Landscape ecology and resource management : linking theory with practice / edited by John A. Bissonette and Ilse Storch.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bissonette, John A.

Storch, Ilse.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Landscape ecology.

Conservation of natural resources.

Physical Description:

xi, 463 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Washington : Island Press, [2003]

Summary:

Landscape Ecology and Resource Management bridges the gap between the science of landscape ecology and on-the-ground land and resource management, relating the theory and empirical research within landscape ecology to the practical needs of resource managers. It offers both a conceptual foundation of applicable and operational theory and case-study examples that address ways in which political, economic, and social factors influence the use of landscape ecology and other data-based science around the world.

Contributors focus on links between theory and practice, between small-scale and large-scale, and between humans and nature. Specific linkages examined include: landscape patterns and biological reality, top-down effects and organisms, the indicator species concept and conservation efforts, the concept of fitness landscapes and the behavior and distribution of animals, body mass patterns and wildlife conservation

Chapters feature examples of interactions between people and landscapes inboreal, central, and Mediterranean Europe; northern Australia; and EasternAfrica; along with case studies from central Europe, North America, and South America that show how theory and application can be linked in a variety of situations with varying management constraints.

Landscape Ecology and Resource Management is the first book of its kind to focus on the linkages between the theory of landscape ecology and the practice of resource management, and will play an important role both in advancing landscape ecology as a science and in incorporating its ideas into management efforts.

Contents:

Part 1 Conceptual and Quantitative Linkages

1. Linking Landscape Patterns to Biological Reality / John A. Bissonette 15

2. Linkages between Landscape Theory and Population Dynamics: A Review of the Empirical Evidence / Therese M. Donovan, Allan M. Strong 35

3. The Rest of the Story: Linking Top-Down Effects to Organisms / James G. Sanderson, Larry D. Harris 55

4. The Problem with Linking Scales in the Use of Indicator Species in Conservation Biology / Ilse Storch, John A. Bissonette 73

5. Linking Fitness Landscapes with the Behavior and Distribution of Animals / Michael S. Mitchell, Roger A. Powell 93

6. Implications of Body Mass Patterns: Linking Ecological Structure and Process to Wildlife Conservation and Management / Jan P. Sendzimir, Craig R. Allen, Lance Gunderson, Craig Stow 125

7. Modeling Multiple Ecological Scales to Link Landscape Theory to Wildlife Conservation / Thomas C. Edwards, Jr., Gretchen G. Moisen, Tracey S. Frescino, Joshua J. Lawler 153

Part 2 Linking People, Land Use, and Landscape Values

8. Human Stewardship in Ecological Mosaics: Linking People to Landscape Dynamics / Almo Farina 177

9. Reconciling the Linkages of Land Management with Natural Disturbance Regimes to Maintain Forest Biodiversity in Europe / Per Angelstam 193

10. Landscape Ecology, Wildlife Management, and Conservation in Northern Australia: Linking Policy, Practice, and Capability in Regional Planning / Peter J. Whitehead, John C. Z. Woinarski, Donald Franklin, Owen Price 227

11. Habitat Models to Link Situation Evaluation and Planning Support in Agricultural Landscapes / Alfred Schultz, Reinhard Klenke, Gerd Lutze, Marion Voss, Ralf Wieland, Bettina Wilkening 261

12. A Park Is Not an Island: Linking Different Wildlife Management Strategies in the Area of Lake Mburo National Park, Uganda / Christiane Averbeck 283

Part 3 Linking Theory and Application: Case Studies

13. Linking a Multiscale Habitat Concept to Species Conservation / Ilse Storch 303

14. Landscape History: Linking Conservation Approaches for Large Mammals / David S. Maehr, John J. Cox, Jeffery L. Larkin 321

15. Giant Otters in the Peruvian Rainforest: Linking Protected Area Conditions to Species Needs / Christof Schenck, Jessica Groenendijk, Frank Hajek, Elke Staib, Karin Frank 341

16. Linking Landscape Management with the Conservation of Grassland Birds in Wisconsin / David W. Sample, Christine A. Ribic, Rosalind B. Renfrew 359

17. Foraging by Herbivores: Linking the Biochemical Diversity of Plants to Herbivore Culture and Landscape Diversity / Frederick D. Provenza, Juan J. Villalba, John P. Bryant 387.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1559639725

1559639733

OCLC:

50096806