Jamison E ColburnThe Mind of Janus
Intersections of Law and Science on the National Forests
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Contents
Part One: Forest Ecological Inquiry: A Special Science
Science in Forestry: An Unending Arc
The Prospect of Forest Service Science — In Retrospect
Ecology in Space and Time
Part Two: Law as Normative Tool
The Forest Service as Agent
Law’s Exclusionary Function
Shared Legal Powers in Context
Part Three: Science and Law: From Retention to Reformation
Foundations Set and Hardened
Scaling the Search for Causes: Of Farms and Forests
The Campaign Against Fire: A Science of Timber Protection
Missoula: Apex of Service Fire Science
Facts Worth Knowing? Service Science Meets a Reformation
Forestry Evolved: The Legal Landscape of “Resources”
Scientific Forestry? On Legal Foundations Rebuilt
Part Four: Ecological Forestry in an Age of Polarities
Regulations for Forest Planning: Guides to Local Optima
A Geography of Biotic Diversity
From Populations, Communities, and Ecosystems: The Habitat Focus Hardens
The ‘Megafire’: What Kind of Nemesis?
A Lynx Tale: Restoring and Protecting Wide-Ranging Species in Rapidly
Changing Forests
Part Five: Intersections: Toward More Deliberate Redesign
Fact, Fiction, and Forestry: Weighing Available Evidence
Succession, Patchiness, and Evolution: Mosaic Ecology, Joint Inquiry
Depth: Facilitating Forest Ecological Inquiry by Law
Appendix – Table of Abbreviations and Acronyms
Notes
Bibliography
Index
