edited by William F. Laurance and Richard O. Bierregaard, Jr.
University of Chicago Press, 1997
Paper: 978-0-226-46899-0 | Cloth: 978-0-226-46898-3
Library of Congress Classification QH541.15.F73T76 1997
Dewey Decimal Classification 577.34

ABOUT THIS BOOK | TOC
ABOUT THIS BOOK
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.

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