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xiv<br />

Preface<br />

This volume contains the contributions of numerous participants at the IUFRO L<strong>and</strong>scape Ecology Working<br />

Group International Conference, which took place in Bragança, Portugal, from 21 to 24 of September 2010. The<br />

conference was dedicated to the theme <strong>Forest</strong> <strong>L<strong>and</strong>scapes</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Global</strong> <strong>Change</strong> - New Frontiers in Management,<br />

Conservation <strong>and</strong> Restoration. The 128 papers included in this book follow the structure <strong>and</strong> topics of the<br />

conference. Sections 1 to 8 include papers relative to presentations in 18 thematic oral <strong>and</strong> two poster sessions.<br />

Section 9 is devoted to a wide-range of l<strong>and</strong>scape ecology fields covered in the 12 symposia of the conference.<br />

The Proceedings of the IUFRO L<strong>and</strong>scape Ecology Working Group International Conference register the growth<br />

of scientific interest in forest l<strong>and</strong>scape patterns <strong>and</strong> processes, <strong>and</strong> the recognition of the role of l<strong>and</strong>scape<br />

ecology in the advancement of science <strong>and</strong> management, particularly within the context of emerging physical,<br />

social <strong>and</strong> political drivers of change, which influence forest systems <strong>and</strong> the services they provide. We believe<br />

that these papers, together with the presentations <strong>and</strong> debate which took place during the IUFRO L<strong>and</strong>scape<br />

Ecology Working Group International Conference – Bragança 2010, will definitively contribute to the<br />

advancement of l<strong>and</strong>scape ecology <strong>and</strong> science in general.<br />

For their additional effort <strong>and</strong> commitment, we thank all the participants in the conference for leaving this record<br />

of their work, thoughts <strong>and</strong> science.<br />

The Editors<br />

João Carlos Azevedo<br />

Manuel Feliciano<br />

José Castro<br />

Maria Alice Pinto<br />

Bragança, Portugal, September 2010

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