Tropical Forest Remnants (Paperback, 2nd ed.)

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.

General

Imprint:	University of Chicago Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	June 1997
First published:	June 1997
Authors:	William F. Laurance
Dimensions:	180 x 256 x 36mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	632
Edition:	2nd ed.
ISBN-13:	978-0-226-46899-0
Categories:	Books > Professional & Technical > Agriculture & farming > Tropical agriculture: practice & techniques Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Life sciences: general issues > Ecological science, the Biosphere Books > Earth & environment > Geography > Physical geography > Forests, rainforests Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Pollution & threats to the environment > Deforestation Promotions
LSN:	0-226-46899-2
Barcode:	9780226468990

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