| Pubbl/distr/stampa |
Wallingford, : CABI, c2007
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| Descrizione fisica |
1 online resource (432 p.)
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| Disciplina |
577.3098
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| Altri autori (Persone) |
NewtonAdrian C
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| Soggetto topico |
Forest biodiversity - Latin America
Forest biodiversity conservation - Latin America
Rain forests - Latin America
Rain forest conservation - Latin America
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| ISBN |
1-281-06037-2
9786611060374
1-84593-262-5
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| Formato |
Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione |
eng
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| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Contributors; Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Forest Loss and Fragmentation in Mexico and Chile; 3. Plant Diversity in Highly Fragmented Forest Landscapes in Mexico and Chile: Implications for Conservation; 4. Fragmentation and Edge Effects on Plant-Animal Interactions, Ecological Processes and Biodiversity; 5. Habitat Fragmentation and Reproductive Ecology of Embothrium coccineum, Eucryphia cordifolia and Aextoxicon punctatum in Southern Temperate Rainforests; 6. Patterns of Genetic Variation in Tree Species and their Implications for Conservation
7. Secondary Succession under a Slash-and-burn Regime in a Tropical Montane Cloud Forest: Soil and Vegetation Characteristics8. The Impact of Logging and Secondary Succession on the Below-ground System of a Cloud Forest in Mexico; 9. Applying Succession Models to the Conservation of Tropical Montane Forest; 10. Models of Regional and Local Stand Composition and Dynamics of Pine-Oak Forests in the Central Highlands of Chiapas (Mexico): Theoretical and Management Implications; 11. Process-based Modelling of Regeneration Dynamics and Sustainable Use in Species-rich Rainforests
12. Testing Forest Biodiversity Indicators by Assessing Anthropogenic Impacts along Disturbance Gradients13. Fire Challenges to Conserving Tropical Ecosystems: the Case Study of Chiapas; 14. Identification of Priority Areas for Conservation in South-central Chile; 15. Restoration of Forest Ecosystems in Fragmented Landscapes of Temperate and Montane Tropical Latin America; 16. Future Scenarios for Tropical Montane and South Temperate Forest Biodiversity in Latin America; 17. Synthesis; Index
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| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910446347503321 |
Info
Biodiversity loss and conservation in fragmented forest landscapes [Risorsa elettronica] : evidence from tropical montane and south temperate rain forests in Latin America / A. C. Newton editor
