Wildlife, Forests, and Forestry: Principles of Managing Forests for Biological Diversity
by Hunter, Malcolm L.; Bowman, DianeEdition: 1st
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 1990-01-01
Publisher(s): Pearson College Div
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Summary
This text furnishes the reader with a conceptual focus and a broad geographic scope of the interface between forestry and wildlife. The universal information contained in the book allows students to understand the concepts that form the foundations for specific forest management decision making.
Table of Contents
| Introduction | |
| What is Wildlife? | |
| What is Diversity? | |
| What is a Forest? | |
| The Macro Approach, Managing Forest Landscapes | |
| Species Composition | |
| Age Structure | |
| Spatial Heterogeneity | |
| Edges | |
| Islands and Fragments | |
| Shores | |
| The Micro Approach, Managing Forest Stands | |
| Dying, Dead and Down Trees | |
| Vertical Structure | |
| Intensive Silviculture | |
| Special Species | |
| Synthesis and Implementation | |
| Management Plans | |
| Who Pays? | |
| U.S. National Policies Related to Maintaining Biological Diversity in Forests | |
| A Primer on the Metric System and Estimating Areas | |
| Diversity Indices | |
| Literature Cited and Author Index | |
| Scientific Names and Taxonomic Index | |
| Geographic Index | |
| Subject Index | |
| Table of Contents provided by Publisher. All Rights Reserved. |
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