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Title Tropical deforestation and species extinction / edited by T.C. Whitmore and J.A. Sayer.

Publication Info. London ; New York : Chapman & Hall, 1992.

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Location Call No. Status OPAC Message Public Note Gift Note
 Moore Stacks  QH78 .T76 1992    Available  ---
Edition 1st ed.
Description xix, 153 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Note Papers presented at a workshop held during the 18th General Assembly of the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, Nov. 28-Dec. 5, 1990 in Perth, Australia.
"The IUCN Commission on Ecology, the IUCN Forest Conservation Programme"--Prelim. p.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Deforestation and species extinction in tropical moist forests / T.C. Whitmore and J.A. Sayer -- Species conservation in managed tropical forests / A.D. Johns -- How many species will there be? / W.V. Reid -- Do species-area curves predict extinction in framented forest? / D. Simberloff -- Species extinctions in tropical forests / V.H. Heywood and S.N. Stuart -- Habitat alteration and species loss in Brazilian forests / K.S. Brown Jr. and G.G. Brown -- The influence of deforestation and selective logging operations on plant diversity in Papua New Guinea / R.J. Johns.
Subject Extinction (Biology) -- Tropics -- Congresses.
Extinction (Biology)
Tropics.
Deforestation -- Tropics -- Congresses.
Deforestation.
Biodiversity conservation -- Tropics -- Congresses.
Biodiversity conservation.
Forest conservation -- Tropics -- Congresses.
Forest conservation.
Rain forest conservation -- Congresses.
Rain forest conservation.
Indexed Term Tropical regions Forests Ecology
Genre/Form Conference papers and proceedings.
Conference papers and proceedings.
Added Author Whitmore, T. C. (Timothy Charles)
Sayer, Jeffrey.
International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources. General Assembly (18th : 1990 : Perth, W.A.)
International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources. Commission on Ecology.
IUCN Forest Conservation Programme.
ISBN 041245520X