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• Title:Monitoring forest biodiversity : improving conservation through ecologically responsible management / Toby Gardner.
  
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• Author/Creator:Gardner, Toby.
  
• Published/Created:London ; Washington, DC : Earthscan, 2010.
  

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  • Location:WOODWARD LIBRARY stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: SD387.S87 G37 2010
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    
  • Links:Donor bookplate
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Sustainable forestry.
  Biodiversity conservation.
  Forest biodiversity.
  Forest management.
  
• Description:xxvii, 360 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
  
• Series:Earthscan forest library.
  
• Summary:"The fate of much of the world's terrestrial biodiversity depends upon our ability to improve the management of forest ecosystems that have already been substantially modified by humans. Monitoring is an essential ingredient in meeting this challenge, allowing us to measure the impact of different human activities on biodiversity and identify more responsible ways of managing the environment. Nevertheless many biodiversity monitoring programs are criticised as being little more than "tick the box" compliance exercises that waste precious resources and erode the credibility of science in the eyes of decision makers and conservation investors. The purpose of this book is to examine the factors that make biodiversity monitoring programs fail or succeed.
  The first two sections lay out the context and importance of biodiversity monitoring, and shed light on some of the key challenges that have confounded many efforts to date. The third and main section presents an operational framework for developing monitoring programs that have the potential to make a meaningful contribution to forest management. Discussion covers the scoping, design and implementation stages of a forest biodiversity monitoring program, including defining the purpose, goals and objectives of monitoring, indicator selection, and the process of data collection, analysis and interpretation. Underpinning the book is the belief that biodiversity monitoring should be viewed not as a stand-alone exercise in surveillance but rather as an explicit mechanism for learning about how to improve opportunities for conservation. To be successful in this task, monitoring needs to be grounded in clear goals and objectives, effective in generating reliable assessments of changes in biodiversity and realistic in light of real-world financial, logistical and social constraints."--Pub. desc.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
  
• ISBN:9781844076543 (hardback)
  1844076547 (hardback)
  
• Contents:Purpose of this book: How can monitoring contribute to forest biodiversity conservation?
  Structure and scope of the book
  PART I. 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
  ecosystem approach to forest conservation
  2. Origins and Development of Ecologically Responsible Forest Management
  origins of sustainable forest management (SFM)
  Sustainable forest management as a guiding vision versus a measurable standard
  Criteria and indicators in forest management
  3. Need for Forest Biodiversity Monitoring
  Scientific uncertainty and biodiversity conservation in human-modified forest ecosystems
  purpose of biodiversity monitoring as a guide to management
  4. Typology of Approaches and Indicators for Monitoring Forest Biodiversity
  Monitoring approaches
  Monitoring indicators
  PART II. CHALLENGES FACING FOREST BIODIVERSITY MONITORING
  5. Challenges to Monitoring: Problems of Purpose
  challenge of setting conservation goals and objectives as a basis for management and monitoring
  growing crisis of credibility in the value and purpose of monitoring
  importance of definitions and terminology to provide clarity of purpose
  6. Challenges to Monitoring: Problems of Design
  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
  PART III. 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
  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
  framework for selecting ecological disturbance indicator groups
  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
  value of conceptual models in articulating cause-effect relationships for biodiversity monitoring programmes
  Building conceptual models for biodiversity monitoring
  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
  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
  importance of people
  Making biodiversity monitoring programmes viable and effective in the long term
  way ahead.