Title: Large-scale landscape experiments : lessons from Tumut /
Authors: Lindenmayer, David.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press,
Year: 2009
Subjects: Fragmented landscapes Environmental aspects.; Biodiversity conservation.; Fragmented landscapes Research Australia Tumut (N.S.W.); Fragmented landscapes Australia Tumut (N.S.W.) Region.; Forest ecology Australia Tumut (N.S.W.) Region.; Forest management Environmental aspects Australia Tumut (N.S.W.) Region.
Abstract: "The Tumut Fragmentation and yielded extensive data on changes in both plant and animal populations in areas of native forest and pine plantation. It is unique in the way that many different factors and processes influencing a wide range of species groups have been studied in the one large-scale natural experiment. Writing for academic researchers, professionals and graduate students, David B. Lindenmayer uses the Study and other relevant research to provide an overview of the relationships between landscape change, habitat fragmentation, and biodiversity conservation. He details the background ecology of landscape change and habitat fragmentation, the experimental design underpinning the establishment of the large-scale natural experiment, and the implementation of, and results from, an array of key and strongly contrasting research programs over the past 15 years. Key lessons are drawn on throughout the book on the design and implementation of large-scale ecological studies, biodiversity conservation in fragmented landscapes, and the management of plantation landscapes for enhanced nature conservation. The book highlights how important new insights can be generated from integrating demographic, genetic, and modeling research."--Jacket.
Contents: The science of understanding landscape change : setting the scene for the Tumut Fragmentation Study -- The thoery : an overview of landscape change and habitat fragmentation -- The field laboratory : the Tumut study area and the vertebrate animals it supports -- Setting up the study : the design and implementation of the main cross-sectional study at Tumut -- The core findings : the effects of landscape context on animals and plants -- Patch use : how animals use patches of remnant eucalypt forest surrounded by pine -- Theory against data : testing ecological theories and concepts -- Testing PVA models with real data : melding demographic work with population modelling -- Genes in the landscape : integrating genetic and demographic analyses -- Refining and extending the research programme : additional studies at Tumut (and nearby) that build on the Fragmentation Study -- Recommendations for plantation managers : implications for biodiversity and conservation in plantations -- Lessons on running large-scale research studies : some insights from running the Tumut Fragmentation Study and directions for the future.