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.