Sustainability and Diversity of Forest Ecosystems [electronic resource] : an Interdisciplinary Approach / T. Nakashizuka (ed.)

Among terrestrial ecosystems, forests support the richest biological diversity. The sustainable use of ecosystems allowing maintenance of biological diversity is problem that must be solved. This book features work presenting the results achieved by the RIHN project, together with reports on other i...

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Corporate Author: Sustainability and Diversity of Forest Ecosystems
Other Authors: Nakashizuka, Tōru, 1956-
Format: Electronic Conference Proceeding eBook
Language:English
Published: Tokyo ; New York : Springer, [2007]
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Table of Contents:
  • Forest utilization and its impacts on biodiversity
  • Legacies of the past in the present-day forest biodiversity: a review of past land-use effects on forest plant species composition and diversity
  • Degradation of longicorn beetle (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Disteniidae) fauna caused by conversion from broad-leaved to man-made conifer stands of Cryptomeria japonica (Taxodiaceae) in central Japan
  • Genetic and reproductive consequences of forest fragmentation for populations of Magnolia obovata
  • Ecological function losses caused by monotonous land use induce crop raiding by wildlife on the island of Yakushima, southern Japan
  • Degradation and loss of forest land and land-use changes in Sarawak, East Malaysia: a study of native land use by the Iban
  • The basis and practice of sustainable management of forests and biodiversity
  • Sustainable use of tropical forests by reduced-impact logging in Deramakot Forest Reserve, Sabah, Malaysia
  • When is it optimal to exhaust a resource in a finite time?
  • Bio-economic resource management under threats of environmental catastrophes.