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Book Synopsis Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project by : Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project
Download or read book Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project written by Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project and published by . This book was released on 2000* with total page 29 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project (Minimum Critical Size of Ecosystems Project) by : Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project
Download or read book Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project (Minimum Critical Size of Ecosystems Project) written by Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project and published by . This book was released on 1994* with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project written by and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project by : Smithsonian Institution
Download or read book Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project written by Smithsonian Institution and published by . This book was released on 1994* with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project (Minimum Critical Size of Ecosystems Project) by : Thomas E. Lovejoy
Download or read book Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project (Minimum Critical Size of Ecosystems Project) written by Thomas E. Lovejoy and published by . This book was released on 1990* with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Twelfth Annual Report (1 November 1990-31 October 1991) by : Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project
Download or read book Twelfth Annual Report (1 November 1990-31 October 1991) written by Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project and published by . This book was released on 1993* with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Tropical Forest Remnants by : William F. Laurance
Download or read book Tropical Forest Remnants written by William F. Laurance and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1997-06-21 with total page 646 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Book Synopsis The Ecological Consequences of Environmental Heterogeneity by : British Ecological Society. Symposium
Download or read book The Ecological Consequences of Environmental Heterogeneity written by British Ecological Society. Symposium and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2000-08 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A wide-ranging review of the effects of heterogeneity on individuals, populations, communities and biodiversity.
Book Synopsis Dynamics of Tree Biomass, Species Diversity, and Composition in a Long-term Amazonian Forest Fragmentation Experiment by : Chloé Debyser
Download or read book Dynamics of Tree Biomass, Species Diversity, and Composition in a Long-term Amazonian Forest Fragmentation Experiment written by Chloé Debyser and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Tropical forest fragmentation is a widespread phenomenon worldwide which triggers rapid changes in forest ecology and functioning, including collapses in tree biomass within a few years of the disturbance. However, analyses of the long-term legacy of forest fragmentation are lacking. Here, we ask: Do the biomass and composition of tropical tree communities recover from forest fragmentation, in the three decades following the disturbance? We analysed tree monitoring data collected between 1980 and 2009 at the Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project (BDFFP), a long-term and large-scale forest fragmentation experiment located in the Brazilian Amazon. This included diameter at breast height (DBH) measurements for all trees with DBH≥10cm within 68 BDFFP permanent forest plots, at 4-8 time-points in the three decades following experimental fragmentation. We converted DBH values to aboveground dry biomass estimates using three allometric models for Amazonian terra firme forests: a model each for 1) Urticaceae species, 2) abundant pioneer genera, and 3) all other trees. Additive and linear mixed models enabled us to characterize the long-term biomass and community composition dynamics of BDFFP plots. Our results corroborate previous findings of an important biomass loss in several BDFFP forest fragments in the first decade following the disturbance. Fragment area was the most parsimonious predictor of these biomass dynamics, performing better than edge-related predictors such as the presence of one or multiple nearby edges, or distance to the edge. Surprisingly, we also detect a full biomass recovery of 10ha and 1ha forest fragments, starting 14.5 years after the disturbance in 1ha fragments. Biomass trends of plots located in 100ha forest fragments were no different, on average, from that of controls. However, the tree community composition of plots having experienced the greatest biomass losses (namely a biomass collapse ≥40 Mg/ha) remained significantly different from that of other plots up to >25 years after the disturbance. Collapse plots presented a shift towards smaller and earlier-successional stems, and their species composition exhibited greater divergences from their pre-treatment compositions compared to non-collapse plots. Moreover, increases in tree density in collapse plots triggered gains in per hectare species richness, though species-individual ratios were unchanged. Our results suggest a nuanced outlook on the long-term recovery of fragmented Amazonian forests, with the potential for a full biomass recovery despite greater limits on compositional recovery. We hypothesize that biomass recovery at the BDFFP was made possible by the landscape context and management of the site, including the lack of other anthropogenic disturbances, the progressive sealing of edges, and the nearby presence of large forest remnants. Determining the conditions of recovery in fragmented forests is a critical avenue for future research. Our results demonstrate the conservation value of fragmented forests and highlight the necessity for action designed to facilitate their recovery." --
Book Synopsis Lessons from Amazonia by : Richard O. Bierregaard
Download or read book Lessons from Amazonia written by Richard O. Bierregaard and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2001-12-11 with total page 510 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Deforestation is occurring at an alarming rate in many parts of the world, causing destruction of natural habitat and fragmentation of what remains. Nowhere is this problem more pressing than in the Amazon rainforest, which is rapidly vanishing in the face of enormous pressure from humans to exploit it. This book presents the results of the longest-running and most comprehensive study of forest fragmentation ever undertaken, the Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project (BDFFP) in central Amazonia, the only experimental study of tropical forest fragmentation in which baseline data are available before isolation from continuous forest took place.A joint project of Brazil’s National Institute for Research in Amazonia and the U.S. Smithsonian Institution, the BDFFP has investigated the many effects that habitat fragmentation has on plants, invertebrates, and vertebrates. The book provides an overview of the BDFFP, reports on its case studies, looks at forest ecology and tree genetics, and considers what issues are involved in establishing conservation and management guidelines.
