Understanding Forest Disturbance and Spatial Pattern explores forest disturbance and spatial pattern from an ecological point-of-view within the context of structure, function, pattern, and change.

Features:

• Combines techniques from a number of disciplines, including remote sensing, geographic information systems, forest monitoring, and landscape ecology
• Illustrates the union of methods (RS/GIS), ecology, and biology to enable an improved understanding of forest disturbances and patterns
• Includes state-of-the-art examples of mapping key forest disturbances
• Discusses pattern characterization, including disturbance patterns, metrics and measures, and recommendations
• Provides a summary of remotely sensed data, processing, and implications for change detection

Contents

1. Introduction: Structure, Function, and Change of Forest Landscapes
2. Identifying and Describing Forest Disturbance and Spatial Pattern: Data Selection Issues and Methodological Implications
3. Remotely Sensed Data in the Mapping of Forest Harvest Patterns
4. Remotely Sensed Data in the Mapping of Insect Defoliation
5. Using Remote Sensing to Map and Monitor Fire Damage in Forest Ecosystems
6. Integrating GIS and Remotely Sensed Data for Mapping Forest Disturbance and Change
7. New Directions in Landscape Pattern Analysis and Linkages with Remote Sensing
8. Characterizing Stand-Replacing Harvest and Fire Disturbance Patches in a Forested Landscape: A Case Study from Cooney Ridge
9. Conclusion: Understanding Forest Disturbance and Spatial Pattern, Information Needs, and New Approaches

Index

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