| Description |
xxvii, 360 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
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The Earthscan forest library |
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Earthscan forest library.
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| Contents |
Contents note continued: 4.A Typology of Approaches and Indicators for Monitoring Forest Biodiversity -- Monitoring approaches -- Monitoring indicators -- pt. II CHALLENGES FACING FOREST BIODIVERSITY MONITORING -- 5.Challenges to Monitoring: Problems of Purpose -- The challenge of setting conservation goals and objectives as a basis for management and monitoring -- A growing crisis of credibility in the value and purpose of monitoring -- The importance of definitions and terminology to provide clarity of purpose -- 6.Challenges to Monitoring: Problems of Design -- The challenge of selecting appropriate indicators for biodiversity monitoring -- Setting management objectives and interpreting indicator change in biodiversity monitoring programmes -- 7.Challenges to Monitoring: Problems of Reality -- Adaptive forest management -- Challenges to monitoring from governance and regulatory institutions -- Cultural challenges to monitoring -- |
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Contents note continued: Building conceptual models for biodiversity monitoring -- A summary of the role of conceptual models in biodiversity monitoring -- 14.Sampling Design and Data Collection in Biodiversity Monitoring -- Step 1 Clarify the research objective -- Step 2 Clarify the spatial and temporal scope -- Step 3 Think about experimental design -- Step 4 Think about confounding factors -- Step 5 Specify independent sample units -- Step 6 Select appropriate variables for measuring change in biological indicators and target species -- Step 7 Select additional environmental variables -- Step 8 Select sampling method(s) -- Step 9 Decide on an appropriate level of independent sample replication -- Step 10 Decide on an appropriate level of sub-sampling -- Step 11 Evaluate whether the time-frame available for monitoring is adequate -- Step 12 Evaluate whether necessary resources and expertise are available -- |
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Contents note continued: Selecting high priority research objectives for biodiversity monitoring -- 11.Selecting Indicators of Forest Structure to Assess Management Performance -- Indicators of forest structure at the stand scale -- Indicators of forest structure at the landscape scale -- Selecting forest structural indicators -- Bringing it all together: a general framework for selecting structural indicators -- 12.Selecting Biological Indicators and Target Species to Evaluate Progress Towards Conservation Goals -- A framework for selecting ecological disturbance indicator groups -- The contribution of individual target species to biodiversity monitoring -- 13.Making Assumptions Explicit: The Value of Conceptual Modelling in Biodiversity Monitoring -- Distinguishing the role of conceptual frameworks and models in biodiversity monitoring -- The value of conceptual models in articulating cause-effect relationships for biodiversity monitoring programmes -- |
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Contents note continued: Step 13 Think hard about how to analyse the data before it is collected -- Step 14 Preserve data integrity through careful recording and storage -- Step 15 Be prepared to adapt -- 15.Analysis and Interpretation of Biodiversity Data -- Describing biodiversity -- Detecting change and assessing management performance -- Evaluating change and validating management performance -- Analysing biodiversity data in context: The importance of multiple management objectives and trade-offs -- 16.Putting Forest Biodiversity Monitoring to Work -- The importance of people -- Making biodiversity monitoring programmes viable and effective in the long term -- The way ahead |
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Contents note continued: pt. III AN OPERATIONAL FRAMEWORK FOR MONITORING FOREST BIODIVERSITY -- 8.Clarifying Purpose: An Operational Framework for Monitoring Forest Biodiversity -- Understanding the role of different monitoring approaches in forest management -- Understanding the role of different indicators in the monitoring process -- Bringing it all together: Implementing an operational framework for biodiversity monitoring as a guide to responsible forest management -- 9.Setting Conservation Goals for Biodiversity Monitoring -- Stakeholders and the value of biodiversity -- Managing to conserve species and maintain ecological integrity -- Selecting indicators to validate changes in forest condition -- Selecting a reference condition to guide forest biodiversity monitoring -- 10.Setting Objectives for Biodiversity Monitoring -- Biodiversity conservation research and monitoring in modified forest systems: an assessment of work to date -- |
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Machine generated contents note: Purpose of this book: How can monitoring contribute to forest biodiversity conservation? -- Structure and scope of the book -- pt. I THE CONTEXT OF MONITORING FOREST BIODIVERSITY -- 1.Biodiversity Conservation in Human-modified and Managed Forests -- Biodiversity in logged forests -- Biodiversity in regenerating forests -- Biodiversity in agroforestry systems -- Biodiversity in tree plantations -- An ecosystem approach to forest conservation -- 2.The Origins and Development of Ecologically Responsible Forest Management -- The origins of sustainable forest management (SFM) -- Sustainable forest management as a guiding vision versus a measurable standard -- Criteria and indicators in forest management -- 3.The Need for Forest Biodiversity Monitoring -- Scientific uncertainty and biodiversity conservation in human-modified forest ecosystems -- The purpose of biodiversity monitoring as a guide to management -- |
| Analysis |
Conservation |
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Forest management |
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Sustainability |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [313]-350) and index |
| Subject |
Biodiversity conservation.
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Forest biodiversity.
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Forest management.
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Sustainable forestry.
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| LC no. |
2010000823 |
| ISBN |
9781844076543 (hbk.) |
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