Environmental issues in Pacific Northwest forest management [[electronic resource] /] / Committee on Environmental Issues in Pacific Northwest Forest Management, Board on Biology, Commission on Life Sciences, National Research Council |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, c2000 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (279 p.) |
Disciplina | 333.75/16/09795 |
Soggetto topico |
Forest management - Northwest, Pacific
Forests and forestry - Northwest, Pacific |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-280-19308-5
9786610193080 0-309-56885-4 0-585-33575-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910456067903321 |
Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, c2000 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Environmental issues in Pacific Northwest forest management / / Committee on Environmental Issues in Pacific Northwest Forest Management, Board on Biology, Commission on Life Sciences, National Research Council |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C. : , : National Academy Press, , 2000 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xvii, 259 pages) : illustrations, maps |
Disciplina | 333.75/16/09795 |
Soggetto topico |
Forest management - Northwest, Pacific
Forest management - Environmental aspects - Northwest, Pacific Forests and forestry - Northwest, Pacific Forests and forestry - Environmental aspects - Northwest, Pacific |
ISBN |
0-309-17615-8
1-280-19308-5 9786610193080 0-309-56885-4 0-585-33575-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910778662403321 |
Washington, D.C. : , : National Academy Press, , 2000 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Environmental issues in Pacific Northwest forest management / / Committee on Environmental Issues in Pacific Northwest Forest Management, Board on Biology, Commission on Life Sciences, National Research Council |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C. : , : National Academy Press, , 2000 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xvii, 259 pages) : illustrations, maps |
Disciplina | 333.75/16/09795 |
Soggetto topico |
Forest management - Northwest, Pacific
Forest management - Environmental aspects - Northwest, Pacific Forests and forestry - Northwest, Pacific Forests and forestry - Environmental aspects - Northwest, Pacific |
ISBN |
0-309-17615-8
1-280-19308-5 9786610193080 0-309-56885-4 0-585-33575-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES IN PACIFIC NORTHWEST FOREST MANAGEMENT -- Copyright -- PREFACE -- Contents -- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY -- THE REGION -- THE DYNAMICS OF PACIFIC NORTHWEST LANDSCAPES -- THE BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY OF PACIFIC NORTHWEST FORESTS -- OLD-GROWTH FORESTS -- FOREST PRODUCTS SUBSTITUTION -- FOREST MANAGEMENT AND HUMAN COMMUNITIES -- FOREST MANAGEMENT FOR THE FUTURE -- RESEARCH RECOMMENDATIONS -- 1 THE PROMISED LAND: THE LAND OF PROMISE -- INTRODUCTION -- Loss of the Frontier -- Changing Knowledge Base -- Changing Social Values -- THE STUDY AREA -- OTHER MAJOR STUDIES AND REPORTS -- THIS REPORT -- 2 THE REGION AND ITS FORESTS -- INTRODUCTION -- A BRIEF HISTORY -- DEMOGRAPHICS AND THE ECONOMY -- Population Growth -- Economic Implications of Population Growth -- THE REGION'S FORESTS -- Westside Forests -- Eastside Forests -- Northern Rocky Mountains -- REGIONAL OWNERSHIP PATTERNS -- SUMMARY -- 3 OLD-GROWTH FORESTS -- INTRODUCTION -- WHAT IS VEGETATIVE SUCCESSION? -- WHAT IS AN OLD-GROWTH FOREST? -- Time Required for Old-Growth Development -- Old-Growth Landscapes -- Managed Forests and Old-Growth Characteristics -- Stand Size -- BIOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS OF OLD-GROWTH AND LATE-SUCCESSIONAL FORESTS -- Species Diversity -- Logs and Woody Debris -- Susceptibility to Disturbance -- AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS -- EXTENT AND STATUS OF OLD-GROWTH FORESTS -- SUMMARY -- 4 THE STATUS AND FUNCTIONING OF PACIFIC NORTHWEST FORESTS -- INTRODUCTION -- FOREST CONDITION -- General Criteria of Condition -- The Role of Biological Diversity -- Resistance and Resilience -- Landscape Change and Threats to Biodiversity -- Diseases and Pests -- Incidence of Pest and Disease Outbreaks -- STATUS OF OTHER PLANT SPECIES -- STATUS OF WILDLIFE -- Salmon and Other Fisheries -- Invertebrates -- Fungi -- VIABLE POPULATIONS AND THE CONSERVATION OF BIODIVERSITY -- Demographic Factors.
Genetic Factors -- Population Viability Analysis -- 5 FOREST SUCCESSION, FIRE, AND LANDSCAPE DYNAMICS -- INTRODUCTION -- CONCEPTS OF SUCCESSION AND LANDSCAPE DYNAMICS -- FIRE AND LANDSCAPE DYNAMICS -- Presettlement Fire Regimes and Successional Change -- Human Alteration of Fire Regimes -- NATURAL DISTURBANCE AND HUMAN MANAGEMENT: AN ECOLOGICAL COMPARISON -- Landscape Considerations -- Fuels -- Nutrient Fluxes -- Biological Diversity -- 6 PRODUCTS FROM THE FORESTS -- PACIFIC NORTHWEST WOOD PRODUCTS IN THE NATIONAL ECONOMY -- PRODUCTS IN NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL MARKETS -- EFFECTS OF CHANGES IN FEDERAL TIMBER HARVESTS IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST -- Increased Harvests at the Extensive Margin -- Increased Harvests at the Intensive Margin -- Increased Use of Hardwoods -- Technology Changes -- Materials Substitution -- ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS -- IMPLICATIONS FOR OTHER REGIONS -- EFFECTS ON REGIONAL AND NATIONAL INCOME -- CHANGE AND INCENTIVES -- NONWOOD PRODUCTS FROM FORESTS -- Wildlife-Related Recreation -- Other Forest-Related Recreation -- Fisheries -- Mushrooms -- Water -- Effects of Changes in Management of Pacific Northwest Forests on Nonwood Products -- REGIONAL ECONOMIC EFFECTS -- SUMMARY -- 7 FOREST MANAGEMENT AND RURAL COMMUNITIES IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST -- RURAL ECONOMIC WELL BEING AND NATURAL-RESOURCE INDUSTRIES -- TIMBER DEPENDENCY AND COMMUNITY WELL BEING -- DIVERSIFICATION IN RURAL COMMUNITIES OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST -- IN-MIGRATION -- POVERTY AND PLENTY-ANGER AND HOPE IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST -- SUMMARY -- 8 A FRAMEWORK FOR SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT -- INTRODUCTION -- ELEMENTS OF FOREST MANAGEMENT -- Land Allocation -- Rationing Uses -- Harvesting -- Investment -- Examples of forest investment -- Positive and negative incentives to forest investment -- MEETING THE GOALS OF SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT. A FRAMEWORK FOR SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT -- Operational Goals -- Managing in Context and Across Scales of Space and Time -- APPROACHES TO MANAGING FOR DIVERSITY: GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS -- Reserves -- Logging to Improve Forest Health -- Management for Complexity and Diversity -- Variability and Change -- Uncertainty and Surprise -- Humans as Ecosystem Components -- Making Management Adaptable -- Resolving Conflicts -- 9 CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS -- FORESTRY PRACTICES IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST -- WHAT IS OLD-GROWTH? -- OLD-GROWTH MANAGEMENT -- FOREST PRODUCTS SUBSTITUTION -- RESEARCH RECOMMENDATIONS -- REFERENCES -- GLOSSARY. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910817176003321 |
Washington, D.C. : , : National Academy Press, , 2000 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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