Forest Pattern and Ecological Process

2010 Whitley Certificate of Commendation for Zoological TextForest Pattern and Ecological Process is a major synthesis of 25 years of intensiveresearch about the montane ash forests of Victoria, which support the world's tallestflowering plants and several of Australia's most high profile threatened and/orendangered species. It draws together major insights based on over 170 publishedscientific papers and books, offering a previously unrecognised set of perspectivesof how forests function. The book combines key strands of research on wildfires, biodiversity conservation,logging, conservation management, climate change and basic forest ecology andmanagement. It is divided into seven sections: introduction and background, forestcover and the composition of the forest, the structure of the forest, animaloccurrence, disturbance regimes, forest management, and overview and futuredirections. Illustrated with more than 200 photographs and line drawings, Forest Pattern andEcological Process is an essential reference for forest researchers, resourcemanagers, conservation and wildlife biologists, ornithologists and mammalogists,policy makers, as well as general readers with interests in wildlife and forests.