Response of Soil Invertebrates to Clear-cutting and Partial Cutting in a Boreal Mixedwood Forest in Northern Ontario
Response of Soil Invertebrates to Clear-cutting and Partial Cutting in a Boreal Mixedwood Forest in Northern Ontario

Author: Janet Anne Addison

Publisher: [Sault Ste. Marie, Ont.] : Great Lakes Forestry Centre

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 36

ISBN-13:

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Reports on the short-term impacts of conventional (clear-cutting) and alternative (partial cutting) harvesting practices on the abundance and biodiversity of elements of forest soil fauna. Two groups of fauna were studied: ground-dwelling carabid beetles, and soil-dwelling springtails, mites, and Diptera larvae. The study area was in the Black Sturgeon Forest about 120 kilometres north-east of Thunder Bay, Ontario. Results presented include the effects of various harvesting treatments on species diversity and on individual species; effects of drought observed by comparing 1994 and 1995 samples; and impacts of logging trails on soil springtails and mites. Management implications for boreal mixedwood forests are discussed.

Towards Sustainable Management of the Boreal Forest
Towards Sustainable Management of the Boreal Forest

Author: Philip Joseph Burton

Publisher: NRC Research Press

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 1056

ISBN-13: 9780660187624

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Presenting a summary of the development in boreal forest management, this book provides a progressive vision for some of the world's northern forests. It includes a selection of chapters based on the research conducted by the Sustainable Forest Management Network across Canada. It includes a number of case histories.

Welfare Ranching
Welfare Ranching

Author: George Wuerthner

Publisher: Foundations for Deep Ecology 2

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781559639439

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"This book shows the real West, not the one seen in postcards or imagined from romantic movies and novels. With photographs and essays, it shows not only the most shocking cases of overgrazing, but also the subtle changes that signal ecological disruption on a massive scale. Welfare Ranching explains the cultural and historical causes of the wasting of the West and offers a vision of the renewal that is possible if citizens are willing to demand that their government shift land management priorities to serving the public and natural good, rather than facilitating private gain. Ultimately, this book points the way to the greatest opportunity yet remaining for ecological restoration and wildlife protection in this country."--BOOK JACKET.

Forestry and Biodiversity
Forestry and Biodiversity

Author: Fred L. Bunnell

Publisher: UBC Press

Published: 2010-01-01

Total Pages: 373

ISBN-13: 0774858737

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As global demand for forest products increases, conserving biodiversity has become more urgent and challenging. Forestry and Biodiversity advocates adaptive management � a structured approach to learning by doing � to sustain biodiversity in managed forests. It draws on the theory and principles of conservation biology and forest ecology and illustrates them, and the challenges they pose, through a practical, real-world study of commercial forestry in a coastal temperate rainforest. This book will be of interest to those who plan, or hope to influence, forest practices and the future of the environment.

Landscape Ecology in Theory and Practice
Landscape Ecology in Theory and Practice

Author: Monica G. Turner

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2007-05-08

Total Pages: 353

ISBN-13: 0387216944

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An ideal text for students taking a course in landscape ecology. The book has been written by very well-known practitioners and pioneers in the new field of ecological analysis. Landscape ecology has emerged during the past two decades as a new and exciting level of ecological study. Environmental problems such as global climate change, land use change, habitat fragmentation and loss of biodiversity have required ecologists to expand their traditional spatial and temporal scales and the widespread availability of remote imagery, geographic information systems, and desk top computing has permitted the development of spatially explicit analyses. In this new text book this new field of landscape ecology is given the first fully integrated treatment suitable for the student. Throughout, the theoretical developments, modeling approaches and results, and empirical data are merged together, so as not to introduce barriers to the synthesis of the various approaches that constitute an effective ecological synthesis. The book also emphasizes selected topic areas in which landscape ecology has made the most contributions to our understanding of ecological processes, as well as identifying areas where its contributions have been limited. Each chapter features questions for discussion as well as recommended reading.