Research Catalog

Title

Emulating natural forest landscape disturbances : concepts and applications / edited by Ajith H. Perera, Lisa J. Buse, and Michael G. Weber.

Publication

New York : Columbia University Press, c2004.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Perera, Ajith H.
• Buse, Lisa J.
• Weber, Michael G.

Description

xix, 315 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps; 26 cm.

Summary

"This book 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 acknowledges the divergent expectations that practitioners face and offers a balanced-view of the promises and challenges associated with applying this emerging forest management paradigm."--BOOK JACKET.

Subjects

• Forest management > United States
• Ecological disturbances > Canada
• Ecological disturbances > United States
• Forest ecology > Canada
• Forest ecology > United States
• Forest management > Canada

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-310) and index.

Contents

1. Emulating natural disturbance in forest management : an overview / Ajith H. Perera and Lisa J. Buse -- 2. Emulating natural forest disturbance : what does this mean? / J. P. (Hamish) Kimmins -- 3. The ecological and genetic basis for emulating natural disturbance in forest management : theory guiding practice / Jan D. Thompson and Alton S. Harestad -- 4. Characterizing natural forest disturbance regimes : concepts and approaches / Roger Suffling and Ajith H. Perera -- 5. Predicting fire regimes at multiple scales / Robert E. Keane, Russell E. Parsons and Mathew G. Rollins -- 6. Predicting forest insect disturbance regimes for use in emulating natural disturbance / David A. MacLean -- 7. Empirical approaches to modeling wildland fire in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States : methods and applications to landscape simulation / Donald McKenzie, Susan Prichard, Amy E. Hessl and David L. Peterson -- 8. Simulating forest fire regimes in the foothills of the Canadian Rocky Mountains / Chao Li -- 9. Spatial simulation of broad-scale fire regimes as a tool for emulating natural forest landscape disturbance / Ajith H. Perera, Dennis Yemshanov, Frank Schnekenburger, David J. B. Baldwin, Den Boychuk and Kevin Weaver -- 10. Simulating the effects of forest fire and timber harvesting on the hardwood species of central Missouri / 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 / 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 / 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 reference conditions : an example from the Inland Northwest region of the United States / Paul F. Hessburg, Keith M. Reynolds, R. Brion Salter and Merrick B. Richmond -- 14. Changes in tree species composition from pre-European settlement to present : a case study of the Temagami Forest, Ontario / Fred Pinto and Stephen Romaniuk -- 15. A conservation perspective on emulating natural disturbance in the management of Boreal forests in Ontario / David L. Euler, Chris Henschel and Tom Clark -- 16. Consequences of emulating natural forest disturbance : a Canadian forest industry perspective / Daryll Hebert -- 17. An economic perspective on emulation forestry and a case study on woodland caribou-wood production trade-offs in northern Ontario / Daniel McKenney, Al Mussell and Glenn Fox -- 18. Developing forest management strategies based on fire regimes in northwestern Quebec / Sylvie Gauthier, Thuy Nguyen, Yves Bergeron, Alain Leduc, Pierre Drapeau and Pierre Grondin -- 19. Emulating natural forest disturbance : applications for silvicultural systems in the northern Great Lakes region of the United States / John C. Zasada, Brian J. Palik, Thomas R. Crow and Daniel W. Gilmore -- 20. Emulating natural forest disturbance in the wildland-urban interface of the Greater Yellowstone ecosystem of the United States / 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 / John G. McNicol and James A. Baker -- 22. Emulating natural forest landscape disturbances : a synthesis / Ajith H. Perera, Lisa J. Buse, Michael G. Weber and Thomas R. Crow.

ISBN

0231129165 (cloth : alk. paper)

LCCN

2003068813

OCLC

• ocm53887519
• SCSB-5059369

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries