Ecological Forest Management Handbook

Content: FOREST MANAGEMENT CONCEPTSApplying Knowledge of Natural Disturbance Regimes to Develop an Ecosystem Management Approach in ForestryDaniel Kneeshaw and Yves BergeronTriad Forest Management: Local Fix or Global SolutionRebecca Tittler, Christian Messier, and Rosa C. GoodmanForest Wildlife ManagementSteven M. Grodsky, Christopher E. Moorman, and Kevin R. RussellExternal Drivers of Changes Challenging Forestry: Political and Social Issues at StakeChristine Farcy, Ronnie de Camino, Inazio Martinez de Arano, and Eduardo Rojas BrialesConsiderations of Ecosystem Services in Ecological Forest ManagementChristian Malouin, Guy R. Larocque, Marlene Doyle, F. Wayne Bell, Jennifer Dacosta, and Kate LissFOREST MODELSGrowth and Yield Models for Predicting Tree and Stand ProductivityRobert Schneider, Tony Franceschini, Mathieu Fortin, Olivier Martin-Ducup, Vincent Gauthray-Guyenet, Guy R. Larocque, Peter Marshall, and Alexa Berube-DeschenesForest Succession ModelsGuy R. Larocque, Herman H. Shugart, Weimin Xi, and Jennifer A. HolmProcess-Based Models: A Synthesis of Models and Applications to Address Environmental and Management IssuesGuy R. Larocque, Alexander Komarov, Oleg Chertov, Vladimir Shanin, Jinxun Liu, Jagtar S. Bhatti, Weifeng Wang, Changhui Peng, Herman H. Shugart, Weimin Xi, and Jennifer A. HolmModeling Forest Carbon Budgets toward Ecological Forest Management: Challenges and Future DirectionsWeifeng Wang, Changhui Peng, and Guy R. LarocqueModeling the Impacts of Pest Damage: Case Studies for Conifers in British Columbia, CanadaMichael G. Cruickshank, Rona N. Sturrock, Mario Di Lucca, and Rene I. AlfaroECOLOGICAL INDICATORSAssessing Abundance, Biomass, and Complexity in the Context of Ecological Forest ManagementVirginia Capmourteres and Madhur AnandConsidering Forest Biodiversity Indicators within a Pressure, State, Benefit, and Response FrameworkF. Wayne Bell, Jennifer Dacosta, and Guy R. LarocqueIndicators of Forest Ecosystem IntegrityAndre Arsenault and Guy R. LarocqueCriteria and Indicators of Sustainable Forest ManagementMichal Bosela, Guy R. Larocque, Tanya Baycheva, Ruben Valbuena, and Markus LierIndicating Forest Ecosystem and Stand Productivity: From Deductive to Inductive ConceptsHans Pretzsch and Thomas RotzerTurnover Times for Wood, Forest Litter, Roots, and Soil Organic MatterPaul A. ArpForest Ecosystem Health and Biotic Disturbances: Perspectives on Indicators and Management ApproachesKishan Sambaraju, Pierre DesRochers, Danny Rioux, Yan Boulanger, Nitin Kulkarni, Ram Keerti Verma, Marco Pautasso, Deepa Pureswaran, Veronique Martel, Christian Hebert, Michel Cusson, and Johanne DelisleADDRESSING ECOLOGICAL AND SOCIOECONOMIC ISSUESApplication of Surface Modeling for Large Regions: A Case Study for Forest Carbon Stocks in ChinaTian-Xiang Yue, Yi-Fu Wang, and Guy R. LarocqueComprehensive Analysis of Land Tenure Effects on the Structure and Services of Regional Forest EcosystemsPatrick Morin, Luc Sirois, and Luc BouthillierForest Management and Climate Change: Adaptive Measures for the Temperate-Boreal Interface of Eastern North AmericaLaurent Gagne, Luc Sirois, and Luc Lavoie