Managing and designing landscapes for conservation
Subtitle: moving from perspectives to principles
By: edited by David B. Lindenmayer, Richard J.Hobbs
Contributors: Lindenmayer, David; Hobbs, R. J.; Zoological Society of London
Series: Conservation science and practice series ; no. 1
Publisher: Blackwell Pub.; ZSL
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Malden, MA; Oxford
Language: eng
Number of pages: 587
ISBN-13: 9781405159142
Subjects: Ecological landscape design; Landscape protection
Notes: Published in association with the Zoological Society of London

Includes bibliographical references and index
Table of contents: title: Foreword: Landscapes in peril; title: Introduction / David B. Lindenmayer, Richard J. Hobbs; title: The whole elephant: classification and terminology as tools for achieving generality in landscape ecology / S. McIntyre; title: Enacting landscape design: from specific cases to general principles / Yrjö Haila; title: Landscape models for use in studies of landscape change and habitat fragmentation / David B. Lindenmayer, J. Fischer; title: Synthesis: landscape classification / David. B. Lindenmayer, Richard J. Hobbs; title: Remnant geometry, landscape morphology, and principles and procedures for landscape design / Ralph Mac Nally; title: Estimating minimum habitat for population persistence / Lenore Fahrig; title: Habitat and landscape design: concepts, constraints, and opportunities / James R. Miller; title: Synthesis: habitat, habitat loss, and patch sizes / David B. Lindenmayer, Richard J. Hobbs; title: Nature's infinite variety: conservation choice and management for dynamic ecological systems / J.C.Z.Woinarski; title: The diverse impacts of grazing, fire, and weeds: how ecological theory can inform conservation management / Don A. Driscoll; title: Forest landscape structure, degradation, and condition: some commentary and fundamental principles / Jerry F. Franklin, Mark E. Swanson; title: Synthesis: structure, degradation, and condition / David. B. Lindenmayer, Richard J. Hobbs; title: Incorporating edge effects into landscape design and management / Thomas D. Sisk; title: Edge effects / David B. Lindenmayer, J. Fischer; title: Edges: where landscape elements meet / Gary W. Luck; title: Synthesis: edge effects / David. B. Lindenmayer, Richard J. Hobbs; title: Emergent properties of land mosaics: implications for land management and biodiversity conservation / Andrew F. Bennett, James Q. Radford; title: Assessing the biodiversity value of stands and patches in a landscape context / Philip Gibbons, S.V. Briggs, Andre Zerger, Danielle Ayers, Julian Seddon, Stuart Doyle; title: Avoiding irreversible change: considerations for vegetation cover, vegetation structure, and species composition / Joern Fischer, David B. Lindenmayer; title: Synthesis: total vegetation cover, pattern, and patch content / David. B. Lindenmayer, Richard J. Hobbs; title: Corridors, connectivity, and biological conservation / F.K.A. Schmiegelow; title: Focal species for determining connectivity requirements in conservation planning / Reed F. Noss; title: Connectivity, corridors, and stepping stones / Denis A. Saunders; title: Synthesis: corridors, connectivity, and stepping stones / David. B. Lindenmayer, Richard J. Hobbs; title: Individual species management: threatened taxa and invasive species / Daniel Simberloff; title: Managing landscapes for vulnerable, invasive, and disease species / Erika Zavaleta, Jae Ryan Pasari; title: Tools for conserving managing individual plant species in dynamic landscapes / Mark Burgman, Jane Elith, Emma Gorrod, Bonnie Wintle; title: Synthesis: individual species management : threatened taxa and invasive species / David. B. Lindenmayer, Richard J. Hobbs; title: Ecosystems, ecosystem processes, and global change: implications for landscape design / Adrian D. Manning; title: The costs of losing and restoring ecosystem services / H.A. Mooney; title: Managing disturbance across scales: an essential consideration for landscape management and design / Viki A. Cramer; title: Synthesis: ecosystems and ecosystem processes / David. B. Lindenmayer, Richard J. Hobbs; title: Disturbance, resilience, and recovery: a resilience perspective on landscape dynamics / Brian Walker; title: Core principles for using natural disturbance regimes to inform landscape management / Malcolm L. Hunter Jr.; title: Synthesis: disturbance, resilience, and recovery / David. B. Lindenmayer, Richard J. Hobbs; title: Principles for conserving wetlands in managed landscapes / Aram J.K. Calhoun; title: Flowing waters in the landscape / P.S. Lake; title: Water in the landscape: the coupling of aquatic ecosystems and their catchments / Peter Cullen; title: Synthesis: aquatic ecosystems and integrity / David. B. Lindenmayer, Richard J. Hobbs; title: Does conservation need landscape ecology?: a perspective from both sides of the divide / John A. Wiens; title: What are we conserving?: establishing multiscale conservation goals and objectives in the face of global threats / J. Michael Scott, Timothy H. Tear; title: Goals, targets, and priorities for landscape-scale restoration / Richard J. Hobbs; title: A contribution to the development of a conceptual framework for landscape management: a landscape state and transition model / Peter Cale; title: Principles of landscape design that emerge from a formal problem-solving approach / Hugh P. Possingham, Emily Nicholson; title: From perspective to principles: Where to from here? / Richard J. Hobbs, David. B. Lindenmayer