Creating a forestry for the 21st century : the science of ecosystem management

摘要: Over the past decade, a sea change has occurred in field of forestry. A vastly increased understanding how ecological systems function transformed science from one focused on simplifying systems, producing wood, and managing at stand-level to concerned with complexity, providing wide range goods services, across broad landscapes.Creating Forestry for 21st Century is an authoritative multidisciplinary examination current state forestry its relation emergent ecosystem management. Drawing upon expertise top professionals field, it provides up-to-date synthesis principles management their implications forest policy. Leading scientists, including Malcolm Hunter, Jr., Bruce G. Marcot, James K. Agee, Thomas R. Crow, Robert J. Naiman, John C. Gordon, R.W. Behan, Steven L. Yaffee, many others examine topics that are central future forestry: new understandings processes principles, stand structure disturbance movement organisms landscapes challenges long-held assumptions: rationale clearcutting, wisdom short rotations, exclusion fire traditional tools light expanded goals larger spatial scales, practical information ideas large over long time periods economic, organizational, political issues critical implementing successful developing institutions transform knowledge into action Featuring 16-page centersection color photographs illustrate some best on-the-ground examples around world, Creating definitive text ecosystems. It compelling case thinking creatively beyond bounds resource management, will be essential reading students; scientists working state, federal, private research institutions; public managers; staff members environmental/conservation organizations; policymakers.