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Setting Conservation Targets for Managed Forest Landscapes
Marc-André Villard (Ed.)
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Description for Setting Conservation Targets for Managed Forest Landscapes
paperback. Presents concepts, approaches and case studies illustrating how biodiversity conservation can be integrated into forest management planning. Editor(s): Villard, Marc-Andre; Jonsson, Bengt Gunnar. Series: Conservation Biology. Num Pages: 426 pages, 45 b/w illus. BIC Classification: RGBL; RNKH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 690.
Forests host a disproportionate share of the world's biodiversity. They are increasingly being seen as a refuge for genetic diversity, native species, natural structures, and ecological processes. Yet, intensive forestry threatens their value for biodiversity. The authors present concepts, approaches and case studies illustrating how biodiversity conservation can be integrated into forest management planning. They address ecological patterns and processes taking place at the scale of landscapes, or forest mosaics. This book is intended for students and researchers in conservation biology and natural resource management, as well as forest land managers and policy makers. It presents examples from many forest ... Read more
Forests host a disproportionate share of the world's biodiversity. They are increasingly being seen as a refuge for genetic diversity, native species, natural structures, and ecological processes. Yet, intensive forestry threatens their value for biodiversity. The authors present concepts, approaches and case studies illustrating how biodiversity conservation can be integrated into forest management planning. They address ecological patterns and processes taking place at the scale of landscapes, or forest mosaics. This book is intended for students and researchers in conservation biology and natural resource management, as well as forest land managers and policy makers. It presents examples from many forest ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
426
Condition
New
Series
Conservation Biology
Number of Pages
426
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521700726
SKU
V9780521700726
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About Marc-André Villard (Ed.)
Marc-André Villard is a Professor of Biology at Université de Moncton, where he holds a Canada Research Chair in Landscape Conservation. He is a Fellow of the American Ornithologists' Union and co-editor of the journal Avian Conservation and Ecology. Bengt Gunnar Jonsson is a Professor of Plant Ecology at Mid Sweden University. He has been an active part of several ... Read more
Reviews for Setting Conservation Targets for Managed Forest Landscapes
'The volume offers a good starting point for those wanting to understand the technical aspects of setting conservation targets in forest ecosystems.' Conservation Biology