Landscape ecology in forest management and conservation : challenges and solutions for global change / Chao Li, Raffael Lafortezza, Jiquan Chen.
"“Landscape Ecology in Forest Management and Conservation: Challenges and Solutions for Global Change” discusses how landscape ecology can contribute to addressing the challenges in contemporary forest management practice, with diverse contributions from active researchers worldwide. It provide...
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English |
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Beijing : Heileberg ; New York :
Higher Education Press ; Springer,
2011.
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| Online Access: | Springer eBooks |
| Summary: | "“Landscape Ecology in Forest Management and Conservation: Challenges and Solutions for Global Change” discusses how landscape ecology can contribute to addressing the challenges in contemporary forest management practice, with diverse contributions from active researchers worldwide. It provides not only a summary of conceptual understanding of landscape ecology as related to forest management but also a whole set of specific challenges, issues, and methods on how to deal with them. This book is a stimulating addition to the international literature on landscape ecology and land resource management at large.Dr. Chao Li is a Research Scientist with the Canadian Forest Service (CFS), Natural Resources Canada, and leads the Landscape Disturbances and Forest Valuation Modeling group. Dr. Raffaele Lafortezza is a Lecturer in forest landscape ecology at the University of Bari, Italy. Dr. Jiquan Chen is a Professor at the Department of Environmental Sciences, the University of Toledo, USA."--Publisher's website. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xx, 403 pages) : illustrations (some colour), maps (some colour) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 3642127533 3642127541 9783642127533 9783642127540 |