TY - BOOK ID - 7617339 TI - Sustaining young forest communities : ecology and management of early successional habitats in the Central Hardwood Region, USA AU - Greenberg, Cathryn H. AU - Collins, Beverly S. AU - Thompson, Frank R. PY - 2011 SN - 9400716192 9400716206 PB - Dordrecht [Netherlands] : Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Forest ecology -- United States. KW - Forest ecology. KW - Forestry -- United States. KW - Forests. KW - Forest succession KW - Forest ecology KW - Forest management KW - Earth & Environmental Sciences KW - Forestry KW - Ecology KW - Life sciences. KW - Applied ecology. KW - Biodiversity. KW - Ecosystems. KW - Conservation biology. KW - Ecology. KW - Wildlife. KW - Fish. KW - Life Sciences. KW - Conservation Biology/Ecology. KW - Fish & Wildlife Biology & Management. KW - Applied Ecology. KW - Wildlife management. KW - Endangered ecosystems. KW - Environmental protection KW - Nature conservation KW - Threatened ecosystems KW - Biotic communities KW - Biological diversification KW - Biological diversity KW - Biotic diversity KW - Diversification, Biological KW - Diversity, Biological KW - Biology KW - Biocomplexity KW - Ecological heterogeneity KW - Numbers of species KW - Animal populations KW - Game management KW - Management, Game KW - Management, Wildlife KW - Plant populations KW - Wildlife resources KW - Natural resources KW - Wildlife conservation KW - Management KW - Ecology . KW - Biocenoses KW - Biocoenoses KW - Biogeoecology KW - Biological communities KW - Biomes KW - Biotic community ecology KW - Communities, Biotic KW - Community ecology, Biotic KW - Ecological communities KW - Ecosystems KW - Natural communities KW - Population biology KW - Fish KW - Pisces KW - Aquatic animals KW - Vertebrates KW - Fisheries KW - Fishing KW - Ichthyology KW - Balance of nature KW - Bionomics KW - Ecological processes KW - Ecological science KW - Ecological sciences KW - Environment KW - Environmental biology KW - Oecology KW - Environmental sciences UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:7617339 AB - There is a rising concern among natural resource scientists and managers about decline of the many plant and animal species associated with early successional habitats, especially within the Central Hardwood Region. Open sites with grass, herbaceous, shrub, or incomplete young forest cover are disappearing as abandoned farmland and pastures return to forest and recently harvested or disturbed forests re-grow. There are many questions about “why, what, where, and how” to manage for early successional habitats. Tradeoffs among ecological services such as carbon storage, hydrologic processes, forest products, and biotic diversity between young, early successional habitats and mature forest are not fully understood. Personal values and attitudes regarding forest management for conservation purposes versus "letting nature take its course," complicate finding common ground on whether and how to create or sustain early successional habitats. In this book, expert scientists and experienced land managers synthesize knowledge and original scientific work to address critical questions sparked by the decline of early successional habitats. We focus on habitats created by natural disturbances or management of upland hardwood forests and discuss how they can be sustainably created and managed in a landscape context. Together, chapters written by ecologists, conservationists, and land managers provide a balanced view of how past, current, and future scenarios affect the extent and quality of early successional habitat and implications for ecosystem services and disturbance-dependant plants and animals in upland hardwood forest of the Central Hardwood Region. . ER -