While tropical forests are being cleared at an alarming rate, the clearing is rarely complete and is often not permanent. A considerable amount of tropical forest exists as remnants that have significant value both for the conservation of biological diversity and for meeting the needs of local people.
This volume brings together world-renowned scientists and conservationists to address the biological and socio-economic value of forest remnants and to examine practical efforts to conserve those remnants. An outgrowth of a year-long study by the policy program at the Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center, Forest Patches in Tropical Landscapes provides a broad overview of theory and practice, and will help foster both interdisciplinary research and more effective approaches to tropical conservation and development.
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction: The Value of Forest Patches
PART I. Changing Forests
Chapter 1. Preservation and Management of Biodiversity in Fragmented Landscapes in the Colombian Andes
Chapter 2. Forest Fragmentation and the Pollination of Neotropical Plants
Chapter 3. The Consequences of Prolonged Fragmentation: Lessons from Tropical Gallery Forests
Chapter 4. Managed Forest Patches and the Diversity of Birds in Southern Mexico
Chapter 5. Arthropod Diversity in Forest Patches and Agroecosystems of Tropical Landscapes
Chapter 6. Hunting Wildlife in Forest Patches: An Ephemeral Resource
PART II. Regional Landscapes
Chapter 7. The Ecological Importance of Forest Remnants in an Eastern Amazonian Frontier Landscape
Chapter 8. Biology and Conservation of Forest Fragments in the Brazilian Atlantic Moist Forest
Chapter 9. The Importance of Forest Fragments to the Maintenance of Regional Biodiversity in Costa Rica
Chapter 10. Islands in an Ever-changing Sea: The Ecological and Socioeconomic Dynamics of Amazonian Rainforest Fragments
Chapter 11. Modification of Tropical Forest Patches for Wildlife Protection and Community Conservation in Belize
PART III. Human Dimensions
Chapter 12. Forest Use and Ownership: Patterns, Issues, and Recommendations
Chapter 13. Land-Use Choice and Forest Patches in Costa Rica
Chapter 14. Reading Colonist Landscapes: Social Interpretations of Tropical Forest Patches in an Amazonian Agricultural Frontier
Chapter 15. Sacred Groves in Africa: Forest Patches in Transition
PART IV. Management
Chapter 16. Managing Forest Remnants and Forest Gardens in Peru And Indonesia
Chapter 17. Timber Management of Forest Patches in Guatemala
Chapter 18. Community Restoration of Forests in India
Chapter 19. Challenges in Promoting Forest Patches in Rural Development Efforts
