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Wildlife Management and Landscapes

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It's been clear for decades that landscape-level patterns and processes, along with the tenets and tools of landscape ecology, are vitally important in understanding wildlife-habitat relationships and sustaining wildlife populations. Today, significant shifts in the spatial scale of extractive, agricultural, ranching, and urban land uses are upon us, making it more important than ever before to connect wildlife management and landscape ecology. Landscape ecologists must understand the constraints that wildlife managers face and be able to use that knowledge to translate their work into more practical applications. Wildlife managers, for their part, can benefit greatly from becoming comfortable with the vocabulary, conceptual processes, and perspectives of landscape ecologists. In Wildlife and Landscapes, the foremost landscape ecology experts and wildlife management specialists come together to discuss the emerging role of landscape concepts in habitat management. Their contributions * make the case that a landscape perspective is necessary to address management questions * translate concepts in landscape ecology to wildlife management * explain why studying some important habitat-wildlife relationships is still inherently difficult * explore the dynamic and heterogeneous structure of natural systems * reveal why factors such as soil, hydrology, fire, grazing, and timber harvest lead to uncertainty in management decisions * explain matching scale between population processes and management * discuss limitations to management across jurisdictional boundaries and the sometimes competing objectives of private landowners and management agencies * offer practical ideas for improving communication between professionals * outline the impediments that limit a full union of landscape ecology and wildlife management Using concrete examples of modern conservation challenges that range from oil and gas development to agriculture and urbanization, the volume posits that shifts in conservation funding from a hunter constituent base to other sources will bring a dramatic change in the way we manage wildlife. Explicating the foundational similarity of wildlife management and landscape ecology, Wildlife and Landscapes builds crucial bridges between theoretical and practical applications.
William F. Porter is an emeritus professor of wildlife conservation at Michigan State University. Chad J. Parent is a research ecologist at the North Dakota Game and Fish Department. Rosemary A. Stewart is the associate director of Boone and Crockett Programs at Michigan State University. David M. Williams is an assistant professor and the interim director of the Boone and Crockett Quantitative Wildlife Center at Michigan State University.
List of Contributors Foreword Preface Acknowledgments Part I. Understanding Habitat on Landscapes Chapter 1. The Landscape Perspective in Wildlife and Habitat Management Chad J. Parent and Fidel Hernandez Chapter 2. Wildlife Management and the Roots of Landscape Ecology James A. Martin and John M. Yeiser Chapter 3. Wildlife-Landscape Relationships: A Foundation for Managing Habitats on Landscapes Michael L. Morrison and William M. Block Part II. Establishing a Landscape Foundation for Wildlife Managers Chapter 4. Essential Concepts in Landscape Ecology for Wildlife and Natural Resource Managers Humberto L. Perotto-Baldivieso Chapter 5. Using Landscape Ecology to Inform Effective Management Joseph A. Veech Chapter 6. Translating Landcover Data Sets into Habitat Features David D. Diamond and Lee F. Elliott Chapter 7. Influence of Habitat Loss and Fragmentation on Wildlife Populations Amanda E. Martin, Joseph R. Bennett, and Lenore Fahrig Chapter 8. Data Collection and Quantitative Considerations for Studying Pattern-Process Relationships on Landscapes Jacqueline L. Frair and Guillaume Bastille-Rousseau Chapter 9. Part II Synthesis: Establishing a Landscape Foundation for Wildlife Managers David M. Williams Part III. Establishing a Wildlife Management Foundation for Landscape Ecologists Chapter 10. Managing Wildlife at Landscape Scales John W. Connelly and Courtney J. Conway Chapter 11. Improving Communication between Landscape Ecologists and Managers: Challenges and Opportunities Kerri T. Vierling, Joseph D. Holbrook, Jocelyn L. Aycrigg, Teresa C. Cohn, and Leona K. Svancara Chapter 12. Developing Useful Spatially Explicit Habitat Models and Decision-Support Tools for Wildlife Management Neal D. Niemuth, Michael E. Estey, and Ronald D. Pritchert Chapter 13. Managing Landscapes and the Importance of Conservation Incentive Programs Mark J. Witecha and Todd R. Bogenschutz Chapter 14. Part III Synthesis: Establishing a Wildlife Management Foundation for Landscape Ecologists David M. Williams Part IV. Translating Landscape Ecology to Management Chapter 15. Age, Size, Configuration, and Context: Keys to Habitat Management at All Scales Jeffrey K. Keller Chapter 16. A Joint Venture Approach Gregory J. Soulliere and Mohammed A. Al-Saffar Chapter 17. Translating Landscape Ecology to Management: A Landscape Conservation Cooperatives Approach Cynthia A. Jacobson, Amanda L. Sesser, Elsa M. Haubold, Kevin M. Johnson, Kimberly A. Lisgo, Betsy E. Neely, Fiona K. A. Schmiegelow, Stephen C. Torbit, and Greg Wathen Chapter 18. Mapping Priority Areas for Species Conservation Casey A. Lott, Jeffery L. Larkin, Darin J. McNeil, Cameron J. Fiss, and Bridgett E. Costanzo Chapter 19. Nongovernmental Organizations: Their Role in and Approach to Landscape Conservation Jodi A. Hilty, Karl A. Didier, and Jon P. Beckmann Chapter 20. Part IV Synthesis: Translating Landscape Ecology to Management David M. Williams Index
Wildlife management specialists and landscape ecologists offer a new perspective on the important intersection of these fields in the twenty-first century.
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