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Conservation Biology Principles for Forested Landscapes.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Voller, Joan
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Vancouver : UBC Press, 2014.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""1 Natural Disturbance Ecology""; ""Definitions""; ""Disturbance Ecology""; ""Landscape Ecology""; ""Background""; ""Science and Research""; ""Forest Resource Management""; ""Disturbance Data for British Columbia""; ""Ecological Principles""; ""Natural Disturbance Effects""; ""Biodiversity and Natural Disturbances""; ""The Need for Management that Includes Natural Disturbance Regimes""; ""Methods for Including Natural Processes in Resource Management""; ""Scale Issues, Variation, and Predictability""; ""Research Needs""; ""Literature Cited""
  • ""2 Spatial Patterns in Forested Landscapes: Implications for Biology and Forestry""""Definitions""; ""Background""; ""Ecological Principles""; ""Scale and Ecological Hierarchy""; ""Fragmentation""; ""Spatial Patterns in Forested Landscapes""; ""Research Needs""; ""Literature Cited""; ""3 Connectivity""; ""Definitions""; ""Background""; ""Ecological Principles""; ""Maintaining Connectivity""; ""Corridor Location and Design""; ""Corridor Width""; ""Summary""; ""Research Needs""; ""Literature Cited""; ""4 Riparian Areas and Wetlands""; ""Definitions""; ""Background""; ""Ecological Principles""
  • ""Riparian Areas, Wetlands, and Fish""""Riparian Areas, Wetlands, and Invertebrates""; ""Riparian Areas, Wetlands, and Herpetofauna""; ""Riparian Areas, Wetlands, and Birds""; ""Riparian Areas, Wetlands, and Mammals""; ""Design and Function of Riparian and Wetland Buffers""; ""Research Needs""; ""Literature Cited""; ""5 Interior Habitat""; ""Definitions""; ""Background""; ""Ecological Principles""; ""Interior Forest Microclimate""; ""Interior Habitat Requirements of Forest Dwellers""; ""Interior Habitat and Herpetofauna""; ""Interior Habitat and Birds""; ""Interior Habitat and Mammals""
  • ""Reserve (Patch) Design and Interior Forest Habitat""""Research Needs""; ""Literature Cited""; ""6 Biodiversity and Old-Growth Forests""; ""Definitions""; ""Background""; ""Association and Dependence""; ""Ecological Principles""; ""Birds""; ""Mammals""; ""Insectivores""; ""Rodents""; ""Carnivores""; ""Ungulates""; ""Bats""; ""Reptiles""; ""Amphibians""; ""Fish""; ""Invertebrates""; ""Arthropods""; ""Molluscs""; ""Vascular Plants""; ""Nonvascular Plants""; ""Fungi""; ""Lichens""; ""Research Needs""; ""Literature Cited""; ""7 The Dead Wood Cycle""; ""Definitions""; ""Background""
  • ""Ecological Principles""""Dead Wood Cycling""; ""Dynamics of the Dead Wood Cycle""; ""The Roles of Dead Wood in the Ecosystem""; ""Dead Wood and Ecosystem Processes""; ""Management of the Dead Wood Cycle""; ""Research Needs""; ""Literature Cited""; ""8 Managing for Edge Effects""; ""Definitions""; ""Background""; ""Ecological Principles""; ""Edge Effects and Microclimatic and Vegetation Gradients""; ""Edge Effects and Invertebrates""; ""Edge Effects and Herpetofauna""; ""Edge Effects and Birds""; ""Edge Effects and Mammals""; ""Managing for Edge Effects""; ""Research Needs""