Landscape Ecology in Forest Management and Conservation Challenges and Solutions for Global Change discusses how landscape ecology can contribute to addressing the challenges in contemporary forest management practice, with diverse contributions from active researchers worldwide. It provides not only a summary of conceptual understanding of landscape ecology as related to forest management also a whole set of specific challenges, issues, and methods on how to deal with them. This book is a stimulating addition to the internationl literature on landscape ecology and land resource managemeht at large.

Part Ⅰ Landscape Ecology and Forest Management

Chapter 1 Managing Forest Landscapes under Global Change

Chapter 2 Landscape Ecology Contributions to Forestry and Forest Management in China:Progresses and Research Needs

Chapter 3 Issues Facing Forest Mannagement in Canada,and Predictive Ecosystem Management Tools for Assessing Possible Futures

Part Ⅱ Modeling Disturbance and Succession in Forest Landscapes

Chapter 4 Challenges and Needs i nFire Management:A Landscape Simulation Modeling Perspective

Chapter 5 Using Landscape Disturbance and Succession Models to Support Forest Management

Chapter 6 Research Methods for Assessing the Impacts of Forest Disturbance on Hydrology at Large-scale Watersheds

Chapter 7 Software Applications to Three-Dimensional Visualization of Forest Landscapes-A Case Study Demonstrating the Use of Visual Nature Studio(VNS)in Visualizing Fire Spread in Forest Landscapes

Chapter 8 Predicting Tree Growth Dynamics of Boreal Forest in Response to Climate Change

Part Ⅲ Emerging Approaches in Forest Landscape Conservation

Part Ⅳ Practing Sustainable Forest Landscape Management

Index