PUB: Wild Forests: Cons Bio and Public Policy

[STEFANIE S. RIXECKER]

Here's the table of contents for a new book on conservation biology & 
public policy.  It's originally from another list (consbio).

                                        Stefanie Rixecker

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                               Wild Forests
                 Conservation Biology and Public Policy

                William S. Alverson, Walter Kuhlmann and 
                          Donald M. Waller. 1994.

                    Island Press, Covelo, California

                        IBSN 1-55963-187-2 (cloth)
                        IBSN 1-55963-188-0 (paper)

   Contents

   Figures and Tables xi

   Foreword, by Jared Diamond xiii

   Preface xvii

   Acknowledgments xix

   Introduction xxi


   Part I Whence Biodiversity? 1

   1 Forests Then and Now 3

   2 Shadows in the Forest 19

   3 The Myth of Heart's Content 29


   Part II Ecological Mechanisms and Biotic Resources 35

   4 Internal Affairs: Patch and Disturbance Dynamics 39

   5 From Hero to Villain: Edge Effects 64

   6 Hazards of Fragmentation: Area and Isolation Effects 76

   7 Tracking Diversity: Biological Inventory, Research, and 
     Monitoring 94


   Part III Approaches to Forest Management 117

   8 The Evolution of Forest Management 120

   9 Multiple Use on National Forest Lands 136

  10 What's New in Forest Management? 151

  11 Zoning for Diversity 160


   Part IV  Toward a New Diversity Policy
   (and Twenty-First Century Old Growth) 179

  12 Sources of a New Diversity Policy for the National 
     Forests 182

  13 Case History: The Wisconsin National Forests 209

  14 Dominant-Use Zoning and Wildlands: Forestry for 
     the Twenty First Century 235

  First Postscript 257

  References 259

  Glossary of Abbreviations and Acronyms 287

  Species List 291

  Index 293