Forest patches in tropical landscapes / edited by John Schelhas and Russell Greenberg.
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 peopl...
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Table of Contents:
- 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.