Integrating Landscape Ecology into Natural Resource Management [Paperback]

This collaborative work is the first to link landscape ecology with natural resource management.Over 100 contributors and reviewers, including many of the world's leading landscape ecologists and natural resource managers, have collaborated to produce this book, the first of its kind to link landscape ecology with natural resource management. It covers such important issues as biodiversity conservation, land use, natural resource management, ecology and integration of natural and social sciences. The target audience includes landscape ecologists, natural resource managers, policy makers and non-governmental environmental organisations. In addition, it will be an ideal supplemental text for many graduate and advanced undergraduate ecology courses.Over 100 contributors and reviewers, including many of the world's leading landscape ecologists and natural resource managers, have collaborated to produce this book, the first of its kind to link landscape ecology with natural resource management. It covers such important issues as biodiversity conservation, land use, natural resource management, ecology and integration of natural and social sciences. The target audience includes landscape ecologists, natural resource managers, policy makers and non-governmental environmental organisations. In addition, it will be an ideal supplemental text for many graduate and advanced undergraduate ecology courses.To achieve sustainable resource management, it is essential to obtain insightful guidance from emerging disciplines such as landscape ecology. This text addresses the links between landscape ecology and natural resource management, discussing these links in the context of various landscape types, diverse sets of resources, and broad ranges of management issues. A large number of landscape ecology concepts, principles, and methods are introduced. Critical reviews of past management practices and a number of case studies are presented. The text provides many guidelines for managil+