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1 online resource (xxxvi, 426 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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monochrome |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Introduction: The Value of Forest Patches / John Schelhas and Russell Greenberg -- Ch. 1. Preservation and Management of Biodiversity in Fragmented Landscapes in the Colombian Andes / Gustavo H. Kattan and Humberto Alvarez-Lopez -- Ch. 2. Forest Fragmentation and the Pollination of Neotropical Plants / Carolina Murcia -- Ch. 3. The Consequences of Prolonged Fragmentation: Lessons from Tropical Gallery Forests / Martin Kellman, Rosanne Tackaberry and Jorge Meave -- Ch. 4. Managed Forest Patches and the Diversity of Birds in Southern Mexico / Russell Greenberg -- Ch. 5. Arthropod Diversity in Forest Patches and Agroecosystems of Tropical Landscapes / Alison G. Power -- Ch. 6. Hunting Wildlife in Forest Patches: An Ephemeral Resource / John G. Robinson -- Ch. 7. The Ecological Importance of Forest Remnants in an Eastern Amazonian Frontier Landscape / Daniel C. Nepstad, Paulo Roberto Moutinho, Christopher Uhl, Ima Celia Vieira and Jose Maria Cardosa da Silva -- Ch. 8. Biology and Conservation of Forest Fragments in the Brazilian Atlantic Moist Forest / Virgilio M. Viana and Andre A.J. Tabanez -- Ch. 9. The Importance of Forest Fragments to the Maintenance of Regional Biodiversity in Costa Rica / Carlos F. Guindon -- Ch. 10. Islands in an Ever-Changing Sea: The Ecological and Socioeconomic Dynamics of Amazonian Rainforest Fragments / Richard O. Bierregaard, Jr. and Virginia H. Dale -- Ch. 11. Modification of Tropical Forest Patches for Wildlife Protection and Community Conservation in Belize / Jonathan Lyon and Robert H. Horwich -- Ch. 12. Forest Use and Ownership: Patterns, Issues, and Recommendations / Janis B. Alcorn -- Ch. 13. Land-Use Choice and Forest Patches in Costa Rica / John Schelhas -- Ch. 14. Reading Colonist Landscapes: Social Interpretations of Tropical Forest Patches in an Amazonian Agricultural Frontier / John O. Browder -- Ch. 15. Sacred Groves in Africa: Forest Patches in Transition / Aiah Randolph Lebbie and Mark Schoonmaker Freudenberger -- Ch. 16. Managing Forest Remnants and Forest Gardens in Peru and Indonesia / Miguel Pinedo-Vasquez and Christine Padoch -- Ch. 17. Timber Management of Forest Patches in Guatemala / Scott A. Stanley and Steven P. Gretzinger -- Ch. 18. Community Restoration of Forests in India / Mark Poffenberger -- Ch. 19. Challenges in Promoting Forest Patches in Rural Development Efforts / Larry Fisher and Roland Bunch. |
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| Summary |
While tropical forests are being cleared at an alarming rate, the clearing is rarely complete and is often not permanent. A considerable amount of tropical forest exists as remnants that have significant value both for the conservation of biological diversity and for meeting the needs of local people. This volume brings together world-renowned scientists and conservationists to address the biological and socioeconomic value of forest remnants and to examine practical efforts to conserve those remnants. An outgrowth of a year-long study by the policy program at the Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center, Forest Patches in Tropical Landscapes provides a broad overview of theory and practice and will help foster both interdisciplinary research and more effective approaches to tropical conservation and development. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Forest conservation -- Tropics.
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Forest conservation. |
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Tropics. |
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Forest ecology -- Tropics.
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Forest ecology. |
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Forest management -- Tropics.
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Forest management. |
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Forests and forestry -- Environmental aspects -- Tropics.
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Forests and forestry -- Environmental aspects. |
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Forests and forestry. |
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Electronic books.
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Schelhas, John.
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Greenberg, Russell, 1953-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Forest patches in tropical landscapes. Washington, D.C. : Island Press, ©1996 (DLC) 96004289 (OCoLC)34114392 |
| ISBN |
1559634251 cloth acid-free paper |
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9781559634250 cloth acid-free paper |
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155963426X paper acid-free paper |
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9781559634267 paper acid-free paper |
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9781610912693 |
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1610912691 |
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