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Author Olson, Deanna H.

Title People, Forests, and Change : Lessons from the Pacific Northwest.

Publication Info. San Francisco : Island Press, 2017.
©2017

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Description 1 online resource (362 pages)
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Contents Front Cover ; Title Page ; Half Title; Copyright; Contents ; Preface ; Section 1: Framework for Moist Temperate Forest Management ; Chapter 1: Introduction: The Human-Forest Ecosystem ; Chapter 2: Setting the Stage: Vegetation Ecology and Dynamics ; Chapter 3: People and Forest Plants ; Chapter 4: Wood-Products Markets, Communitites, and Regional Economies ; Chapter 5: An Ecosystem Services Framework ; Section 2: Dynamic Systems as a New Paradigm ; Chapter 6: Ecosystem Services with Diverse Forest Landowners ; Chapter 7: Patterns of Change across the Forested Landscape.
Chapter 8: Learning to Learn: The Best Available Science of Adaptive Management Chapter 9: The Emergence of Watershed and Forest Collaboratives ; Section 3: Science-Based Management: How Has New Science Shaped Our Thinking? ; Chapter 10: Silviculture for Diverse Objectives ; Chapter 11: Long-Term Forest Productivity ; Chapter 12: Managing Carbon in the Forest Sector ; Chapter 13: Biodiversity ; Chapter 14: Aquatic-Riparian Systems ; Chapter 15: Watersheds and Landscapes ; Section 4: Alternative Futures for Coniferous Forests ; Chapter 16: Climate-Smart Approaches to Managing Forests.
Chapter 17: Next-Generation Products and Greenhouse Gas Implications Chapter 18: Enhancing Public Trust in Federal Forest Management ; Chapter 19: Human-Forest Ecosystem Sustainability ; Chapter 20: Visions: 20 Years Hence ; Appendix: Common and Scientific Names of Species; About the Editors ; Contributors; Index.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary Forests throughout the world are undergoing rapid, far-reaching change as a result of natural and anthropogenic disturbances. The challenge is to manage these ests in ways that avoid formulaic approaches to complex issues. This book takes on the challenge of balancing local economies, wood products, and biodiversity by proposing diverse new approaches to forest management using new research from the moist coniferous forests of the Pacific Northwest. From back cover.
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Subject Forests and forestry -- Northwest, Pacific.
Forests and forestry.
Northwest, Pacific -- Environmental conditions.
Genre/Form Electronic book.
Electronic books.
Added Author Olson, Deanna H.
Van Horne, Beatrice.
Other Form: Print version: Olson, Deanna H. People, Forests, and Change : Lessons from the Pacific Northwest. San Francisco : Island Press, ©2017 9781610917674
ISBN 9781610917681 (electronic book)
1610917685 (electronic book)
1610917677
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1610917669
9781610917667
9781610918749
1610918746
Standard No. 10.5822/978-1-61091-768-1