Front Matter
 Part I Landscape Ecology and Forest Management
 Chapter 1 Managing Forest Landscapes under Global Change Scenarios
  1.1 Introduction
  1.2 Forest management
  1.3 New challenges in a changing globe
  1.4 Landscape ecology contributions
  1.5 Conclusion remarks
  References
 Chapter 2 Landscape Ecology Contributions to Forestry and Forest Management in China: Progresses and Research Needs
  2.1 Introduction
  2.2 China's forestry and forest management
  2.3 Challenges and emerging global issues in forestry
  2.4 Contributions of landscape ecology to forest management and conservation
  2.5 Research needs for forest landscape management
  2.6 Concluding remarks
  Acknowledgements
  References
 Chapter 3 Issues Facing Forest Management in Canada, and Predictive Ecosystem Management Tools for Assessing Possible Futures
  3.1 A brief history of forestry in Canada
  3.2 Canada's lands and forests
  3.3 Issues facing forestry in Canada today
  3.4 How can Canadian forestry respond to these and other issues? One way is ecosystem management modeling
  3.5 Conclusions
  References
 Part II Modeling Disturbance and Succession in Forest Landscapes
 Chapter 4 Challenges and Needs in Fire Management: A Landscape Simulation Modeling Perspective
  4.1 Introduction
  4.2 Simulation modeling in fire management
  4.3 Technical challenges in fire management modeling
  4.4 A fire management simulation example
  4.5 Research and management needs and solutions
  4.6 Summary
  References
 Chapter 5 Using Landscape Disturbance and Succession Models to Support Forest Management
  5.1 Introduction
  5.2 Overview of landscape disturbance and succession models
  5.3 Case studies
  5.4 General conclusions
  5.5 Future of LDSMs in decision-making
  Acknowledgements
  References
 Chapter 6 Research Methods for Assessing the Impacts of Forest Disturbance on Hydrology at Large-scale Watersheds
  6.1 Introduction
  6.2 Definition of large-scale watersheds
  6.3 Quantification of forest disturbance
  6.4 Research methods on assessing impacts of forest disturbance on hydrology at large-scale watersheds
  6.5 Future directions
  6.6 Conclusions
  Acknowledgements
  References
 Chapter 7 Software Applications to Three-Dimensional Visualization of Forest Landscapes ---A Case Study Demonstrating the Use of Visual Nature Studio (VNS) in Visualizing Fire Spread in Forest Landscapes
  7.1 Introduction
  7.2 Forest landscape visualization
  7.3 Results and discussion
  7.4 Conclusion
  7.5 Future wildfire visualization research
  Acknowledgements
  References
 Chapter 8 Predicting Tree Growth Dynamics of Boreal Forest in Response to Climate Change
  8.1 Introduction
  8.2 Materials and methods
  8.3 Results
  8.4 Discussion
  8.5 Conclusions
  Acknowledgements
  References
 Part III Emerging Approaches in Conservation
 Chapter 9 The Next Frontier: Projecting the Effectiveness of Broad-scale Forest Conservation Strategies
  9.1 Introduction
  9.2 Template project: Wild Rivers Legacy Forest and Two Hearted River Watershed
  9.3 Conclusions and implications: Pushing the frontier
  References
 Chapter 10 Forest Avian Species Richness Distribution and Management Guidelines under Global Change in Mediterranean Landscapes
  10.1 Introduction
  10.2 Material and methods
  10.3 Results and discussion
  10.4 Concluding remarks and forest management guidelines
  Acknowledgements
  References
 Chapter 11 Development of a Forest Network System to Improve the Zoning Process: A Case Study in Japan
  11.1 Background of the Japanese forest policy and methodological problems
  11.2 State of the public participation
  11.3 How to improve the current zoning process
  11.4 On the effective use of social backgrounds and evaluation
  11.5 Experts vs.\the general public
  11.6 Perspectives of the future
  References
 Chapter 12 Forest Fragmentation: Causes, Ecological Impacts and Implications for Landscape Management
  12.1 Fragmentation: A plenitude of definitions
  12.2 Demographic development and anthropogenic activity as drivers of fragmentation
  12.3 Empirical evidences of the impact of fragmentation on biodiversity
  12.4 Implications for landscape management --- conclusions
  Acknowledgements
  References
 Part IV Practicing Sustainable Management
 Chapter 13 Application of Landscape and Habitat Suitability Models to Conservation: The Hoosier National Forest Land-management Plan
  13.1 Introduction
  13.2 Methods
  13.3 Results
  13.4 Discussion
  13.5 Recommendations for future planning efforts
  Acknowledgements
  References
 Chapter 14 Agriculture Abandonment, Land-use Change and Fire Hazard in Mountain Landscapes in Northeastern Portugal
  14.1 Introduction
  14.2 Methodology
  14.3 Results
  14.4 Discussion
  14.5 Implications for management
  14.6 Conclusion
  Acknowledgements
  References
 Chapter 15 Overview of Biodiversity Loss in South America: A Landscape Perspective for Sustainable Forest Management and Conservation in Temperate Forests
  15.1 Introduction
  15.2 The biological importance of the native temperate forests of South America
  15.3 Threats to native forests
  15.4 Forest management and conservation strategies: A response to native forests' threats
  15.5 Management solutions: Modeling dynamics of forest ecosystems
  15.6 Conclusions
  References
 Chapter 16 Conservation of Biodiversity in Managed Forests: Developing an Adaptive Decision Support System
  16.1 Introduction
  16.2 Methods
  16.3 Results
  16.4 Discussion
  Acknowledgements
  References
  Appendix
 Index
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