Table of Contents

ContentsForeword Preface Section I I. Overview Assessing Forest Ecosystem Health in the Inland West Section II Historical and Anticipated Changes in Forest Ecosystems of the Inland West of the United States Defining and Measuring Forest Health Historical Range of Variability: A Useful Tool for Evaluating Ecosystem Change Managing Ecosystems for Forest Health: An Approach and the Effects on Uses and Values Human Dimensions of Forest Health Choices Section III I. Ecological and Historical Perspectives Postsettlement Changes in Natural Fire Regimes and Forest Structure: Ecological Restoration of Old-Growth Ponderosa Pine Forests The Role of Succession in Forest Health The Role of Nutrition in the Health of Inland Western Forests Integrated Roles for Insects, Diseases, and Decomposers in Fire Dominated Forests of the Inland Western United States: Past, Present, and Future Forest Health Assessing Forest Health Conditions in Idaho with Forest Inventory Data Conceptual Origins of Catastrophic Forest Mortality in the Western United States II. Processes, Models, and Tools Landscape Characterization: A Framework for Ecological Assessment at Regional and Local Scales Emphasis Areas as an Alternative to Buffer Zones and Reserved Areas in the Conservation of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Processes A Process for Improving Wildlife Habitat Models for Assessing Forest Ecosystem Health An Ecological Framework for Planning for Forest Health III. Management and Policy Forest Health Management Policy: A Case Study in Southwestern Idaho Silviculture, Fire, and Ecosystem Management Maintaining and Creating Old Growth Structural Features in Previously Disturbed Stands Typical of the Eastern Washington Cascades Forest

About the Author

Adams, David L.