Stability of Tropical Rainforest Margins: Linking Ecological, Economic and Social Constraints of Land Use and Conservation (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9783642067747)

The stability of tropical rainforest margins, linking ecological, economic and social constraints of land use and conservation - an introduction.- The stability of tropical rainforest margins, linking ecological, economic and social constraints of land use and conservation - an introduction.- Ecosystem decay of Amazonian forest fragments: implications for conservation.- Ecosystem decay of Amazonian forest fragments: implications for conservation.- Moths at tropical forest margins - how mega-diverse insect assemblages respond to forest disturbance and recovery.- Moths at tropical forest margins - how mega-diverse insect assemblages respond to forest disturbance and recovery.- Amphibian communities in disturbed forests: lessons from the Neo- and Afrotropics.- Amphibian communities in disturbed forests: lessons from the Neo- and Afrotropics.- Fine root mass, distribution and regeneration in disturbed primary forests and secondary forests of the moist tropics.- Fine root mass, distribution and regeneration in disturbed primary forests and secondary forests of the moist tropics.- Surface soil organic carbon pools, mineralization and CO2 efflux rates under different land-use types in Central Panama.- Surface soil organic carbon pools, mineralization and CO2 efflux rates under different land-use types in Central Panama.- Forest structure as influenced by different types of community forestry in a lower montane rainforest of Central Sulawesi, Indonesia.- Forest structure as influenced by different types of community forestry in a lower montane rainforest of Central Sulawesi, Indonesia.- Impact of forest disturbance and land use change on soil and litter arthropod assemblages in tropical rainforest margins.- Impact of forest disturbance and land use change on soil and litter arthropod assemblages in tropical rainforest margins.- From ecological to political buffer zone: ethnic politics and forest encroachment in Upland Central Sulawesi.- From ecological to political buffer zone: ethnic politics and forest encroachment in Upland Central Sulawesi.- Assessing economic preferences for biological diversity and ecosystem services at the Central Sulawesi rainforest margin - a choice experiment approach.- Assessing economic preferences for biological diversity and ecosystem services at the Central Sulawesi rainforest margin - a choice experiment approach.- Forest Products and Household Incomes: Evidence from Rural Households Living in the Rainforest Margins of Central Sulawesi.- Forest Products and Household Incomes: Evidence from Rural Households Living in the Rainforest Margins of Central Sulawesi.- Sustainable management of agroforestry systems.- Shaded coffee and the stability of rainforest margins in northern Latin America.- Economic evaluation of ecosystem services as a basis for stabilizing rainforest margins? The example of pollination services and pest management in coffee landscapes.- Insect diversity responses to forest conversion and agroforestry management.- Plant diversity in homegardens in a socio-economic and agro-ecological context.- Tree species diversity relative to human land uses in tropical rain forest margins in Central Sulawesi.- Alternatives to slash-and-burn in forest-based fallow systems of the eastern Brazilian Amazon region: Technology and policy options to halt ecological degradation and improve rural welfare.- Protected Area Management and Local Benefits - A case study from Madagascar.- Integrated concepts of land use in tropical forest margins.- Potentials to reduce deforestation by enhancing the technical efficiency of crop production in forest margin areas.- Migration and ethnicity as cultural impact factors on land use change in the rainforest margins of Central Sulawesi, Indonesia.- From global to regional scale: Remote sensing-based concepts and methods for mapping land-cover and land-cover change in tropical regions.- Effects of land-use change on matter and energy exchange between ecosystems in the rain f

Author: Teja Tscharntke
ISBN-10: 3642067743
ISBN-13: 9783642067747
Publisher: Springer
Language: English
Published: 02/12/2010
Pages: 516
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.62lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 1.07d