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 ix Jack Ward Thomas Acknowledgments xiii Contributors xv Introduction 1(6) Kathryn A. Kohm Jerry F. Franklin Section I. Ecological Processes and Principles 7(100) Forest Stand Structure, Composition, and Function 11(20) Thomas Spies Disturbance, Recovery, and Stability 31(26) David A. Perry Michael P. Amaranthus The Biological Landscape 57(12) Malcolm L. Hunter Jr. Riparian Management in the 21st Century 69(18) Stanley V. Gregory Biodiversity of Old Forests of the West: A Lesson from Our Elders 87(20) Bruce G. Marcot Section II. Silvicultural Systems and Management Concerns 107(106) Alternative Silvicultural Approaches to Timber Harvesting: Variable Retention Harvest Systems 111(30) Jerry F. Franklin Dean Rae Berg Dale A. Thornburgh John C. Tappeiner Shaping Stand Development Through Silvicultural Practices 141(10) Dean S. DeBell Robert O. Curtis Constance A. Harrington John C. Tappeiner Silvicultural Systems and Regeneration Methods: Current Practices and New Alternatives 151(14) John C. Tappeiner Denis Lavender Jack Walstad Robert O. Curtis Dean S. DeBell The Role of Extended Rotations 165(6) Robert O. Curtis Integrating the Ecological Roles of Phytophagous Insects, Plant Pathogens, and Mycorrhizae in Managed Forests 171(20) Timothy Schowalter Everett Hansen Randy Molina Yanli Zhang Fire Management for the 21st Century 191(12) James K. Agee Forest Genetics for Ecosystem Management 203(10) Sharon Friedman Section III. Approaches to Management at Larger Spatial Scales 213(68) Ecosystem Management: Managing Natural Resources in Time and Space 215(14) Thomas R. Crow Eric J. Gustafson The Physical Environment as a Basis for Managing Ecosystems 229(10) Frederick J. Swanson Julia A. Jones Gordon E. Grant Approaches to Management at the Watershed Scale 239(16) Robert J. Naiman Peter A. Bisson Robert G. Lee Monica G. Turner Landscape Analysis and Design 255(16) Nancy M. Diaz Simon Bell Implementing Spatial Planning in Watersheds 271(10) John Sessions Gordon Reeves K. Norman Johnson Kelly Burnett Section IV. Forest Economics: Products and Policies 281(76) The Context for Forest Economics in the 21st Century 285(18) Richard W. Haynes James F. Weigand Changes in Wood Products Manufacturing 303(12) Clive G. Whittenbury Special Forest Products: Integrating Social, Economic, and Biological Considerations into Ecosystem Management 315(22) Randy Molina Nan Vance James F. Weigand David Pilz Michael P. Amaranthus The Public Interest in Private Forests: Developing Regulations and Incentives 337(20) Frederick W. Cubbage Section V. Institutions in Transition 357(98) Organizational and Legal Challenges for Ecosystem Management 361(20) Errol E. Meidinger Building Bridges Across Agency Boundaries 381(16) Steven L. Yaffee Julia M. Wondolleck Science-Based Assessments of the Forests of the Pacific Northwest 397(14) K. Norman Johnson Scarcity, Simplicity, Separatism, Science---and Systems 411(8) R. W. Behan Making Decisions in a Complex and Dynamic World 419(18) Gordon R. Smith Open Institutions: Uncertainty and Ambiguity in 21st-Century Forestry 437(10) Margaret A. Shannon Alexios R. Antypas The Emerging Role of Science and Scientists in Ecosystem Management 447(8) John C. Gordon James Lyons Index 455
