Patterns and Processes in Forest Landscapes: Multiple Use and Sustainable Management

Front Matter....Pages I-XXV
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Ecology and Management of Forest Landscapes....Pages 3-16
Cultural Determinants of Spatial Heterogeneity in Forest Landscapes....Pages 17-32
Managing Forest Landscapes for Climate Change....Pages 33-43
Front Matter....Pages 45-45
The Great Siberian Forest: Challenges and Opportunities of Scale....Pages 47-66
Fragmentation of Forest Landscapes in Central Africa: Causes, Consequences and Management....Pages 67-87
Human-Induced Alterations in Native Forests of Patagonia, Argentina....Pages 89-105
Landscape-Scale Factors Influencing Forest Dynamics in Northern Australia....Pages 107-124
Spatial Patterns and Ecology of Shifting Forest Landscapes in Garo Hills, India....Pages 125-139
Synthesis....Pages 141-145
Front Matter....Pages 147-147
Tools for Understanding Landscapes: Combining Large-Scale Surveys to Characterize Change....Pages 149-166
Shape Irregularity as an Indicator of Forest Biodiversity and Guidelines for Metric Selection....Pages 167-189
Land Suitability for Short Rotation Coppices Assessed through Fuzzy Membership Functions....Pages 191-211
Assessing Human Impacts on Australian Forests through Integration of Remote Sensing Data....Pages 213-239
Habitat Quality Assessment and Modelling for Forest Biodiversity and Sustainability....Pages 241-264
Synthesis....Pages 265-270
Front Matter....Pages 271-271
The Role of the Sustainable Forestry Initiative in Forest Landscape Changes in Texas, USA....Pages 273-295
Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Livelihoods in Tropical Forest Landscapes....Pages 297-322
Forest Management and Carbon Sink Dynamics: a Study in Boreal and Sub-Alpine Forest Regions....Pages 323-340
Emulating Natural Disturbance Regimes: an Emerging Approach for Sustainable Forest Management....Pages 341-372
Conserving Forest Biodiversity: Recent Approaches in UK Forest Planning and Management....Pages 373-398
Front Matter....Pages 271-271
Synthesis....Pages 399-401
Appendix A....Pages 403-422
Back Matter....Pages 423-425