Table of Contents

I Introduction.- 1. Ecological Guidelines for Land Use and Management.- II Applying the Principles and Guidelines.- 2. Effects of Land-Use Change on Wildlife Habitat: Applying Ecological Principles and Guidelines in the Western United States.- 3. Nature Reserves and Land Use: Implications of the “Place” Principle.- 4. Ecological Principles for Land Management Across Mixed Ownerships: Private Land Considerations.- 5. On the Road to Ecorecovery and Protection: A Case Study of Endangered Tribal Habitats and Culture in the Eastern Ghats of India.- 6. Applications of Historical Ecology to Land-Management Decisions in the Northeastern United States.- 7. India’s “Project Tiger” Reserves: The Interplay Between Ecological Knowledge and the Human Dimensions of Policymaking for Protected Habitats.- III Alternative Futures.- 8. Alternative Futures for Monroe County, Pennsylvania: A Case Study in Applying Ecological Principles.- 9. Alternative Futures as an Integrative Framework for Riparian Restoration of Large Rivers 194.- 10. Applying Ecological Guidelines for Land Management to Farming in the Brazilian Amazon 213.- 11. Applying Ecological Principles to Land-Use Decision Making in Agricultural Watersheds.- IV Making Decisions About the Land.- 12. Many Small Decisions: Incorporating Ecological Knowledge in Land-Use Decisions in the United States.- 13. Integrated Ecological Assessments and Land-Use Planning.- 14. New Directions in Land Management: Incorporation of Ecological Principles.

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From the reviews: "The main topic of this volume are ecological principles for land use and land management ! . Through the arrangement and selection of the contributions the editors have compiled a coherent book that in a vivid and demonstrative way will make clear the importance of land use and land management for the function of ecological systems to a broad audience, from students of environmental sciences to decision makers and professional land-use planners." (Rainer Waldhardt, Basic and Applied Ecology, Vol. 5 (4), 2004) "This volume applies ecological principles and guidelines to understand past and current land use and land management; and more importantly, endeavours to promote more ecologically sound approaches to future land use and management decisions. ! The intended audience is broad and multidisciplinary, from undergraduate and graduate level courses in environmental studies to professional land use planners." (Ethology, Ecology & Evolution, Vol. 14 (1), 2002)