Assessing Forest Ecosystem Health in the

Assessing Forest Ecosystem Health in the Inland West is a thorough reference for policymakers, resource managers, environmentalists, students, and anyone interested in using ecosystem management as a tool to address forest health problems in the Inland West. The book provides the reader with a survey of current conditions in the Inland West, their historical origins, assessments of available management tools, and analyses of the various choices available to policymakers. Its goal is to help people understand the Inland West forests so that public policies can reflect a constructive and realistic framework in which forests can be managed for sustained health.

Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
Assessing Forest Ecosystem Health in the Inland West	p. 3
Historical and Anticipated Changes in Forest Ecosystems of the Inland West of the United States	p. 13
Defining and Measuring Forest Health	p. 65
Historical Range of Variability: A Useful Tool for Evaluating Ecosystem Change	p. 87
Managing Ecosystems for Forest Health: An Approach and the Effects on Uses and Values	p. 113
Human Dimensions of Forest Health Choices	p. 135
Postsettlement Changes in Natural Fire Regimes and Forest Structure: Ecological Restoration of Old-Growth Ponderosa Pine Forests	p. 153
The Role of Succession in Forest Health	p. 183
The Role of Nutrition in the Health of Inland Western Forests	p. 191
Integrated Roles for Insects, Diseases and Decomposers in Fire Dominated Forests of the Inland Western United States: Past, Present and Future Forest Health	p. 211
Assessing Forest Health Conditions in Idaho with Forest Inventory Data	p. 221
Conceptual Origins of Catastrophic Forest Mortality in the Western United States	p. 249
Landscape Characterization: A Framework for Ecological Assessment at Regional and Local Scales	p. 267
Emphasis Areas as an Alternative to Buffer Zones and Reserved Areas in the Conservation of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Processes	p. 283
A Process for Improving Wildlife Habitat Models for Assessing Forest Ecosystem Health	p. 293
An Ecological Framework for Planning for Forest Health	p. 307
Forest Health Management Policy: A Case Study in Southwestern Idaho	p. 317
Silviculture, Fire and Ecosystem Management	p. 339
Maintaining and Creating Old Growth Structural Features in Previously Disturbed Stands Typical of the Eastern Washington Cascades	p. 353
Forest Health and Wildlife Habitat Management on the Boise National Forest, Idaho	p. 389
Advance Regeneration in the Inland West: Considerations for Individual Tree and Forest Health	p. 411
Beyond Even- vs. Uneven-Aged Management: Toward a Cohort-Based Silviculture	p. 423
Index	p. 435
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