Description
Book SynopsisOffers a broad understanding of the challenges and opportunities faced by scientists, managers, and conservationists in the northern portion of the North Pacific rainforest
Trade Review"The book is well written, thoroughly researched, and balanced in its approach to conservation and responsible forest management . . .I highly recommend this book."
-- Dominick A. DellaSala * Artic *
"[North Pacific temperate rainforests] comprehensively examines the ecosystems that hug the West Coast of North America. The editors and contributors provide a multidisciplinary overview of what they argue are key issues associated with conservation and management of this economically, social, and spiritually important biome. . . . Summing Up: Recommended."
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Table of ContentsPreface and Acknowledgments / Gordon Orians and John Schoen
1. Introduction / Gordon H. Orians, John W. Schoen, Jerry F. Franklin, and Andy MacKinnon
2. Island Life: Coming to Grips with the Insular Nature of Southeast Alaska and Adjoining Coastal British
Columbia / Joseph A. Cook and Stephen O. MacDonald
3. Riparian Ecology, Climate Change, and Management in North Pacific Coastal Rainforests / Rick T. Edwards, David V. D'Amore, Erik Norberg, and Frances Biles
4. Natural Disturbance Patterns in the Temperate Rainforests of Southeast Alaska and Adjacent British Columbia / Paul Alaback, Gregory Nowacki, and Sari Saunders
5. Indigenous and Commercial Uses of the Natural Resources of the North Pacific Rainforest with a Focus on Southeast Alaska and Haida Gwaii / Lisa K. Crone and Joe R. Mehrkens
Photo Gallery
6. Succession Debt and Roads: Short- and Long-Term Effects of Timber Harvest on a Large-Mammal Predator-Prey Community in Southeast Alaska / David K. Person and Todd J. Brinkman
7. Concepts of Conservation Biology Applied to Wildlife in Old-Forest Ecosystems, with Special Reference to Southeast Alaska and Northern Coastal British Columbia / Bruce G. Marcot
8. Why Watersheds: Evaluating the Protection of Undeveloped Watersheds as a Conservation Strategy in Northwestern North America / Ken Lertzman and Andy MacKinnon
9. Variable Retention Harvesting in North Pacific Temperate Rainforests / William J. Beese
10. Synthesis / Gordon H. Orians, John W. Schoen, Jerry F. Franklin, and Andy MacKinnon
Literature Cited
Author Biographies
Index
