Most animal and plant species inhabit tropical forests. Hence the interest in the effects of tropical forest clearance on biological diversity. The book provides a conservationist's perception of how fast tropical forests are being lost and what the consequences are for biological diversity.
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The various chapters examine the current rates of deforestation...All are stimulatingly written, well illustrated with recent findings...This is no rehash of already well-known data, nor only a cry from the heart about the likely evils of deforestation. All of us who are interested in this massive problem will find much in this book that will help both stimulate and inform debate - Bulletin of the Ecological Society; ...the summarised information and references to sources provide and up-to-date situation report on which future action can be based - Forestry; it does provide some very thought-provoking ideas. I recommend it to anyone who is interested in the future fate of species and the factors that affect them - The Quarterly Review of Biology
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global extinction rates, unlogged forest, closed tropical forest, tropical forest species, species extinction rates, tropical forest loss, minimum viable population size, recorded extinctions, tropical moist forests, documented extinctions, genetic erosion, dipterocarp forests, logged forests, protected area system, million hectares per year, species loss, following logging, selective logging, deforestation rates, habitat fragments, advanced growth, conservation action, extractive reserves Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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global extinction rates, unlogged forest, closed tropical forest, tropical forest species, species extinction rates, tropical forest loss, minimum viable population size, recorded extinctions, tropical moist forests, documented extinctions, genetic erosion, dipterocarp forests, logged forests, protected area system, million hectares per year, species loss, following logging, selective logging, deforestation rates, habitat fragments, advanced growth, conservation action, extractive reserves Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Peninsular Malaysia, Conservation Biology, Papua New Guinea, American Naturalist, Oxford University Press, Brazilian Amazonia, National Academy Press, South-east Asia, Academic Press, World Resources Institute, Sao Paulo, Journal of Biogeography, Kuala Lumpur, Latin America, National Academy of Sciences, Chipping Norton, Clarendon Press, Dynamics of Extinction, Forest Management Bureau, Nature Conservation, Sri Lanka, United States, Columbia University Press, Espirito Santo New!
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- Dynamics of Extinction by David K. Elliot on 5 pages
- An Introduction to Tropical Rain Forests by T. C. Whitmore on page 53, page 117, and Back Matter
- Biogeography and Quaternary History in Tropical America (Oxford Monographs on Biogeography) by T. C. Whitmore on page 13, and page 141
- The Theory of Island Biogeography (Princeton Landmarks in Biology) by Robert H. MacArthur on page 70, and page 88
- Tropical Rain Forests of the Far East (Oxford Science Publications) by T. C. Whitmore on page 13, and page 53
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- Inventing Global Ecology: Tracking Biodiversity Ideal In India 1947-1997 (Ecology & History) by Michael L. Lewis in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Southeastern Asian Biodiversity in Crisis (Cambridge Tropical Biology Series) by Navjot S. Sodhi in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Drugs of Natural Origin: Economic and Policy Aspects of Discovery, Development, and Marketing by Anthony Artuso in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Applying Landscape Ecology in Biological Conservation by Kevin Gutzwiller on page 352, and page 353
- Tropical Rain Forests: A Wider Perspective (Conservation Biology) by F.B. Goldsmith on page 113, and page 114
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