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The cutting edge : conserving wildlife in logged tropical forest /

Recent decades have seen unprecedented growth in the scale and intensity of industrial forestry. Directly and indirectly, it has degraded the wildlife and ecological integrity of these tropical forests, prompting a need to evaluate the impact of current forest management practices and reconsider how...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Fimbel, Robert A., Grajal, Alejandro, Robinson, John G.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Columbia University Press, ©2001.
Colección:Biology and resource management in the tropics series.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Recent decades have seen unprecedented growth in the scale and intensity of industrial forestry. Directly and indirectly, it has degraded the wildlife and ecological integrity of these tropical forests, prompting a need to evaluate the impact of current forest management practices and reconsider how best to preserve the integrity of the biosphere. Synthesizing the body of knowledge of leading scientists and professionals in tropical forest ecology and management, this book's thirty chapters examine in detail the interplay between timber harvesting and wildlife, from hunted and pr.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xxiv, 808 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 697-776) and index.
ISBN:0231504799
9780231504799
9780231114554
0231114559
9780231114547
0231114540