Using the Focal Species Approach for Conserving Biodiversity in Landscapes Managed for Forestry (synthesis Report)
Author: Hannon, Susan J
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Published: 2003
Total Pages: 59
ISBN-13: 9781552611692
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Hannon, Susan J
Publisher:
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 59
ISBN-13: 9781552611692
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Susan J. Hannon
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Published: 2004
Total Pages: 50
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This paper synthesizes research that has used a focal species approach to conserve biodiversity in managed landscapes in Alberta.
Author: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Publisher: National Academies Press
Published: 2016-11-28
Total Pages: 151
ISBN-13: 0309379857
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The United States' tradition of conserving fish, wildlife, habitats, and cultural resources dates to the mid-19th century. States have long sought to manage fish and wildlife species within their borders, whereas many early federal conservation efforts focused on setting aside specific places as parks, sanctuaries, or reserves. With advances in landscape ecology over the past quarter-century, conservation planners, scientists, and practitioners began to stress the importance of conservation efforts at the scale of landscapes and seascapes. These larger areas were thought to harbor relatively large numbers of species that are likely to maintain population viability and sustain ecological processes and natural disturbance regimes - often considered critical factors in conserving biodiversity. By focusing conservation efforts at the level of whole ecosystems and landscape, practitioners can better attempt to conserve the vast majority of species in a particular ecosystem. Successfully addressing the large-scale, interlinked problems associated with landscape degradation will necessitate a planning process that bridges different scientific disciplines and across sectors, as well as an understanding of complexity, uncertainty, and the local context of conservation work. The landscape approach aims to develop shared conservation priorities across jurisdictions and across many resources to create a single, collaborative conservation effort that can meet stakeholder needs. Conservation of habitats, species, ecosystem services, and cultural resources in the face of multiple stressors requires governance structures that can bridge the geographic and jurisdictional boundaries of the complex socio-ecological systems in which landscape-level conservation occurs. The Landscape Conservation Cooperatives (LCC) Network was established to complement and add value to the many ongoing state, tribal, federal, and nongovernmental efforts to address the challenge of conserving species, habitats, ecosystem services, and cultural resources in the face of large-scale and long-term threats, including climate change. A Review of the Landscape Conservation Cooperatives evaluates the purpose, goals, and scientific merits of the LCC program within the context of similar programs, and whether the program has resulted in measurable improvements in the health of fish, wildlife, and their habitats.
Author: Robert C. Szaro
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 1996
Total Pages: 812
ISBN-13: 9780195079586
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The conservation of biodiversity has profound implications for managing natural resources with the need for scientific information as a foundation for management decisions increasing dramatically. The_ intent of this book is to look beyond the theory of biodiversity to_ the principles, practices, and policies needed for its conservation. Its objectives are to provide the scientific basis for understanding biodiversity, document case examples of theory and concepts applied at differing scales, and examine policies that affect its conservation.
Author: Per Angelstam
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 2009-05-06
Total Pages: 512
ISBN-13: 144431307X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Maintaining forest biodiversity by combining protection, management and restoration of forest and woodland landscapes is a central component of sustainable development. Evidence that there are threshold levels for how much habitat loss may be tolerated for viable populations of specialised species to be maintained. Policy-makers, businesses and managers pose questions about how to balance use of renewable forest resources and conserve biodiversity. Examples are presented on how biodiversity assessments can be made. Proposes how the critical gaps in our knowledge identified throughout the book could be filled through macroecological research and international co-operation.
Author: Susan J. Hannon
Publisher:
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 52
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This paper synthesizes research that has used a focal species approach to conserve biodiversity in managed landscapes in Alberta.
Author: Robert Serrouya
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Published: 2004
Total Pages: 56
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This document is primarily a synthesis of experimental research on biotic responses to variable retention harvesting in different ecosystems in Canada. It also offers recommendations and guidance to managers seeking to implement VR.
Author: Kevin Gutzwiller
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2011-06-27
Total Pages: 536
ISBN-13: 1461300592
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book provides a current synthesis of principles and applications in landscape ecology and conservation biology. Bringing together insights from leaders in landscape ecology and conservation biology, it explains how principles of landscape ecology can help us understand, manage and maintain biodiversity. Gutzwiller also identifies gaps in current knowledge and provides research approaches to fill those voids.
Author: Jogeir N. Stokland
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2012-04-26
Total Pages: 525
ISBN-13: 0521888735
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A comprehensive overview of wood-inhabiting fungi, insects and vertebrates, discussing habitat requirements along with strategies for maintaining biodiversity.