{"product_id":"historical-environmental-variation-in-conservation-and-natural-resource-management-isbn-9781444337921","title":"Historical Environmental Variation in Conservation and Natural Resource Management","description":"In North America, concepts of Historical Range of Variability are being employed in land-management planning for properties of private organizations and multiple government agencies. The National Park Service, U.S. Fish \u0026amp; Wildlife Service, Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Forest Service, and The Nature Conservancy all include elements of historical ecology in their planning processes. Similar approaches are part of land management and conservation in Europe and Australia. Each of these user groups must struggle with the added complication of rapid climate change, rapid land-use change, and technical issues in order to employ historical ecology effectively. \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eHistorical Environmental Variation in Conservation and Natural Resource Management\u003c\/i\u003e explores the utility of historical ecology in a management and conservation context and the development of concepts related to understanding future ranges of variability. It provides guidance and insights to all those entrusted with managing and conserving natural resources: land-use planners, ecologists, fire scientists, natural resource policy makers, conservation biologists, refuge and preserve managers, and field practitioners. The book will be particularly timely as science-based management is once again emphasized in United States federal land management and as an understanding of the potential effects of climate change becomes more widespread among resource managers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAdditional resources for this book can be found at: \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.wiley.com\/go\/wiens\/historicalenvironmentalvariation\"\u003ewww.wiley.com\/go\/wiens\/historicalenvironmentalvariation\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e  Contributors, vii  \u003cp\u003eForeword, x\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface, xii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments, xiv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSECTION 1 BACKGROUND AND HISTORY, 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJOHN A. WIENS\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Setting the stage: theoretical and conceptual background of historical range of variation, 3\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eWILLIAM H. ROMME, JOHN A. WIENS, AND HUGH D. SAFFORD\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Development of historical ecology concepts and their application to resource management and conservation, 19\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eWAYNE PADGETT, BARBARA SCHRADER, MARY MANNING, AND TIMOTHY TEAR\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSECTION 2 ISSUES AND CHALLENGES, 29\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eHUGH D. SAFFORD\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Challenges in the application of historical range of variation to conservation and land management, 32\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eGREGORY D. HAYWARD, THOMAS T. VEBLEN, LOWELL H. SURING, AND BOB DAVIS\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Historical ecology, climate change, and resource management: can the past still inform the future? 46\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eHUGH D. SAFFORD, GREGORY D. HAYWARD, NICOLE E. HELLER, AND JOHN A. WIENS\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 What is the scope of \"history\" in historical ecology? Issues of scale in management and conservation, 63\u003cbr\u003e JOHN A. WIENS, HUGH D. SAFFORD, KEVIN MCGARIGAL, WILLIAM H. ROMME, AND MARY MANNING\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Native Americans, ecosystem development, and historical range of variation, 76\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eGREGORY J. NOWACKI, DOUGLAS W. MACCLEERY, AND FRANK K. LAKE\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Conservation and resource management in a changing world: extending historical range of variation beyond the baseline, 92\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSTEPHEN T. JACKSON\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSECTION 3 MODELING HISTORIC VARIATION AND ITS APPLICATION FOR UNDERSTANDING FUTURE VARIABILITY, 111\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eROBERT E. KEANE\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Creating historical range of variation (HRV) time series using landscape modeling: overview and issues, 113\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eROBERT E. KEANE\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Modeling historical range of variability at a range of scales: an example application, 128\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eKEVIN MCGARIGAL AND WILLIAM H. ROMME\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSECTION 4 CASE STUDIES OF APPLICATIONS, 147\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eGREGORY D. HAYWARD\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Regional application of historical ecology at ecologically defi ned scales: forest ecosystems in the Colorado Front Range, 149\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eTHOMAS T. VEBLEN, WILLIAM H. ROMME, AND CLAUDIA REGAN\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Incorporating concepts of historical range of variation in ecosystem-based management of British Columbia's coastal temperate rainforest, 166\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eANDY MACKINNON AND SARI C. SAUNDERS\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Incorporating HRV in Minnesota national forest land and resource management plans: a practitioner's story, 176\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMARY SHEDD, JIM GALLAGHER, MICHAEL JIMÉNEZ, AND DUANE LULA\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Applying historical fire-regime concepts to forest management in the western United States: three case studies, 194\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eTHOMAS E. DEMEO, FREDERICK J. SWANSON, EDWARD B. SMITH, STEVEN C. BUTTRICK, JANE KERTIS, JEANNE RICE, CHRISTOPHER D. RINGO, AMY WALTZ, CHRIS ZANGER, CHERYL A. FRIESEN, AND JOHN H. CISSEL\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Using historical ecology to inform wildlife conservation, restoration, and management, 205\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eBETH A. HAHN AND JOHN L. CURNUTT\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 River floodplain restoration experiments offer a window into the past, 218\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRAMONA O. SWENSON, RICHARD J. REINER, MARK REYNOLDS, AND JAYMEE