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Risk Analysis in Forest Management pp 1–20Cite as

Forest Management Planning for Maintaining the Viability of Wildlife Populations

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Part of the book series: Managing Forest Ecosystems ((MAFE,volume 2))

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Ecological information about the impacts of forestry on wildlife populations have rarely been used in calculations of forest management planning. Some applications exist, where models predicting sizes of some wildlife populations have been used in optimisation calculations. When such models are used, it is important to take the inherent uncertainty into account. It is essential to know the probability that the size of the population of interest would fall below presumably critical limits. One useful tool in decision-making concerning wildlife populations is risk analysis. In risk analysis, viability of the populations is assessed by a stochastic population dynamics model. The population viability may, for instance, be expressed as the probability of the population surviving the next 1000 years. To make use of risk analysis in forest management planning, viability needs to be expressed as a function of forest-based characters. It may also be necessaty to sort out the risk due to different factors, such as initial population size and changes in the environment. In this paper, the possibility of using information about wildlife populations in forest management planning is considered. Special attention is given to the handling of uncertainty inherent in most ecological information.

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  1. University of Joensuu, Finland

    Annika S. Kangas (Researcher)

  2. Kannus Research Station of the Finnish Forest Research Institute, Finland

    Jyrki Kangas (Station Head)

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Kangas, A.S., Kangas, J. (2001). Forest Management Planning for Maintaining the Viability of Wildlife Populations. In: von Gadow, K. (eds) Risk Analysis in Forest Management. Managing Forest Ecosystems, vol 2. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-2905-5_1

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