Biodiversity Loss and Conservation in Fragmented Forest Landscapes: The Forests of Montane Mexico and Temperate South AmericaAdrian C. Newton Based on a field research on the changing montane and temperate rainforests of Mexico and South America. By concentrating on these largely overlooked environments, this work allows for comparative analysis across areas and helps identify how human disturbance has impacted the biodiversity of all forest types. |
Contents
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2 Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Forest Loss and Fragmentation in Mexico and Chile | 14 |
Implications for Conservation | 43 |
4 Fragmentation and Edge Effects on PlantAnimal Interactions Ecological Processes and Biodiversity | 69 |
5 Habitat Fragmentation and Reproductive Ecology of Embothrium coccineum Eucryphia cordifolia and Aextoxicon punctatum in Southern Temper... | 102 |
6 Patterns of Genetic Variation in Tree Species and their Implications for Conservation | 120 |
Soil and Vegetation Characteristics | 158 |
8 The Impact of Logging and Secondary Succession on the Belowground System of a Cloud Forest in Mexico | 181 |
11 Processbased Modelling of Regeneration Dynamics and Sustainable Use in Speciesrich Rainforests | 244 |
12 Testing Forest Biodiversity Indicators by Assessing Anthropogenic Impacts along Disturbance Gradients | 276 |
the Case Study of Chiapas | 291 |
14 Identification of Priority Areas for Conservation in Southcentral Chile | 314 |
15 Restoration of Forest Ecosystems in Fragmented Landscapes of Temperate and Montane Tropical Latin America | 335 |
16 Future Scenarios for Tropical Montane and South Temperate Forest Biodiversity in Latin America | 370 |
17 Synthesis | 398 |
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9 Applying Succession Models to the Conservation of Tropical Montane Forest | 200 |
Theoretical and Management Implications | 223 |
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Aextoxicon punctatum analysis Araucaria araucana Armesto assess basal area biodiversity loss Biological Bosques broadleaved canopy Castillo Central Veracruz Chile Chiloé Island chronosequences cloud forest Conservation Biology deforestation density diameter Ecología ecological ecosystems edge effects Embothrium environmental epiphytes fire forest edges forest fragments forest interior forest loss forest patches forest restoration forest structure forest types genetic diversity genetic variation González-Espinosa gradients habitat habitat fragmentation Highlands of Chiapas impacts increase land land-cover litter logging scenarios López-Barrera Mexico montane montane cloud forest montane forests Muermos-Ancud Nacional native forest Newton Nothofagus Oaxaca old-growth forest pastures patterns pine pine–oak Pinus plant plantations pollination populations Premoli processes Quercus rainforest Ramírez-Marcial rates regeneration region Rio Maule-Cobquecura secondary forest secondary succession seed seedling shrublands simulation soil southern spatial species richness study areas temperate tion TMCF tree diversity tree species tropical montane cloud understorey Universidad variables vegetation Williams-Linera Xalapa