MARTY\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 Streams past and future: fluvial responses to rapid environmental change in the context of historical variation, 232\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDANIEL A. AUERBACH, N. LEROY POFF, RYAN R. MCSHANE, DAVID M. MERRITT, MATTHEW I. PYNE, AND THOMAS K. WILDING\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 A framework for applying the historical range of variation concept to ecosystem management, 246\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eWILLIAM H. ROMME, GREGORY D. HAYWARD, AND CLAUDIA REGAN\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSECTION 5 GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES, 263\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJOHN A. WIENS\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 Ecological history guides the future of conservation: lessons from Africa, 265\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eA.R.E. SINCLAIR\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 Ecological history has present and future ecological consequences – case studies from Australia, 273\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDAVID LINDENMAYER\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 A view from the past to the future, 281\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eKEITH J. KIRBY\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 Is the historical range of variation relevant to rangeland management? 289\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eBRANDON T. BESTELMEYER\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 Knowing the Fennoscandian taiga: ecohistorical lessons, 297\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eYRJÖ HAILA\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSECTION 6 CHALLENGES FOR THE FUTURE, 305\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23 Reflections on the relevance of history in a nonstationary world, 307\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJULIO L. BETANCOURT\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24 The growing importance of the past in managing ecosystems of the future, 319\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eHUGH D. SAFFORD, JOHN A. WIENS, AND GREGORY D. HAYWARD\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex, 329\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eColour plate pages fall between pp. 162 and 163\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“The book provides a rich summary and critique of such ideas and approaches that will provide material both for under-graduate courses and for ecologists interested in the theory and practice of understanding historical ecological dynamics.”  (\u003ci\u003eEcological Management \u0026amp; Restoration\u003c\/i\u003e, 18 May 2015)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“But each chapter provides guidance on how historical ecology may be fruitfully applied to specific cases of management giving the reader much hope for the future and for potential course corrections on the landscape.”  (\u003ci\u003eLandscape Ecol\u003c\/i\u003e, 15 January 2015)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Overall, a very useful reference for advanced students in conservation and ecosystem management as well as researchers and managers developing future adaptation plans.  Summing Up: Highly recommended.  Upper-division undergraduates and above.”   (\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e, 1 March 2013)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Wiens\u003c\/b\u003e is a landscape ecologist and conservation scientist who was on the faculties of several universities in the United States before joining The Nature Conservancy as Chief Scientist in 2002. He has published over 200 scientific papers and six books, and has conducted research in Europe, South America, and Australia as well as the United States. He is currently Chief Conservation Science Officer at PRBO Conservation Science in California and is a visiting faculty member at the University of Western Australia in Perth. He lives in Corvallis, Oregon.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGreg Hayward,\u003c\/b\u003e Regional Wildlife Ecologist with the U.S. Forest Service in Alaska is a population ecologist with a passion for helping resource managers understand the trade-offs associated with difficult land management decisions. As a conservation practitioner Greg brings an academic perspective from faculty positions at the University of Idaho and University of Wyoming. Greg's research extends from boreal owls and flying squirrels to Amur tigers and cutthroat trout with a focus on the consequences of broad scale ecological disturbance on wildlife dynamics.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHugh Safford\u003c\/b\u003e is Regional Ecologist for the USDA Forest Service Pacific Southwest Region, which includes California, Hawaii, and the Pacific Territories, and a research faculty affiliate with the Department of Environmental Science and Policy, University of California-Davis.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCasey Giffen,\u003c\/b\u003e most recently a biological scientist with the U.S. Forest Service National Office in Washington, DC, specializes in regulatory compliance and land management planning. Prior to working with the National Office she spent time in the eastern and western regions of the country working in forest management and natural resource planning. She has over 15 years of experience working with national, regional, and forest-level land management programs.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFor decades, conservationists and resource managers have believed that the long-term persistence of populations and ecosystems requires maintaining the conditions they have experienced in the past—the historical range of variation. With the environment now changing rapidly, conditions in the future may be quite different from those in the past, leading to questions about whether past history is relevant to future conservation and management. In this book, both scientists and practitioners consider how historical knowledge can be used in conservation and resource management, with particular emphasis on forests. Although future environments may depart from their past range of variation, the recent and long-term history of populations and ecosystems has determined what they are today, knowledge that is important in assessing their resiliency and adaptability to future environmental changes.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47989365178597,"sku":"NP9781444337921","price":210.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781444337921.jpg?v=1761783830","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/historical-environmental-variation-in-conservation-and-natural-resource-management-isbn-9781444337921","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}