Applications of forest landscape ecology and the role of knowledge transfer in a public land management agency

Abstract

Over the past two decades, the application of forest landscape ecological principles has gradually become an integral part of the operations of many public land management agencies in North America. The Canadian province of Ontario is a good example of an administration where forest management policies, guides, and practices include landscape ecological principles. In this chapter, we describe why this particular region has been successful in integrating these principles into forest management, as well as how this integration occurred. In particular, we discuss the role of knowledge transfer in this process. © 2006 Springer Science+Business Media, LLC. All rights reserved.