The discipline of landscape ecology has matured rapidly over the past few
decades, generating a wealth of knowledge that can be used to enhance forest
policy development and management. However, much of this knowledge has yet to be
applied in practice.
Forest Landscape Ecology: Transferring Knowledge to Practice is the first book
to introduce landscape ecologists to the discipline of knowledge transfer. The
book considers knowledge transfer in general, critically examines aspects of
transfer that are unique to forest landscape ecology, and reviews several case
studies of successful applications for policy developers and forest managers in
North America. Readers are encouraged to recognize the value of sharing