Book Synopsis Stability of Tropical Rainforest Margins by : Teja Tscharntke
Download or read book Stability of Tropical Rainforest Margins written by Teja Tscharntke and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-04-26 with total page 518 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tropical rainforests are disappearing at an alarming rate, causing unprecedented losses in biodiversity and ecosystem services. This book contributes to an improved understanding of the processes that have destabilizing effects on ecological and socio-economic systems of tropical rain forest margins, as well as striving to integrate environmental, technological and socio-economic issues in their solution.
Book Synopsis Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project, Minimum Critical Size of Ecosystems Project by : Richard O. Bierregaard
Download or read book Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project, Minimum Critical Size of Ecosystems Project written by Richard O. Bierregaard and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 77 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The New Neotropical Companion by : John C. Kricher
Download or read book The New Neotropical Companion written by John C. Kricher and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2017-02-21 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The acclaimed guide to the ecology and natural history of the American tropics—now fully updated and expanded The New Neotropical Companion is the completely revised and expanded edition of a book that has helped thousands of people to understand the complex ecology and natural history of the most species-rich area on Earth, the American tropics. Featuring stunning color photos throughout, it is a sweeping and cutting-edge account of tropical ecology that includes not only tropical rain forests but also other ecosystems such as cloud forests, rivers, savannas, and mountains. This is the only guide to the American tropics that is all-inclusive, encompassing the entire region's ecology and the amazing relationships among species rather than focusing just on species identification. The New Neotropical Companion is a book unlike any other. Here, you will learn how to recognize distinctive ecological patterns of rain forests and other habitats and to interpret how these remarkable ecosystems function—everything is explained in clear and engaging prose free of jargon. You will also be introduced to the region's astonishing plant and animal life. Informative and entertaining, The New Neotropical Companion is a pleasurable escape for armchair naturalists, and visitors to the American tropics will want to refer to this book before, during, and after their trip. Covers all of tropical America Describes the species and habitats most likely to be observed by visitors Includes every major ecosystem, from lowland rain forests to the high Andes Features a wealth of color photos of habitats, plants, and animals
Book Synopsis Habitat Fragmentation and Landscape Change by : David B. Lindenmayer
Download or read book Habitat Fragmentation and Landscape Change written by David B. Lindenmayer and published by Island Press. This book was released on 2013-02-22 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Habitat loss and degradation that comes as a result of human activity is the single biggest threat to biodiversity in the world today. Habitat Fragmentation and Landscape Change is a groundbreaking work that brings together a wealth of information from a wide range of sources to define the ecological problems caused by landscape change and to highlight the relationships among landscape change, habitat fragmentation, and biodiversity conservation. The book: synthesizes a large body of information from the scientific literature considers key theoretical principles for examining and predicting effects examines the range of effects that can arise explores ways of mitigating impacts reviews approaches to studying the problem discusses knowledge gaps and future areas for research and management Habitat Fragmentation and Landscape Change offers a unique mix of theoretical and practical information, outlining general principles and approaches and illustrating those principles with case studies from around the world. It represents a definitive overview and synthesis on the full range of topics that fall under the widely used but often vaguely defined term "habitat fragmentation."
Download or read book On The Edge written by Claude Martin and published by Greystone Books Ltd. This book was released on 2015 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "[The author] brings together information from remote imaging, ecology, and economics to explain deforestation and forest health through the world"--Front jacket flap.
Book Synopsis Lessons from Amazonia by : R. O. Bierregaard Jr.
Download or read book Lessons from Amazonia written by R. O. Bierregaard Jr. and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 478 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Forest ecology and genetics. Fragmentation effects on plant communities. Fragmentation effects on invertebrate and vertebrate communities. Management guidelines.
Book Synopsis Essentials of Landscape Ecology by : Kimberly A. With
Download or read book Essentials of Landscape Ecology written by Kimberly A. With and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2019-07 with total page 654 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Human activity during the Anthropocene has transformed landscapes worldwide on a scale that rivals or exceeds even the largest of natural forces. Landscape ecology has emerged as a science to investigate the interactions between natural and anthropogenic landscapes and ecological processes across a wide range of scales and systems: from the effects of habitat or resource distributions on the individual movements, gene flow, and population dynamics of plants and animals; to the human alteration of landscapes affecting the structure of biological communities and the functioning of entire ecosystems; to the sustainable management of natural resources and the ecosystem goods and services upon which society depends. This novel and comprehensive text presents the principles, theory, methods, and applications of landscape ecology in an engaging and accessible format that is supplemented by numerous examples and case studies from a variety of systems, including freshwater and marine "scapes."
