Landscape Ecology and Resource Management bridges the gap between the science of landscape ecology and on-the-ground land and resource management, relating the theory and empirical research within landscape ecology to the practical needs of resource managers. It offers both a conceptual foundation of applicable and operational theory and case-study examples that address ways in which political, economic, and social factors influence the use of landscape ecology and other data-based science around the world.Contributors focus on links between theory and practice, between small-scale and large-scale, and between humans and nature. Specific linkages examined include:landscape patterns and biological realitytop-down effects and organismsthe indicator species concept and conservation effortsthe concept of fitness landscapes and the behavior and distribution of animalsbody mass patterns and wildlife conservationChapters feature examples of interactions between people and landscapes in boreal, central, and Mediterranean Europe; northern Australia; and Eastern Africa; along with case studies from central Europe, North America, and South America that show how theory and application can be linked in a variety of situations with varying management constraints.Landscape Ecology and Resource Management is the first book of its kind to focus on the linkages between the theory of landscape ecology and the practice of resource management, and will play an important role both in advancing landscape ecology as a science and in incorporating its ideas into management efforts.
Preface Introduction
PART I. Conceptual and Quantitative Linkages Chapter 1. Linking Landscape Patterns to Biological Reality \ John A. Bissonette Chapter 2. Linkages between Landscape Theory and Population Dynamics: A Review of the Empirical Evidence \ Therese M. Donovan and Allan M. Strong Chapter 3. The Rest of the Story: Linking Top-Down Effects to Organisms \ James G. Sanderson and Larry D. Harris Chapter 4. The Problem with Linking Scales in the Use of Indicator Species in Conservation Biology \ Ilse Storch and John A. Bissonette Chapter 5. Linking Fitness Landscapes with the Behavior and Distribution of Animals \ Michael S. Mitchell and Roger A. Powell Chapter 6. Implications of Body Mass Patterns: Linking Ecological Structure and Process to Wildlife Conservation and Management \ Jan P. Sendzimir, Craig R. Allen, Lance Gunderson, and Craig Stow Chapte 7. Modeling Multiple Ecological Scales to Link Landscape Theory to Wildlife Conservation \ Thomas C. Edwards, Jr., Gretchen G. Moisen, Tracey S. Frescino, and Joshua J. Lawler
PART II. Linking People, Land Use, and Landscape Values Chapter 8. Human Stewardship in Ecological Mosaics: Linking People to Landscape Dynamics \ Almo Farina Chapter 9. Reconciling the Linkages of Land Management with Natural Disturbance Regimes to Maintain Forest Biodiversity in Europe Per Angelstam Chapte 10. Landscape Ecology, Wildlife Management, and Conservation in Northern Austrailia: Linking Policy, Practice, and Capability in Regional Planning \ Peter J. Whitehead, John C. Z. Woinarski, Donald Franklin, and Owen Price Chapte 11. Habitat Models to Link Situation Evaluation and Planning Support in Agricultural Landscapes \ Alfred Schultz, Reinhard Klenke, Gerd Lutze, Marion Voss, Ralf Wieland, and Bettina Wilkening Chapter 12. A Park In Not an Island: Linking Different Wildlife Management Strategies in the Area of Lake Mburo National Park, Uganda \ Christiane Averbeck
PART III. Linking Theory and Application: Case Studies Chapter 13. Linking a Multiscale Habitat Concept to Species Conservation \ Ilse Storch Chapter 14. Landscape History: Linking Conservation Approaches for Large Mammals \ David S. Maehr, John J. Cox, and Jeffery L. Larkin Chapte 15. Giant Otters in the Peruvian Rainforest: Linking Protected Area Conditions to Species Needs \ Christof Schenck, Jessica Groenedijk, Frank Hajek, Elke Staib, and Karin Frank Chapte 16. Linking Landscape Management with the Consevation of Grassland Birds in Wisconsin \ David W. Sample, Christine A. Ribic, and Rosalind B. Renfew Chapte 17. Foraging by Herbivores: Linking the Biochemical Diversity of Plants to Herbivore Culture and Landscape Diversity \ Frederick D. Provenza, Juan J. Villalba, and John P. Bryant
