Limit search to available items
Book Cover
E-book

Title Biodiversity loss and conservation in fragmented forest landscapes : the forests of montane Mexico and temperate South America / edited by A.C. Newton
Published Wallingford, UK ; Cambridge, MA : CABI, ©2007

Copies

Description 1 online resource (xvi, 416 pages) : illustrations, maps
Series CAB books
CAB books
Contents Spatial and temporal patterns of forest loss and fragmentation in Mexico and Chile / C. Echeverria [and others] -- Plant diversity in highly fragmented forest landscapes in Mexico and Chile: implications for conservation / J.M. Rey-Benayas [and others] -- Fragmentation and edge effects on plant-animal interactions, ecological processes and biodiversity / F. Lopez-Barrera [and others] -- Habitat fragmentation and reproductive ecology of Embothrium coccineum, Eucryphia cordifolia and Aextoxicon punctatum in southern temperate rainforests / C. Smith-Ram¡rez [and others] -- Patterns of genetic variation in tree species and their implications for conservation / A.C. Premoli [and others] -- Secondary succession under a slash-and-burn regime in a tropical montane cloud forest: soil and vegetation characteristics / R.F. del Castillo and A. Blanco-Mac¡as -- The impact of logging and secondary succession on the below-ground system of a cloud forest in Mexico / S. Negrete-Yankelevich, C. Fragoso and A.C. Newton -- Applying succession models to the conservation of tropical montane forest / D. Golicher and A.C. Newton -- Models of regional and local stand composition and dynamics of pine-oak forests in the Central Highlands of Chiapas (Mexico): theoretical and management implications / M.A. Zavala, L. Galindo-Jaimes and M. Gonzalez-Espinosa -- Process-based modelling of regeneration dynamics and sustainable use in species-rich rainforests / N. Ruger [and others] -- Testing forest biodiversity indicators by assessing anthropogenic impacts along disturbance gradients / A.C. Newton [and others] -- Fire challenges to conserving tropical ecosystems: the case study of Chiapas / R.M. Roman-Cuesta, J. Retana and M. Gracia -- Identification of priority areas for conservation in South Central Chile / K.A. Wilson and A.C. Newton -- Restoration of forest ecosystems in fragmented landscapes of temperate and montane tropical Latin America / M. Gonzalez-Espinosa [and others] -- Future scenarios for tropical montane and south temperate forest biodiversity in Latin America / L. Miles [and others]
Summary This book is the result of an international collaborative research effort focusing on the tropical montane forests of Mexico and the temperate rain forests of southern South America. The over-all aim of the research was to investigate the impact of human activity on the key processes influencing biodiversity in fragmented forest landscapes, and to use the research results to develop practical tools for evaluating land use decisions, thereby indicating how sustainable forest management might be achieved in practice
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
Print version record
Subject Forest biodiversity -- Latin America
Forest biodiversity conservation -- Latin America
Rain forests -- Latin America
Rain forest conservation -- Latin America
NATURE -- Plants -- Trees.
NATURE -- Ecosystems & Habitats -- Forests & Rainforests.
Biodiversity.
Deforestation.
Ecological disturbance.
Forest fragmentation.
Forests.
Genetic diversity.
Genetic variation.
Habitat destruction.
Human activity.
Models.
Mountain forests.
Nature conservation.
Sustainability.
Tropical rain forests.
Forest biodiversity
Forest biodiversity conservation
Rain forest conservation
Rain forests
Latin America
Form Electronic book
Author Newton, Adrian C.
ISBN 9781845932626
1845932625