Biodiversity loss and conservation in fragmented forest landscapes [[electronic resource] ] : the forests of Montane Mexico and temperate South America / / A.C. Newton, editor |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Wallingford, : CABI, c2007 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (432 p.) |
Disciplina | 577.3098 |
Altri autori (Persone) | NewtonAdrian C |
Soggetto topico |
Forest biodiversity - Latin America
Forest biodiversity conservation - Latin America Rain forests - Latin America Rain forest conservation - Latin America |
ISBN |
1-281-06037-2
9786611060374 1-84593-262-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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 |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910446347503321 |
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Tropical forest conservation : an economic assessment of the alternatives in Latin America / / Douglas Southgate [[electronic resource]] |
Autore | Southgate Douglas D (Douglas Dewitt) |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York ; , : Oxford University Press, , 2023 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (190 pages) : illustrations, maps |
Disciplina | 333.75/16/0980913 |
Collana | Oxford scholarship online |
Soggetto topico |
Rain forest conservation - Latin America
Deforestation - Control - Latin America Forest ecology - Latin America Non-timber forest resources - Latin America Sustainable forestry - Latin America Habitat conservation - Latin America Ecotourism - Latin America |
ISBN |
0-19-770227-9
1-280-52918-0 9786610529186 0-19-535506-7 1-4294-0438-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Contents; Introduction: Responding to the Challenge of Habitat Destruction in Latin America; 1. Deforestation in the American Tropics: The Regional and Global Stakes; 2. The Causes of Excessive Habitat Destruction; 3. Putting an End to Ecosystem Depletion; Part II: The Economic Returns of Environmentally Sound Harvesting of Forest Products and of Nature-based Tourism; 4. Harvesting of Nontimber Products; 5. Environmentally Sound Timber Production; 6. Genetic Prospecting; 7. Nature-Based Tourism; 8. Another Approach to Habitat Conservation: Agricultural Intensification; 9. Paying for Habitat Conservation and Investing in Human and Social Capital Abbreviations; References; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910823127703321 |
Southgate Douglas D (Douglas Dewitt)
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Tropical forest conservation [[electronic resource] ] : an economic assessment of the alternatives in Latin America / / Douglas Southgate |
Autore | Southgate Douglas DeWitt <1952-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Oxford University Press, 1998 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (190 p.) |
Disciplina | 333.75/16/0980913 |
Soggetto topico |
Rain forest conservation - Latin America
Deforestation - Control - Latin America Forest ecology - Latin America Non-timber forest products - Latin America Sustainable forestry - Latin America Habitat conservation - Latin America Ecotourism - Latin America |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-280-52918-0
9786610529186 0-19-535506-7 1-4294-0438-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Introduction: Responding to the Challenge of Habitat Destruction in Latin America; 1. Deforestation in the American Tropics: The Regional and Global Stakes; 2. The Causes of Excessive Habitat Destruction; 3. Putting an End to Ecosystem Depletion; Part II: The Economic Returns of Environmentally Sound Harvesting of Forest Products and of Nature-based Tourism; 4. Harvesting of Nontimber Products; 5. Environmentally Sound Timber Production; 6. Genetic Prospecting; 7. Nature-Based Tourism; 8. Another Approach to Habitat Conservation: Agricultural Intensification
9. Paying for Habitat Conservation and Investing in Human and Social CapitalAbbreviations; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910450604103321 |
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Tropical forest conservation : an economic assessment of the alternatives in Latin America / / Douglas Southgate |
Autore | Southgate Douglas DeWitt <1952-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 1998 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (190 pages) : illustrations, maps |
Disciplina | 333.75/16/0980913 |
Soggetto topico |
Rain forest conservation - Latin America
Deforestation - Control - Latin America Forest ecology - Latin America Non-timber forest products - Latin America Sustainable forestry - Latin America Habitat conservation - Latin America Ecotourism - Latin America |
ISBN |
0-19-770227-9
1-280-52918-0 9786610529186 0-19-535506-7 1-4294-0438-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Contents; Introduction: Responding to the Challenge of Habitat Destruction in Latin America; 1. Deforestation in the American Tropics: The Regional and Global Stakes; 2. The Causes of Excessive Habitat Destruction; 3. Putting an End to Ecosystem Depletion; Part II: The Economic Returns of Environmentally Sound Harvesting of Forest Products and of Nature-based Tourism; 4. Harvesting of Nontimber Products; 5. Environmentally Sound Timber Production; 6. Genetic Prospecting; 7. Nature-Based Tourism; 8. Another Approach to Habitat Conservation: Agricultural Intensification; 9. Paying for Habitat Conservation and Investing in Human and Social Capital Abbreviations; References; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910784842703321 |
Southgate Douglas DeWitt <1952->
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