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  1. Monitoring biological diversity: strategies, tools, limitations, and challenges.

    Monitoring is an assessment of the spatial and temporal variability in one or more ecosystem properties, and is an essential component of adaptive management. Monitoring can help determine whether mandated environmental standards are being met and can provide an early-warning system of ecological change. Development of a strategy for monitoring biological diversity...

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    Author(s):
    Erik A. Beever
    Year:
    2006
    Keywords:
    definitions of biological diversity, methodological considerations, indicators, analytical tools, sampling designs, structure-composition-function framework, Pacific Northwest
    Source:
    In: Olson, Deanna H., ed. Northwestern Naturalist. 87(1): 66-79

  2. Report on the scientific roundtable on biological diversity convened by the Chequamegon and Nicolet National Forests.

    Provides summary of management recommendations relating to biological diversity.

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    Author(s):
    Thomas R. Crow; Alan Haney; Donald M. Waller
    Year:
    1994
    Keywords:
    biological diversity, resource management, ecosystem, public lands, Wisconsin
    Source:
    General Technical Report NC-166. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Forest Experiment Station

  3. Status and progress in large-scale assessment of biological diversity in the United States

    Conservation of biological diversity is one of seven criteria used to evaluate forest sustainability in the United States. The status of biological diversity is characterized by nine indicators that report area, protected status, and fragmentation of forest habitats; number and conservation status of forest-associated species; range and abundance of forest species to...

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    Author(s):
    S. R. Shifley; C. H. Flather; W. B. Smith; K. H. Riitters; C. H. Sieg
    Year:
    2010
    Keywords:
    biological diversity, nationwide forest inventory system
    Source:
    The International Forestry Review. 12(5): 91.

  4. Conserving forest biological diversity: How the Montreal Process helps achieve sustainability

    Forests support a variety of ecosystems, species and genes — collectively referred to as biological diversity — along with important processes that tie these all together. With the growing recognition that biological diversity contributes to human welfare in a number of important ways such as providing food, medicine and fiber (provisioning services...

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    Author(s):
    Mark Nelson; Guy Robertson; Kurt Riitters
    Year:
    2015
    Keywords:
    Source:
    The Wildlife Professional. 9(2): 44-48.

  5. Integrating biological diversity and resource management: an essential approach to productive, sustainable ecosystems

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    Author(s):
    John R. Probst; Thomas R. Crow
    Year:
    1991
    Keywords:
    Source:
    Journal of Forestry. 89(2): 12-17.

  6. Natural forest management as a conservation tool in the tropics: divergent views on possibilities and alternatives

    A round table discussion was convened to explore divergent views on the potential for natural forest management (NFM) for timber to contribute to wide-scale maintenance of forest cover and biological diversity in tropical forests. The general argument for NFM for timber is that, by conferring relatively more economic value on forests that alternative forest uses, NFM...

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    Author(s):
    Matthew B. Dickinson; Joshua C. Dickinson; Francis E. Putz; Francis E. Putz
    Year:
    1996
    Keywords:
    biological diversity, community forestry, deforestation, natural forest management, non-timber forest products
    Source:
    Commonwealth Forestry Review. 74(4): 309-315.

  7. The role of fire in managing for biological diversity on native rangelands of the Northern Great Plains

    A strategy for using fire to manage for biological diversity on native rangelands in the Northern Great Plains incorporates an understanding of its past frequency, timing and intensity. Historically, lightning and humans were the major fire setters, and the role of fire varied both in space and time. A burning regime that includes fires at various intervals, seasons...

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    Author(s):
    Carolyn Hull Sieg
    Year:
    1997
    Keywords:
    biodiversity, rangeland, fire, biological diversity, Northern Great Plains, burning regime
    Source:
    In: Uresk, Daniel W.; Schenbeck, Greg L.; O'Rourke, James T., tech coords. Conserving Biodiversity on Native Rangelands: symposium proceedings: August 17, 1995; Fort Robinson State Park, Nebraska. Gen. Tech. Rep. RM-GTR-298. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station. p. 31-38.

  8. Forest biological diversity interactions with resource utilization

    The most important forest resources of the Asia-Pacific region are the highly diverse rain forests. Utilization of the resource is a natural and inevitable consequence of the region's socio-economic development. The sustainable management and development of forest resources in the region can be achieved by implementing conservational forestry, which is based on...

