Record Nr.

UNINA9910779829903321

Titolo

The cutting edge [[electronic resource] ] : conserving wildlife in logged tropical forest / / edited by Robert A. Fimbel, Alejandro Grajal, and John G. Robinson

Pubbl/distr/stampa


New York, : Columbia University Press, 2001

ISBN

0-231-50479-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (833 p.)

Collana

Biology and resource management

Classificazione

ZC 73800

Altri autori (Persone)

FimbelRobert A

GrajalAlejandro

RobinsonJohn G

Disciplina

333.95/416/0913

Soggetti

Wildlife conservation - Tropics

Rain forests - Management

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword / Sayer, Jeffrey A. -- Preface -- Contributors -- Part I. An Introduction to Forestry-Wildlife Interactions in Tropical Forests -- 1. Logging-Wildlife Issues in the Tropics: An Overview / Fimbel, Robert A. / Grajal, Alejandro / Robinson, John G. -- 2. Tropical Forest Management and Wildlife: Silvicultural Effects on Forest Structure, Fruit Production, and Locomotion of Arboreal Animals / Putz, Francis E. / Sirot, Laura K. / Pinard, Michelle A. -- 3. Logging, Seed Dispersal by Vertebrates, and Natural Regeneration of Tropical Timber Trees / Jansen, Patrick A. / Zuidema, Pieter A. -- Part II. Wildlife and Chainsaws: Direct Impacts of Logging on Wildlife -- Introduction -- 4. Changes in Primate Communities Following Logging Disturbance / Plumptre, Andrew J. / Grieser Johns, Andrew -- 5. The Effects of Logging on Tropical Forest Ungulates / Davies, Glyn / Heydon, Matt / Leader-Williams, Nigel / MacKinnon, John / Newing, Helen -- 6. The Effects of Logging on Nonvolant Small Mammal Communities in Neotropical Rainforests / Ochoa G., José / Soriano, Pascual J. -- 7. The Consequences of Timber Exploitation for Bat Communities in Tropical America / Soriano, Pascual J. / Ochoa G., José -- 8. Tropical Forestry and the Conservation of Neotropical Birds / Mason, Douglas J. / Thiollay, Jean-Marc -- 9. The Effects of Logging on Birds in Tropical

Forests of Indo-Australia / Bin Hussin, Mohamed Zakaria / Francis, Charles M. -- 10. Bird Communities in Logged and Unlogged African Forests: Lessons from Uganda and Beyond / Plumptre, Andrew / Dranzoa, Christine / Owiunji, Isaiah -- 11. The Effects of Logging on Reptiles and Amphibians of Tropical Forests / Vitt, Laurie J. / Caldwell, Janalee P. -- 12. The Impacts of Selective Logging on Tropical Forest Invertebrates / Ghazoul, Jaboury / Hill, Jane -- 13. Soil Fauna in Managed Forests: Lessons from the Luquillo Experimental Forest, Puerto Rico / Camilo, Gerardo R. / Zou, Xiaoming -- 14. The Effects of Logging on Tropical River Ecosystems / Pringle, Catherine M. / Benstead, Jonathan P. -- Part III. Hunting: A Major Indirect Impact of Logging on Game Species -- Introduction -- 15. Logging and Hunting in Community Forests and Corporate Concessions: Two Contrasting Case Studies in Bolivia / Rumiz, Damián I. / Guinart S., Daniel / Solar R., Luciano / Herrera F., José C. -- 16. The Interrelationships of Commercial Logging, Hunting, and Wildlife in Sarawak: Recommendations for Forest Management / Bennett, Elizabeth L. / Gumal, Melvin T. -- 17. Defaunation, Not Deforestation: Commercial Logging and Market Hunting in Northern Congo / Wilkie, David S. / Sidle, J. G. / Boundzanga, G. C. / Auzel, P. / Blake, S. -- Part IV. Research to Integrate Natural Forest Management and Wildlife Conservation -- Introduction -- 18. Natural Forest Management and Biodiversity Conservation: Field Study Design and Integration at the Operational Level / Grieser Johns, Andrew -- 19. Programs to Assess the Impacts of Timber Harvesting on Tropical Forest Wildlife and Their Habitat / Fimbel, Robert A. / Bennett, Elizabeth L. / Kremen, Claire -- Introduction -- 20. Where Should Natural Forest Management Be Promoted to Conserve Wildlife? / Frumhoff, Peter C. / Losos, Elizabeth C. -- 21. Reducing the Impacts of Tropical Forestry on Wildlife / Mason, Douglas J. / Putz, Francis E. -- 22. An Evolutionary Perspective on Natural Disturbance and Logging: Implications for Forest Management and Habitat Restoration / Chapman, Colin A. / Fimbel, Robert A. -- 23. Protecting Habitat Elements and Natural Areas in the Managed Forest Matrix / Marcot, Bruce G. / Gullison, R. E. / Barborak, James R. -- 24. Logging and Wildlife Research in Australasia Implications for Tropical Forest Management / Laurance, William F. -- 25. Community-Based Timber Production: A Viable Strategy for Promoting Wildlife Conservation? / Salafsky, Nick / Henderson, Max / Leighton, Mark -- Part VI. Incentives for Integrating Natural Forest Management and Wildlife Conservation -- Introduction -- 26. Tropical Forest Management Certification and Wildlife Conservation / Donovan, Richard Z. -- 27. Can Forestry Carbon-Offset Projects Play a Significant Role in Conserving Forest / Losos, Elizabeth -- 28. The Economics of Sustainable Forest Management and Wildlife Conservation in Tropical Forests / Byron, Neil -- 29. Rain Forest Logging and Wildlife Use in Bolivia: Management and Conservation in Transition -- Part VII. Synopsis -- 30. Logging and Wildlife in the Tropics: Impacts and Options for Conservation / Fimbel, Robert A. / Grajal, Alejandro / Robinson, John G. -- Literature Cited -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Recent decades have seen unprecedented growth in the scale and intensity of industrial forestry. Directly and indirectly, it has degraded the wildlife and ecological integrity of these tropical forests, prompting a need to evaluate the impact of current forest management practices and reconsider how best to preserve the integrity of the biosphere.Synthesizing the body of knowledge of leading scientists and professionals in tropical forest ecology and management, this book's thirty chapters examine in detail the interplay between timber harvesting and wildlife, from hunted and protected habitats to

invertebrates and large mammal species.Collectively, the contributors suggest that better management is pivotal to the maintenance of the tropics' valuable biodiversity, arguing that we must realize that tropical forests harbor the majority (perhaps 70 to 80 percent) of the world's animal species. Further, they suggest modifications to existing practices that can ensure a better future for our valuable resources.

Record Nr.

UNISA996232649903316

Titolo

Canadian consulting engineer

Pubbl/distr/stampa


Don Mills, Ont., : Hugh C. MacLean Publications

ISSN

1923-3337

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Disciplina

620/.00971

Soggetti

Consulting engineers - Canada

Engineering - Canada

Ingénieurs-conseils - Canada

Ingénierie - Canada

Consulting engineers

Engineering

Periodicals.

Canada