Conservation of Faunal Diversity in Forested Landscapes

, by Degraaf, Richard M.; Miller, Ronald I.

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ISBN: 9780412618901 | 0412618907
Cover: Hardcover
Copyright: 8/1/1996

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Forest wildlife conservation is critically required in many parts of the world today. This book presents a merger between the elements of wildlife conservation and habitat conservation, and explains how these disciplines can be used to promote the conservation of vertebrates in forests around the world.

List of contributors

xiii

Preface

xvii

Acknowledgements

xxi

Part One Prevailing Contrasts in the Status of Forested Biodiversity

(164)

The importance of disturbance and land-use history in New England: implications for forested landscapes and wildlife conservation

(34)

Richard M. DeGraaf

Ronald I. Miller

Introduction

(1)

Long-term changes in forest and fauna

(6)

Short-term habitat changes in New England

(2)

Faunal responses to forest habitat changes in New England

(7)

The historical pattern of disturbance in New England

(6)

Summary

(1)

Acknowledgements

(1)

References

(11)

Changes in global forest distribution

(24)

David B. Kittredge, Jr

Introduction

(1)

Total forest area

(7)

Forest area per capita

(1)

Human population

(2)

Wood production and consumption

(4)

Overall implications

(4)

Conclusion

(2)

Summary

(1)

References

(3)

The status of forested wetlands and waterbird conservation in North and Central America

(50)

R. Michael Erwin

Introduction

(2)

Sources of information

(4)

Scope

(4)

Waterbirds and forested wetland habitat use

(2)

Status reports by country and region

(25)

Management recommendations

(3)

Summary

101

(1)

Acknowledgements

102

(1)

References

102

(9)

Modern forestry and the capercaillie

111

(26)

Kjell Sjoberg

The capercaillie - a static bird in a changing world?

111

(2)

Population levels and trends

113

(2)

Population regulating factors affected by forestry

115

(4)

A small-scale to large-scale view of forestry

119

(1)

Forestry influence at the stand level

119

(2)

The influence by forestry at the landscape and regional levels

121

(6)

The future forest landscape

127

(2)

Summary

129

(1)

Acknowledgements

129

(1)

References

130

(7)

Conservation of large forest carnivores

137

(28)

Todd K. Fuller

David B. Kittredge, Jr

Introduction

137

(2)

Current status

139

(10)

Historic causes of population change

149

(4)

Conservation actions

153

(6)

Conclusions

159

(1)

Summary

159

(1)

References

160

(5)

Part Two Habitat Change and Wildlife Responses

165

(118)

Forest raptor population trends in North America

167

(42)

Mark R. Fuller

Introduction

167

(1)

Selection of species

168

(7)

Forest characteristics associated with raptors

175

(8)

Raptor occurrence and forest conditions

183

(15)

Management and conservation

198

(3)

Information needs

201

(1)

Summary

202

(1)

Acknowledgements

203

(1)

References

204

(5)

Bird community dynamics in boreal forests

209

(26)

Pekka Helle

Gerald J. Niemi

Introduction

209

(2)

Problems of dynamics

211

(1)

Short-term dynamics

212

(6)

Long-term dynamics: forest succession

218

(8)

Temporal and spatial variation

226

(2)

Conclusions

228

(1)

Summary

229

(1)

Acknowledgements

229

(1)

References

230

(5)

The impact of forestry on ungulates in Japan

235

(18)

Naoki Maruyama

Kunihiko Tokida

Introduction

235

(1)

Afforestation, population growth of ungulates and damage to plantations and crops

236

(9)

Impact of the collapse of rural communities on ungulate--forestry problems

245

(1)

Progress on ungulate--forestry problems

246

(1)

Prospects for the future and some proposals

247

(2)

Summary

249

(1)

References

250

(3)

Effects of hurricanes on wildlife: implications and strategies for management

253

(12)

Joseph M. Wunderle, Jr

James W. Wiley

Introduction

253

(2)

Direct effects of hurricanes

255

(1)

Indirect effects of hurricanes on wildlife

256

(1)

Response of wildlife populations to hurricane effects

257

(1)

