Second Growth : The Promise of Tropical Forest Regeneration in an Age of Deforestation /

For decades, conservation and research initiatives in tropical forests have focused almost exclusively on old-growth forests because scientists believed that these "pristine" ecosystems housed superior levels of biodiversity. With Second Growth, Robin L. Chazdon reveals those assumptions t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Chazdon, Robin L. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [2014]
Temas:
Forest ecology.
Reforestation.
SCIENCE / General.
forest, nature, regeneration, deforestation, environment, conservation, tropics, ecology, science, old growth, biodiversity, ecosystem, landscapes, carbon cycling, nutrients, succession, degradation, timber, agriculture, commodities, holocene, climate variability, global warming, nonfiction, stewardship, reforestation, hydrology, water, natural resources, hurricanes, fire, wind damage, riverbank, logging, animal abundance, hunter gatherer, soil, seed dispersal, pollination.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • Illustrations
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • CHAPTER 1. Perceptions of Tropical Forests and Natural Regeneration
  • CHAPTER 2. Ancient Human Legacies in Tropical Forest Landscapes
  • CHAPTER 3. Landscape Transformation and Tropical Forest Regeneration through Prehistory
  • CHAPTER 4. Tropical Forest Dynamics and Disturbance Regimes
  • CHAPTER 5. Successional Pathways and Forest Transformations
  • CHAPTER 6. Tropical Forest Succession on Newly Created Substrates
  • CHAPTER 7. Forest Regeneration following Agricultural Land Uses
  • CHAPTER 8. Forest Regeneration following Hurricanes and Fires
  • CHAPTER 9. Forest Regeneration following Selective Logging and Land-Use Synergisms
  • CHAPTER 10. Functional Traits and Community Assembly during Secondary Succession
  • CHAPTER 11. Recovery of Ecosystem Functions during Forest Regeneration
  • CHAPTER 12. Animal Diversity and Plant-Animal Interactions in Regenerating Forests
  • CHAPTER 13. Tropical Reforestation Pathways
  • CHAPTER 14. Regenerating Forests in Tropical Landscapes
  • CHAPTER 15. Synthesis: The Promise of Tropical Forest Regeneration in an Age of Deforestation
  • References
  • Index

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