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    Author(s):
    S.T. Mok
    Year:
    1992
    Keywords:
    Source:
    In: Conrad, Engene C.; Newell, Leonard A., tech. cords. Proceedings on the session on tropical forestry for people of the Pacific, XVII Pacific Science Congress; May 27-28. Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-129. Berkeley, CA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Forest and Range Experiment Station: 42-46

  9. Conservation of biological diversity

    People enjoy a variety of ecosystem services, or benefits, from forests, including water purification, recreation, income from tourism, timber products, and the cultural and economic benefits from hunting, fishing, and gathering (Shvidenko et al. 2005). Across the Northern United States, growing human populations will place increased service demands on forests for the...

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    Author(s):
    Brian G. Tavernia; Mark D. Nelson; Rachel Riemann; Brent Dickinson; W. Keith Moser; Barry T. (Ty) Wilson; James D. Garner
    Year:
    2016
    Keywords:
    Source:
    In: Shifley, Stephen R.; Moser, W. Keith, eds. Future forests of the northern United States. Gen. Tech. Rep. NRS-151. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station: 43-76. Chapter 3.

  10. Wildlife habitats and biological diversity in the Rocky Mountains and Northern Great Plains

    We identify wetlands, riparian woodlands and shrublands, green ash woodlands, aspen forests, pinyon-juniper woodlands, and pure and mixed forests of ponderosa pine as important wildlife habitats in the US. Forest Service's Rocky Mountain Region. The relationships of vertebrate species to each of these types are discussed relative to habitat requirements and...

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    Author(s):
    Deborah M. Finch; Leonard F. Ruggiero
    Year:
    1993
    Keywords:
    wildlife habitats, biological diversity, Rocky Mountains, Great Plains
    Source:
    Natural Areas Journal. 13(3): 191-203.

  11. Biological diversity, ecological integrity, and neotropical migrants: New perspectives for wildlife management

    New initiatives in wildlife management have come from the realization that birds can be used as indicators of ecosystem health. Conceptually, biological diversity includes processes working at all scales in biological hierarchies that compose the natural world. Recent advances in the understanding of ecological systems suggest they are nonequilibrium systems, and must...

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    Author(s):
    Brian A. Maurer
    Year:
    1993
    Keywords:
    diversity, ecosystems, migration, migratory birds, wildlife management
    Source:
    In: Finch, Deborah M.; Stangel, Peter W. (eds.). Status and management of neotropical migratory birds: September 21-25, 1992, Estes Park, Colorado. Gen. Tech. Rep. RM-229. Fort Collins, Colo.: Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service: 24-31

  12. Neglect of genetic diversity in implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity

    Genetic diversity is the foundation for all biological diversity; the persistence and evolutionary potential of species depend on it. World leaders have agreed on the conservation of genetic diversity as an explicit goal of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). Nevertheless, actions to protect genetic diversity are largely lacking. With only months left to the...

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    Author(s):
    Linda Laikre; Fred W. Allendorf; Laurel C. Aroner; C. Scott Baker; David P. Gregovich; Michael M. Hansen; Jennifer A. Jackson; Katherine C. Kendall; Kevin Mckelvey; Maile C. Neel; Isabelle Olivieri; Nils Ryman; Michael K. Schwartz; Ruth Short Bull; Jeffrey B. Stetz; David A. Tallmon; Barbara L. Taylor; Christina D. Vojta; Donald M. Waller; Robin S. Waples
    Year:
    2009
    Keywords:
    genetic diversity, Convention on Biological Diversity
    Source:
    Conservation Biology. 24(1): 86-88.

  13. Biological Diversity Research: An Analysis

    An appropriate yardstick for a biodiversity program is how it affects the persistence of viable populations. A coordinated program of biodiversity research could be structured under three overlapping subject areas: (1) threatened, endangered, and sensitive species; (2) restoration of missing, underrepresented, or declining communities; and (3) general principles and...

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    Author(s):
    James W. McMinn
    Year:
    1991
    Keywords:
    Genes, endangered species, plant communities, animal communities, ecosystems.
    Source:
    Gen. Tech. Rep. SE-71. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southeastern Forest Experiment Station. 7 p.

  14. Developing tools to sustain biological diversity.

    The Biodiversity Initiative strives to provide innovative solutions to the complex problem of managing forests for biodiversity. Although this initiative is in its beginning stages, an initial scoping meeting has already taken place and planning for the next steps is underway. The initiative is developing plans to conduct extensive scoping efforts in the management,...

