| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 308 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Trends in above and belowground carbon with forest regrowth after agricultural abandonment in the Neotropics / Erika Marin-Spiotta [and others] -- Post sugar cane succession in moist alluvial sites in Puerto Rico / Oscar Abelleira Martínez, Ariel E. Lugo -- Soil fungi and macrofauna in the Neotropics / Yiqing Li, Grizelle González -- Earthworms and post-agricultural succession / Grizelle González, Ching Yu Huang, Shu-Chun Chuang -- Factors affecting the species richness and composition of neotropical secondary succession: a case study of abandoned agricultural land in Panama / Elaine R. Hooper -- Seed dispersal by cattle: natural history and applications to neotropical forest restoration and agroforestry / Clara Luz Miceli-Méndez, Bruce G. Ferguson, Neptalí Ramírez-Marcial -- The roles of disperser behavior and physical habitat structure in regeneration of post-agricultural fields / K. Greg Murray [and others] -- Neotropic post-dispersal seed predation / Randall W. Myster -- Facilitation versus competition in neotropical old-fields: a case study after Pinus taeda cultivation in Brazil / Gislene Ganade, Lessandra Zanini, Ingo Hübel -- Recruitment of dry forest tree species in central Brazil pastures / Aldicir Scariot [and others] -- Microbial biomass in native Amazonian ecosystems and its adaptation to deforestation and pasture introduction and management / Brigitte J. Feigl [and others] -- Management for sustainability and restoration of degraded pastures in the Neotropics / Florencia Montagnini -- Conclusions, synthesis, and future directions / Randall W. Myster |
| Summary |
Provides a background in old field ecosystems and proposes restoration strategies and a trajectory for future research. This book focuses on published scientific work and its implications for wise management of old field ecosystems in the neotropics. It is useful for the farmers and decision-makers |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Forest regeneration -- Latin America
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Ecological succession -- Latin America
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SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Botany.
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Ecological succession -- Latin America.
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Forest regeneration -- Latin America.
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Environnement.
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Sciences de la terre.
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Ecological succession
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Forest regeneration
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Latin America
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Myster, Randall W
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| ISBN |
9780387336428 |
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0387336427 |
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9780387336411 |
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0387336419 |
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