Biodiversity loss and conservation in fragmented forest landscapes
Subtitle: evidence from tropical montane and south temperate rain forests in Latin America
By: A.C. Newton, editor.
Contributors: Newton, Adrian C.
Publisher: CABI Pub.
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK; Cambridge, MA, USA
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781845932619; 9781845932626
Subjects: Forest biodiversity -- Latin America; Forest biodiversity conservation -- Latin America; Rain forests -- Latin America; Rain forest conservation -- Latin America
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Spatial and temporal patterns of forest loss and fragmentation in Mexico and Chile / C. Echeverría ... [et al.]; title: Plant diversity in highly fragmented forest landscapes in Mexico and Chile : implications for conservation / J.M. Rey-Benayas ... [et al.]; title: Fragmentation and edge effects on plant-animal interactions, ecological processes, and biodiversity / F. López-Barrera ... [et al.]; title: Habitat fragmentation and reproductive ecology of Embothrium coccineum, Eucryphia cordifolia, and Aextoxicon punctatum in southern temperate rain forests / C. Smith-Ramírez ... [et al.]; title: Patterns of genetic variation in tree species and their implications for conservation / A.C. Premoli ... [et al.]; title: 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-Macías; title: 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; title: Applying succession models to the conservation of tropical montane forest / D. Golicher and A.C. Newton; title: 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. González-Espinosa; title: Process-based modelling of regeneration dynamics and sustainable use in species-rich rain forests / N. Roger ... [et al.]; title: Testing forest biodiversity indicators by assessing anthropogenic impacts along disturbance gradients / A.C. Newton ... [et al.]; title: Fire challenges to conserving tropical ecosystems : the case study of Chiapas / R.M. Román-Cuesta, J. Retana, and M. Gracia; title: Identification of priority areas for conservation in south central Chile / K.A. Wilson and A.C. Newton; title: Restoration of forest ecosystems in fragmented landscapes of temperate and montane tropical Latin America / M. González-Espinosa ... [et al.]; title: Future scenarios for tropical montane and south temperate forest biodiversity in Latin America / L. Miles ... [et al.].