications for Ecosystem Management	p. 201
Population Viability Analysis: Adaptive Management for Threatened and Endangered Species	p. 226
Ecosystem Protection and Restoration: The Core of Ecosystem Management	p. 239
Silviculture and Ecosystem Management	p. 265
Policies for Protecting Aquatic Diversity	p. 276
Ecological Restoration: A Practical Approach	p. 301
Implementing Ecosystem Management: Where Do We Go from Here?	p. 325
List of Contributors	p. 343
Index	p. 345
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