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Book SynopsisA collection of papers that provides a scientific foundation for justifying the use of and a solid framework for examining the ambiguities inherent in emulating natural forest landscape disturbance. It explores the understanding of natural disturbance regimes, including the two most prevalent in North America: fire and insects.
Trade Review"For professional and graduate students in forestry, wildlife management, ecology, and conservation biology...Recommended." -- Choice
Table of ContentsConcepts 1. Emulating Natural Disturbance in Forest Management: An Overview, by Ajith H. Perera and Lisa J. Buse 2. Emulating Natural Forest Disturbance: What Does This Mean?, by J. P. Kimmins 3. The Ecological and Genetic Basis for Emulating Natural Disturbance in Forest Management: Theory Guiding Practice, by Ian D. Thompson and Alton S. Harestad 4. Concepts and Approaches in Characterizing Natural Forest Disturbance Regimes, by Roger Suffling and Ajith H. Perera 5. Predicting Fire Regimes at Multiple Scales, by Robert E. Keane, Russell E. Parsons, and Mathew G. Rollins 6. Predicting Forest Insect Disturbance Regimes for Use in Emulating Natural Disturbance, by David A. MacLean Applications-Understanding Forest Disturbances 7. Empirical Approaches to Modeling Wildland Fire in the Pacific Northwest Region of the United States: Methods and Applications to Landscape Simulation, by Donald McKenzie, Susan Prichard, Amy E. Hessl, and David L. Peterson 8. Simulating Forest Fire Regimes in the Foothills of the Canadian Rocky Mountains, by Chao Li 9. Spatial Simulation of Broad-Scale Fire Regimes as a Tool for Emulating Natural Forest Landscape Disturbance, by Ajith H. Perera, Dennis Yemshanov, Frank Schnekenburger, David J. B. Baldwin, De 10. Simulating the Effects of Forest Fire and Timber Harvesting on the Hardwood Species of Central Missouri, by Hong S. He, Stephen R. Shifley, William Dijak, and Eric J. Gustafson 11. Using Insect-Caused Patterns of Disturbance in Northern New Brunswick to Inform Forest Management, by Kevin B. Porter, Brendan Hemens, and David A. MacLean 12. Using Criteria Based on the Natural Fire Regime to Evaluate Forest Management in the Oregon Coast Range of the United States, by Michael C. Wimberly, Thomas A. Spies, and Etsuko Nonaka 13. Using a Decision Support System to Estimate Departures of Present Forest Landscape Patterns from Historical Conditions: An Example from the Inland Northwest Region of the United States, by Paul F. Hessburg, Keith M. Reynolds, R. Brion Salter, and Merrick B. Richmond 14. Changes in Tree Species Composition from Pre-settlement to Present: A Case Study of the Temagami Forest Ontario, by Fred Pinto and Stephen Romaniuk Applications-Perspectives, Practices, and Policy 15. A Conservation Perspective on Emulating Natural Disturbance in the Management of Boreal Forests in Ontario, by David L. Euler, Chris Henschel, and Tom Clark 16. Consequences of Emulating Natural Forest Disturbance: A Canadian Forest Industry Perspective, by Daryll Hebert 17. An Economic Perspective on "Emulation" Forestry and a Case Study on Woodland Caribou--Wood Production Trade-offs in Northern Ontario, by Daniel McKenney, Al Mussel, and Glenn Fox 18. Developing Forest Management Strategies Based on Fire Regimes in Northwestern Quebec, by Sylvie Gauthier, Thuy Nguyen, Yves Bergeron, Alain Leduc, Pierre Drapeau, and Pi 19. Emulating Natural Forest Disturbance: Applications for Silvicultural Systems in the Northern Great Lakes Region of the United States, by John C. Zasada, Brian J. Palik, Thomas R. Crow, and Daniel Gilmore 20. Emulating Natural Forest Disturbance in the Wildland--Urban Interface of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem of the United States, by William H. Romme, Monica G. Turner, Daniel B. Tinker, and Dennis H. Knight 21. Emulating Natural Forest Disturbance: From Policy to Practical Guidance in Ontario, by John G. McNicol and James A. Baker Conclusion 22. Emulating Natural Forest Landscape Disturbances: A Synthesis, by Ajith H. Perera, Lisa J. Buse, Michael G. Weber and Thomas R. Crow References Index
