Emerging Threats to Tropical Forests (Paperback)

~ William F. Laurance (Editor), Carlos A. Peres (Editor)
Key Phrases: wet tropics, dodo tree, isolated forest reserves, Southeast Asia, Brazilian Amazonia, Alta Floresta (more...)

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"A thought provoking and current overview of the sources of risk to the biodiversity of tropical forests. It would make for a useful volume for a graduate or advanced undergraduate seminar class. Its summaries of emerging threats constitute a report card on how well scentists and consertvationists are doing in grasping the magnitude and complexity of human-caused changes in the tropics."-Kenneth R. Young, Plant Science Bulletin (Kenneth R. Young Plant Science Bulletin )

"In his foreword, Thomas E. Lovejoy writes that ''this book is unquestionably the best and most up-to-date effort to document the chilling panoply of threats to tropical forests.''--I do agree!" (Francois M. Catzeflis ScienceDirect )

"With 23 essays by 49 contributors, Emerging Threats to Tropical Forests offers a pan-tropical overview of the formidable challenges we continue to face in the field of tropical forest conservation....An excellent book. . . . All of the contributing authors bring original insights and critical information to our ongoing consideration of the problem of tropical forest conservation. This book is especially recommended for tropical ecologists, resource managers, and conservation educators, but it is relevant for all readers interested in the future of this fundamentally important global resource."-Karin Rita Gastreich, Ecology (Karin Rita Gastreich Ecology )

"The book deals with a topic of major conservation importance, is wide-ranging in scope, and includes many genuinely insightful chapters written by leading researchers."-John Kanowski, Austral Ecology (Austral Ecology ) --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

Product Description

Emerging Threats to Tropical Forests reveals the remarkably diverse panoply of perils to tropical forests and their biota, with particular emphasis on recent dangers. William F. Laurance and Carlos A. Peres identify four categories of emerging threats: those that have only recently appeared, such as the virulent chytrid fungus that is decimating rainforest amphibians throughout the tropical world; those that are growing rapidly in importance, like destructive surface fires; those that are poorly understood, namely global warming and other climatic and atmospheric changes; and environmental synergisms, whereby two or more simultaneous threats—such as habitat fragmentation and wildfires, or logging and hunting—can dramatically increase local extinction of tropical species. In addition to documenting the vulnerability of tropical rainforests, the volume focuses on strategies for mitigating and combating emerging threats. A timely and compelling book intended for researchers, students, and conservation practitioners, Emerging Threats to Tropical Forests will interest anyone concerned about the fate of the world’s most threatened tropical ecosystems.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 520 pages
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press (October 1, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0226470229
• ISBN-13: 978-0226470221
• Product Dimensions: 8.7 x 5.9 x 1.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
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