Books by David B. Lindenmayer

  •  Conserving Forest Biodiversity
    Conserving Forest Biodiversity David B. Lindenmayer

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    Conserving Forest Biodiversity

    A Comprehensive Multiscaled Approach

    David B. Lindenmayer

    While most efforts at biodiversity conservation have focused primarily on protected areas and reserves, the unprotected lands surrounding those area—the "matrix"—are equally important to ...

  •  Habitat Fragmentation and Landscape Change

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    Habitat Fragmentation and Landscape Change

    An Ecological and Conservation Synthesis

    David B. Lindenmayer

    Habitat loss and degradation that comes as a result of human activity is the single biggest threat to biodiversity in the world today. Habitat Fragmentation and Landscape Change is a groundbreaking ...

  •  Salvage Logging and Its Ecological Consequences

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    Salvage Logging and Its Ecological Consequences

    David B. Lindenmayer

    Salvage logging—removing trees from a forested area in the wake of a catastrophic event such as a wildfire or hurricane—is highly controversial. Policymakers and those with an economic ...

  •  Towards Forest Sustainability
    Towards Forest Sustainability David B. Lindenmayer

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    Towards Forest Sustainability

    David B. Lindenmayer

    The world's montane forests are vitally important for conservation and water catchment. Because logging regimes have significant impacts on biodiversity as well as water quality and water quantity, the ...

About the Author

David Lindenmayer is Professor of Ecology at the Fenner School of Environment and Society at The Australian National University. He is widely regarded as one of the world's leading ecologists and conservation biologists, contributing significantly to the understanding of biodiversity both within Australia and around the world. He specializes in establishing large-scale, long-term research programs that are underpinned by rigorous experimental design, detailed sampling and innovative statistical analyses.

Lindenmayer is author of Conserving Forest Biodiversity: A Comprehensive Multiscaled Approach, Habitat Fragmentation and Landscape Change: An Ecological and Conservation Synthesis, Salvage Logging and Its Ecological Consequences, and Towards Forest Sustainability.