Patterns and Processes in Forest Landscapes

List of contributors.- Author's profiles.- Foreword; T.A. Spies.- Preface; R. Lafortezza et al.- Part I: UNDERLYING CONCEPTS AND APPLICATIVE APPROACHES. 1. Ecology and management of forest landscapes; J. Chen et al.- 2. Cultural determinants of spatial heterogeneity in forest landscapes; R. Lafortezza et al.- 3. Managing forest landscapes for climate change; T.R.Crow.- Part II: CONSEQUENCES OF MANAGEMENT ACROSS REGIONS AND SCALES. 4. The Great Siberian Forest: challenges and opportunities of scale; I.M. Danilin, T.R. Crow.- 5. Fragmentation of forest landscapes in Central Africa: causes, consequences and management; J. Bogaert et al.- 6. Human-induced alterations in native forests of Patagonia, Argentina; F. Carabelli, R. Scoz.- 7. Landscape-scale factors influencing forest dynamics in Northern Australia; D.S. Banfai, D.M.J.S. Bowman.- 8. Spatial patterns and ecology of shifting forest landscapes in Garo Hills, India; A. Kumar et al.- Synthesis: Cultural controls of forest patterns and processes; G. Sanesi, R. Lafortezza.- Part III: LANDSCAPE-SCALE INDICATORS AND PROJECTION MODELS. 9. Tools for understanding landscapes: combining large-scale surveys to characterize change; W.K. Moser et al.- 10. Shape irregularity as indicator of forest biodiversity and guidelines for metric selection; S. Saura et al.- 11. Land suitability for short rotation coppices assessed through fuzzy membership functions; P. Corona et al.- 12. Assessing human impacts on Australian forests through integration of remote sensing data; R. Lucas et al.- 13. Habitat quality assessment and modellingfor forest biodiversity and sustainability; S. Luque S., N. Vainikainen.- Synthesis: Ecological modelling and perspectives of forest landscapes; J. Chen.- Part IV: LONG-TERM SUSTAINABLE PLANS AND MANAGEMENT ACTIONS. 14. The role of the sustainable forestry initiative in forest landscape changes in Texas, USA; J.C. Azevedo et al.- 15. Biodiversity conservation and sustainable livelihoods in tropical forest

From the reviews:

"The book aims to elucidate the dynamics of forest ecosystems in the broad sense ... . The four-part work provides some of the most salient, pertinent examples of landscape ecological research. Scholars, students, and forest managers seeking a current synthesis within these divisions of landscape ecology may consult one of the parts independently--each part contains several well-referenced chapters--or the book as a whole. ... Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduate through professional collections." (D. L. Richter, Choice, Vol. 46 (11), 2009)

"This highly accessible book provides a comprehensive overview of recent research and theory about the Landscape Ecology state in Forest. ... this book based on the main results of the 2006 IUFRO Landscape Ecology Workshop of Locorotondo (Bari, Italy) is the most recent comprehensive textbook on this subject for students, researchers and professionals from around the world. ... To conclude, this is the most thoughtfull, scientific and case studies ... that I have read on ecology processes and management in Forest Landscapes." (Marc Benoît, Annals of Forest Science, Issue 1, 2010)

"I was therefore pleasantly surprised to find in this volume a rich and relatively coherent collection of papers whose authors include many of the world's leaders in the field of landscape ecology. ... the editors span the extremes of the range of approaches to forest landscapes and this is one of the strengths of the book. ... The book is very well edited and produced and will be a valuable reference work for anyone concerned with large scale patterns and processes in forest landscapes." (Jeffrey Sayer, International Forestry Review, Vol. 11 (1), 2009)