Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vi
3. Preface and Acknowledgments ix
4. 1 Introduction 1
5. 2 Island Life: Coming to Grips with the In sular Nature of Southeast Alaska and Adjoining Coastal British Columbia 19
6. 3 Riparian Ecology, Climate Change, and Management in North Pacific Coastal Rainforests 43
7. 4 Natural Disturbance Patterns in the Temperate Rainforests of Southeast Alaska and Adjacent British Columbia 73
8. 5 Indigenous and Commercial Uses of the Natural Resources in the North Pacific Rainforest with a Focus on Southeast Alaska and Haida Gwaii 89
9. Photo Gallery 127
10. 6 Succession Debt and Roads: Short- and Long-Term Effects of Timber Harvest on a Large-Mammal Predator-Prey Community in Southeast Alaska 143
11. 7 Concepts of Conservation Biology Applied to Wildlife in Old-Forest Ecosystems, with Special Reference to Southeast Alaska and Northern Coastal British Columbia 168
12. 8 Why Watersheds: Evaluating the Protection of Undeveloped Watersheds as a Conservation Strategy in Northwestern North America 189
13. 9 Variable Retention Harvesting in North Pacific Temperate Rainforests 227
14. 10 Synthesis 253
15. Literature Cited 293
16. Author Biographies 361
17. Index 369