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Maintaining Biodiversity in Forest Ecosystems

Maintaining Biodiversity in Forest Ecosystems M.L. Hunter Jr ( ed. ) ( 1999 ) Maintaining Biodiversity in Forest Ecosystems. Pp. xiv + 698 . Cambridge University Press , Cambridge . ISBN 0‐521‐63768‐6 , £30.99 (paperback). Depending on the reader’s needs and approach, this book could be either a welcome, current synopsis of how ecological understanding bears on forest management, or a somewhat disjointed collection of papers whose significance for managers is not always obvious. There are 19 chapters with 34 authors from 11 countries, and the multiplicity of perspectives and pitches is quickly apparent. For research‐orientated ecologists, some chapters will be useful summaries. Forest managers will find suggested objectives and approaches that will challenge conventions. Both will find chapters that are of unclear pertinence to their concerns, and a good deal of redundancy. Editor Hunter and Robert Seymour open with a vision of and advocacy for ‘ecological forestry’; the closest the book gets to a unifying concept. The central premise here is that forestry management that emulates natural disturbance patterns will best maintain native biodiversity, an objective central to their vision. Hunter and Seymour visualize an ideally managed landscape partitioned into areas of intensive, production‐orientated forestry and ‘set‐asides’ with minimal management, both embedded http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Ecology Wiley

Maintaining Biodiversity in Forest Ecosystems

Woods, Kerry D.
Journal of Ecology , Volume 89 (3) – Jun 1, 2001
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Copyright © 2001 Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company
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0022-0477
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10.1046/j.1365-2745.2001.00562-3.x
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M.L. Hunter Jr ( ed. ) ( 1999 ) Maintaining Biodiversity in Forest Ecosystems. Pp. xiv + 698 . Cambridge University Press , Cambridge . ISBN 0‐521‐63768‐6 , £30.99 (paperback). Depending on the reader’s needs and approach, this book could be either a welcome, current synopsis of how ecological understanding bears on forest management, or a somewhat disjointed collection of papers whose significance for managers is not always obvious. There are 19 chapters with 34 authors from 11 countries, and the multiplicity of perspectives and pitches is quickly apparent. For research‐orientated ecologists, some chapters will be useful summaries. Forest managers will find suggested objectives and approaches that will challenge conventions. Both will find chapters that are of unclear pertinence to their concerns, and a good deal of redundancy. Editor Hunter and Robert Seymour open with a vision of and advocacy for ‘ecological forestry’; the closest the book gets to a unifying concept. The central premise here is that forestry management that emulates natural disturbance patterns will best maintain native biodiversity, an objective central to their vision. Hunter and Seymour visualize an ideally managed landscape partitioned into areas of intensive, production‐orientated forestry and ‘set‐asides’ with minimal management, both embedded

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