Potential management strategies

258

(2)

Summary

260

(1)

References

261

(4)

Trends in moose--forest system in Fennoscandia, with special reference to Sweden

265

(18)

Goran Cederlund

Roger Bergstrom

Introduction

265

(4)

Factors contributing to increased moose densities

269

(6)

Population dynamics and management of moose in North America and the former Soviet Union

275

(1)

Forest damage by moose in Fennoscandia

276

(1)

Conclusions

277

(1)

Summary

278

(1)

Acknowledgements

279

(1)

References

279

(4)

Part Three Effective Conservation Tools and Strategies

283

(332)

The ghost of forest past -- natural disturbance regimes as a basis for reconstruction of biologically diverse forests in Europe

287

(52)

Per Angelstam

Introduction

287

(3)

Natural disturbance regimes in European forests

290

(3)

Boreal forest

293

(19)

Temperate lowland forest

312

(7)

Riverine forest

319

(3)

Discussion

322

(4)

Conclusions

326

(1)

Summary

327

(1)

Acknowledgements

327

(1)

References

327

(12)

Conservation and management of eucalypt forest vertebrates

339

(50)

Harry F. Recher

Introduction

339

(2)

Politics and forest management

341

(1)

Australian forests

342

(4)

Old-growth forest

346

(2)

Forest vertebrate fauna

348

(7)

Habitat and resource conservation

355

(13)

Habitat manipulation and predator control

368

(3)

Reintroductions

371

(1)

Conclusions

372

(5)

Summary

377

(1)

Acknowledgements

378

(1)

References

379

(10)

The importance of forest for the world's migratory bird species

389

(18)

John H. Rappole

Introduction

389

(2)

Ecological questions and perspectives

391

(9)

Conservation questions and perspectives by region

400

(1)

Conclusions

401

(1)

Summary

402

(1)

References

402

(5)

Wildlife habitat evaluation in forested ecosystems: some examples from Canada and the United States

407

(130)

Paul A. Gray

Duncan Cameron

Ian Kirkham

Introduction

407

(1)

The context: an ecosystem approach to management

408

(10)

Models

418

(2)

Descriptive models

420

(41)

Predictive models

461

(30)

Decisive (decision support) models

491

(8)

Monitoring

499

(1)

Guidelines for habitat evaluation model development

500

(3)

Conclusions

503

(2)

Summary

505

(1)

Acknowledgements

505

(1)

References

506

(31)

The `spatial solution' to conserving biodiversity in landscapes and regions

537

(32)

Richard T.T. Forman

Sharon K. Collinge

Introduction

537

(1)

The spatial solution

538

(7)

Animal movement and spread of disturbance in land mosaics

545

(6)

Fragmentation and spatial processes in land transformation

551

(1)

Detecting an ecologically optimum sequence in changing land

552

(3)

Conservation planning for less natural vegetation

555

(2)

Ecological planning of regions, even continents

557

(5)

Conclusion

562

(1)

Summary

563

(1)

References

563

(6)

Ecosearch: a new paradigm for evaluating the utility of wildlife habitat

569

(26)

Henry L. Short

Jay B. Hestbeck

Ralph W. Tiner

Information needs of natural resource managers

569

(1)

Building maps to represent wildlife habitats

570

(5)

Ecosearch: a way to describe and map wildlife habitats

575

(7)

The development of maps predicting habitats for wildlife species

582

(4)

The utility of Ecosearch

586

(6)

Summary

592

(1)

Acknowledgements

593

(1)

References

593

(2)

Modern approaches to monitoring changes in forests using maps

595

(20)

Ronald I. Miller

Introduction

595

(1)

Issues of scale and resolution that pertain to modern forest maps

596

(3)

Contemporary classification of the landscape

599

(3)

Important scale and resolution concerns regarding forest data

602

(3)

Contemporary monitoring of forest biodiversity at the broad scale

605

(5)

Conclusions

610

(1)

Summary

610

(1)

Acknowledgements

611

(1)

References

611

(4)

Some conclusions

615

(2)

Species index

617

(10)

Subject index

627

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