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Lessons from Amazonia - The Ecology and Conservation of a Fragmented Forest (Hardcover, New) Loot Price: R2,106

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Lessons from Amazonia - The Ecology and Conservation of a Fragmented Forest (Hardcover, New): Richard Bierregaard, Claude...

Lessons from Amazonia - The Ecology and Conservation of a Fragmented Forest (Hardcover, New)

Richard Bierregaard, Claude Gascon, Thomas E. Lovejoy, Rita Mesquita

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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.

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Imprint:	Yale University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	December 2001
First published:	December 2001
Editors:	Richard Bierregaard • Claude Gascon • Thomas E. Lovejoy • Rita Mesquita
Dimensions:	254 x 178 x 36mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	496
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-300-08483-2
Categories:	Books > Earth & environment > Geography > Physical geography > Forests, rainforests Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Pollution & threats to the environment > Deforestation Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Conservation of the environment > Conservation of wildlife & habitats > General Promotions
LSN:	0-300-08483-8
Barcode:	9780300084832