Over the past decade, a sea change has occurred in the field of forestry. A vastly increased understanding of how ecological systems function has transformed the science from one focused on simplifying systems, producing wood, and managing at the stand-level to one concerned with understanding and managing complexity, providing a wide range of ecological goods and services, and managing across broad landscapes.Creating a Forestry for the 21st Century is an authoritative and multidisciplinary examination of the current state of forestry and its relation to the emergent field of ecosystem management. Drawing upon the expertise of top professionals in the field, it provides an up-to-date synthesis of principles of ecosystem management and their implications for forest policy. Leading scientists, including Malcolm Hunter, Jr., Bruce G. Marcot, James K. Agee, Thomas R. Crow, Robert J. Naiman, John C. Gordon, R.W. Behan, Steven L. Yaffee, and many others examine topics that are central to the future of forestry: new understandings of ecological processes and principles, from stand structure and function to disturbance processes and the movement of organisms across landscapes challenges to long-held assumptions: the rationale for clearcutting, the wisdom of short rotations, the exclusion of fire traditional tools in light of expanded goals for forest landscapes managing at larger spatial scales, including practical information and ideas for managing large landscapes over long time periods the economic, organizational, and political issues that are critical to implementing successful ecosystem management and developing institutions to transform knowledge into action Featuring a 16-page center section with color photographs that illustrate some of the best on-the-ground examples of ecosystem management from around the world, Creating a Forestry for the 21st Century is the definitive text on managing ecosystems. It provides a compelling case for thinking creatively beyond the bounds of traditional forest resource management, and will be essential reading for students; scientists working in state, federal, and private research institutions; public and private forest managers; staff members of environmental/conservation organizations; and policymakers.
Foreword Thomas Jack Ward
Acknowledgments
Contributors
Introduction Kohm Kathryn A.
Franklin Jerry F.
Ecological Processes and Principles
Forest Stand Structure, Composition, and Function Spies Thomas
Disturbance, Recovery, and Stability Perry David A.
Amaranthus Michael P.
The Biological Landscape Hunter Malcolm L.
Riparian Management in the 21st Century Gregory Stanley V.
Biodiversity of Old Forests of the West: A Lesson from Our Elders Marcot Bruce G.
Silvicultural Systems and Management Concerns
Alternative Silvicultural Approaches to Timber Harvesting: Variable Retention Harvest Systems Franklin Jerry F.
Berg Dean Rae
Thornburgh Dale A.
Tappeiner John C.
Shaping Stand Development Through Silvicultural Practices DeBell Dean S.
Curtis Robert O.
Harrington Constance A.
Tappeiner John C.
Silvicultural Systems and Regeneration Methods: Current Practices and New Alternatives Tappeiner John C.
Lavender Denis
Walstad Jack
Curtis Robert O.
DeBell Dean S.
The Role of Extended Rotations Curtis Robert O.
Integrating the Ecological Roles of Phytophagous Insects, Plant Pathogens, and Mycorrhizae in Managed Forests Schowalter Timothy
Hansen Everett
Molina Randy
Zhang Yanli
Fire Management for the 21st Century Agee James K.
Forest Genetics for Ecosystem Management Friedman Sharon
Approaches to Management at Larger Spatial Scales
Ecosystem Management: Managing Natural Resources in Time and Space Crow Thomas R.
Gustafson Eric J.
The Physical Environment as a Basis for Managing Ecosystems Swanson Frederick J.
Jones Julia A.
Grant Gordon E.
Approaches to Management at the Watershed Scale Naiman Robert J.
Bisson Peter A.
Lee Robert G.
Turner Monica G.
Landscape Analysis and Design Diaz Nancy M.
Bell Simon
Implementing Spatial Planning in Watersheds Sessions John
Reeves Gordon
Johnson K. Norman
Burnett Kelly
Forest Economics: Products and Policies
The Context for Forest Economics in the 21st Century Haynes Richard W
Weigand James F.
Changes in Wood Products Manufacturing Whittenbury Clive G.
Special Forest Products: Integrating Social, Economic, and Biological Considerations into Ecosystem Management Molina Randy
Vance Nan
Weigand James F.
Pilz David
Amaranthus Michael P.
The Public Interest in Private Forests: Developing Regulations and Incentives Cubbage Frederick W
Institutions in Transition
Organizational and Legal Challenges for Ecosystem Management Meidinger Errol E.
Building Bridges Across Agency Boundaries Yaffee Steven L.
Wondolleck Julia M.
Science-Based Assessments of the Forests of the Pacific Northwest Johnson K. Norman
Scarcity, Simplicity, Separatism, Science—and Systems Behan R. W.
Making Decisions in a Complex and Dynamic World Smith Gordon R.
Open Institutions: Uncertainty and Ambiguity in 21st-Century Forestry Shannon Margaret A.
Antypas Alexios R.
The Emerging Role of Science and Scientists in Ecosystem Management Gordon John C.
