Lessons from Amazonia : The Ecology and Conservation of a Fragmented Forest

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ISBN: 9780300084832 | 0300084838
Cover: Trade Book
Copyright: 12/11/2001

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This text gives the results of a comprehensive study of forest fragmentation, the Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project (BDFFP) in central Amazonia.

Foreword
Prologue
Preface
Theory and Overview
The Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project: Overview and History of a Long-Term Conservation Project	p. 5
A Theoretical Overview of the Processes Determining Species Richness in Forest Fragments	p. 13
Deforestation and Forest Fragmentation in the Amazon	p. 21
The Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project: The Study Site, Experimental Design, and Research Activity	p. 31
Forest Ecology and Genetics
The Hyper-Diverse Flora of the Central Amazon: An Overview	p. 47
Lecythidaceae of a Central Amazonian Lowland Forest: Implications for Conservation	p. 54
Tree Age Structure in Tropical Forests of Central Amazonia	p. 68
The Genetics of Rare Tropical Trees: Implications for Conservation of a Demographically Heterogeneous Group	p. 79
Fragmentation Effects
Deforestation Effects at the Edge of an Amazonian Forest Fragment: Tree Mortality, Damage, and Recruitment	p. 107
Effects of Landscape Fragmentation on Palm Communities	p. 121
Regeneration in Tropical Rainforest Fragments	p. 136
Habitat Change, African Honeybees, and Fecundity in the Amazonian Tree Dinizia excelsa (Fabaceae)	p. 146
Fragmentation and Plant Communities: Synthesis and Implications for Landscape Management	p. 158
Drosophilid Fruit-Fly Guilds in Forest Fragments	p. 175
Local Extinction Risks and Asynchronies: The Evidence for a Metapopulation Dynamics of a Social Spider, Anelosimus eximius (Araneae, Theridiidae)	p. 187
Landscape Modifications and Ant Communities	p. 199
Stingless Bees (Meliponini) and Orchid Bees (Euglossini) in Terra Firme Tropical Forests and Forest Fragments	p. 208
The Implications of Changing Invertebrate Abundance Patterns for Insectivorous Vertebrates in Fragmented Forest in Central Amazonia	p. 219
Community Composition and Breeding Success of Amazonian Frogs in Continuous Forest and Matrix Habitat Aquatic Sites	p. 235
Conservation Recommendations for Understory Birds in Amazonian Forest Fragments and Second-Growth Areas	p. 248
Primates in a Fragmented Landscape: Six Species in Central Amazonia	p. 262
The Brown Capuchin Monkey (Cebus apella): Ecology and Home Range Requirements in Central Amazonia	p. 271
Management Guidelines
Soil and Development in Amazonia: Lessons from the Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project	p. 291
Forest Restoration in Abandoned Pastures of Central Amazonia	p. 313
Effects of Fire on Rainforest Regeneration in the Amazon Basin	p. 325
Selective Logging in the Brazilian Amazon: Its Relationship to Deforestation and the International Tropical Hardwood Market	p. 335
Extending Models of Edge Effects to Diverse Landscape Configurations, with a Test Case from the Neotropics	p. 346
Characterizing the Changing Spatial Structure of the Landscape	p. 358
Synthesis
Principles of Forest Fragmentation and Conservation in the Amazon	p. 371
Publication and Thesis Series	p. 387
Bibliography	p. 407
List of Contributors	p. 457
Index	p. 463
Taxa Index	p. 475
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Lessons from Amazonia : The Ecology and Conservation of a Fragmented Forest

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