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    Author(s):
    Randy Molina
    Year:
    2004
    Keywords:
    Source:
    Western Forester. September/October. 7

  15. Harmonizing national forest inventories

    International agreements increasingly require that countries report estimates of national forest resources. The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change requires that countries submit annual reports of greenhouse gas emissions and removals by sources and sinks. The Convention on Biological Diversity requires that countries identify and monitor components...

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    Author(s):
    Ronald E. McRoberts; Erkki O. Tomppo; Klemens Schadauer; Göran Ståhl
    Year:
    2012
    Keywords:
    Source:
    Forest Science. 58(3): 189-190.

  16. Sustainable management of non-timber forest resources

    If policy on sustainable management of non-timber forest resources (NTFR) is to be implemented successfully, then recognition that there is no "one size fits all" policy is essential. Policies and their implementation practice have to be tailored to local ecological, economic, cultural and political circumstances. This complexity and the diversity of species...

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    Author(s):
    Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity
    Year:
    2001
    Keywords:
    Source:
    Convention on Biological Diversity Technical Series no. 6. 30 pp.

  17. Criterion 1: Conservation of biological diversity

    Biological diversity, or biodiversity, is the variety of life. It encompasses the variability among living organisms and includes diversity within species, among species, and among ecosystems. High biodiversity enables a forest ecosystem to respond to external influences, absorb and recover from disturbances, and still maintain essential ecosystem processes such as...

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    Author(s):
    Stephen R. Shifley; Francisco X. Aguilar; Nianfu Song; Susan I. Stewart; David J. Nowak; Dale D. Gormanson; W. Keith Moser; Sherri Wormstead; Eric J. Greenfield
    Year:
    2012
    Keywords:
    best practice codes, biodiversity, criteria and indicators, forest health, forest industry, invasive species, nontimber products, sustainable, timber products, watershed, urban forest
    Source:
    In: Shifley, Stephen R.; et al. 2012. Forests of the Northern United States. Gen. Tech. Rep. NRS-90. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station. 27-39.

  18. Forest health in the Blue Mountains: an plant ecologist's perspective on ecosystem processes and biological diversity.

    Natural disturbances are important to ecosystem processes. Disturbances historically have occurred in the vegetation of the Blue Mountain area of northeastern Oregon and southeastern Washington. The primary modifying events that historically have cycled through most of its plant communities are fire, grazing and browsing, insect and disease epidemics, windthrow,...

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    Author(s):
    Charles G. Johnson
    Year:
    1994
    Keywords:
    Disturbance ecology, landscape ecology, fire, prescribed fire, grazing, browsing, ecosystems
    Source:
    Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-339. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 23 p. (Quigley, Thomas M., ed.; Forest health in the Blue Mountains: science perspectives)

  19. Grassland ecology and diversity (Ecologia y diversidad de pastizales)

    Grasslands of the Chihuahuan Desert region are ecologically and economically important. These grasslands are valued for their rangeland, wildlife, watershed, and recreation resources. Biological diversity also raises the value of grassland communities. The potential for multiple uses within the region increases as the diversity of the resource base increases. In order...

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    Author(s):
    Laurie B. Abbott
    Year:
    2006
    Keywords:
    semi-arid grasslands, endangered species, sustainable ranching, Mexico-U.S. borderlands, Chihuahuan Desert region
    Source:
    In: Basurto, Xavier; Hadley, Diana, eds. 2006. Grasslands ecosystems, endangered species, and sustainable ranching in the Mexico-U.S. borderlands: Conference proceedings. RMRS-P-40. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. p. 11-16

  20. Biological diversity in the Sikhote-Alin forests and measures of its conservation

    Forests occupy 80-90 percent of the Sikhote-Alin mountain forest region. Cenotic and species diversity of its forest vegetation is the highest in Russia. In the Sikhote-Alin forests, about 200 species of trees and shrubs and 6 species of lianas grow; about 1,000-1,100 species of grassy plants and more than 450 species of mosses and lichens are registered.

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    Author(s):
    V. A. Rosenberg; V. N. Bocharnikov; S. M. Krasnopeev
    Year:
    2000
    Keywords:
    Source:
    In: Hansen, Mark; Burk, Tom, eds. Integrated tools for natural resources inventories in the 21st century. Gen. Tech. Rep. NC-212. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Forest Experiment Station. 326-333.

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