Tropical Forest Remnants Ecology, Management, & Conservation of Fragmented Communities. Dieser Artikel ist nicht verfügbar.Tropical Forest Remnants Ecology, Management, & Conservation of Fragmented Communities

We live in an increasingly fragmented world, with islands of natural habitat cast adrift in a sea
of cleared, burned, logged, polluted, and otherwise altered lands. Nowhere are fragmentation
and its devastating effects more evident than in the tropical forests. By the year 2000, more
than half of these forests will have been cut, causing increased soil erosion, watershed
destabilization, climate degradation, and extinction of as many as 600,000 species.

Tropical Forest Remnants provides the best information available to help us
understand, manage, and conserve the remaining fragments. Covering geographic areas from
Southeast Asia and Australia to Madagascar and the New World, this volume summarizes
what is known about the ecology, management, restoration, socioeconomics, and
conservation of fragmented forests. Thirty-three papers present results of recent research as
well as updates from decades-long projects in progress. Two final chapters synthesize the
state of research on tropical forest fragmentation and identify key priorities for future work.