The Andean Cloud Forest

Author : Randall W. Myster
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2020-11-12
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783030573447

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The Andean Cloud Forest by Randall W. Myster Pdf

A book focused solely on Andean Cloud Forests (ACF) has never been published. ACF are high biodiversity ecosystems in the Neotropics with a large proportion of endemic species, and are important for the hydrology of entire regions. They provide water for large parts of the Amazon basin, for example. Here I take advantage of my many years working in ACF in Ecuador, to edit this book that contains the following sections: (1) ACF over space and time, (2) Hydrology, (3) Light and the Carbon cycle, (4) Soil, litter, fungi and nutrient cycling, (5) Plants, (6) Animals, and (7) Human impacts and management. Under this premise, international experts contributed chapters that consist of reviews of what is known about their topic, of what research they have done, and of what needs to be done in the future. This work is suitable for graduate students, professors, scientists, and researcher-oriented managers.

Author : Grady L. Webster,Robert Rhode
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2001-04-26
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780520915930

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Plant Diversity of an Andean Cloud Forest by Grady L. Webster,Robert Rhode Pdf

Based on work spanning a decade, this study of the Maquipucuna area on the western slopes of the Andes discusses the climate, vegetation, ecological relationships, and flora, and emphasizes the importance of the Maquipucuna area as a biological reserve. In addition to the checklist of the flora, which enumerates 1,650 species (including 228 species of pteridophytes and over 200 species of orchids), appendices give information on floristic composition of communities, distribution of epiphytes, and elevational ranges of families and genera. The illustrations include a map, landscapes, and characteristic species.

Author : Lawrence S. Hamilton,James O. Juvik,F.N. Scatena
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 425 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781461225003

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Tropical Montane Cloud Forests by Lawrence S. Hamilton,James O. Juvik,F.N. Scatena Pdf

Until relatively recently the valuable tropical montane cloud forests (hereaf ter usually referred to as TMCFs) of the world had scarcely come under the assaults experienced by the downslope montane and lowland forests. TMCFs are not hospitable environments for human occupation, and their remoteness (except in places near Andean high mountain settlements and in the Ethiopian Highlands) and difficult terrain have given them de facto protection. The ad jacent upper montane rain forests have indeed been under assault for timber, fuelwood, and for conversion to grazing and agriculture for many decades, even centuries in the Andes, but true cloud forest has only come under ex ploitation as these lower elevational resources have disappeared. They have also been "nibbled" at from above where there have been alpine grasslands under grazing pressure. Increasingly now, however, these cloud forest eco systems are being fragmented, reduced, and disturbed at an alarming rate. It is now becoming recognized that steps must be taken rapidly to increase our understanding of TMCF and to achieve their conservation, because: their water-capture function is extremely important to society; • their species endemism is high; they serve as refugia for endangered species being marginalized in these environments by increasingly transformed lower elevation ecosystems; they are relatively little studied; yet, their value to science is extremely high; they have low resilience to disturbance; vii viii Preface and many other reasons, which will be discussed subsequently in this publi cation.

Author : Thomas Stadtmüller
Publisher : Bib. Orton IICA / CATIE
Page : 88 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Forest ecology
ISBN : 928080670X

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Cloud Forests in the Humid Tropics by Thomas Stadtmüller Pdf

Author : Philip Bubb
Publisher : United Nations Environment Programme
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Nature
ISBN : IND:30000138994649

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Cloud Forest Agenda by Philip Bubb Pdf

The Cloud Forest Agenda report is designed to stimulate new initiatives and partnerships for the conservation and restoration of tropical cloud forests around the world. It provides global maps of cloud forests, alongside information on their biodiversity and watershed importance, a regional analysis of the threats to cloud forests and discussion on cloud forest conservation and livelihoods. The report concludes with an agenda for action, identifying global to national priorities and opportunities. Publishing Agency: United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).

Author : L. A. Bruijnzeel,F. N. Scatena,L. S. Hamilton
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 793 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2011-01-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781139494557

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Tropical Montane Cloud Forests by L. A. Bruijnzeel,F. N. Scatena,L. S. Hamilton Pdf

This volume represents a uniquely comprehensive overview of our current knowledge on tropical montane cloud forests. 72 chapters cover a wide spectrum of topics including cloud forest distribution, climate, soils, biodiversity, hydrological processes, hydrochemistry and water quality, climate change impacts, and cloud forest conservation, management, and restoration. The final chapter presents a major synthesis by some of the world's leading cloud forest researchers, which summarizes our current knowledge and considers the sustainability of these forests in an ever-changing world. This book presents state-of-the-art knowledge concerning cloud forest occurrence and status, as well as the biological and hydrological value of these unique forests. The presentation is academic but with a firm practical emphasis. It will serve as a core reference for academic researchers and students of environmental science and ecology, as well as practitioners (natural resources management, forest conservation) and decision makers at local, national, and international levels.

Author : Derek Thomas
Publisher : Mercutio
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2009-10
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0620450614

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The Devil's Gifts in the Andean Cloud Forest of Peru by Derek Thomas Pdf

The trial of Heathfield Halliday (Hal), a young Scottish environmentalist follows his confrontation with the multinational mining syndicates which operate illegally in the Peruvian Andes. The threat to the wild life and the continual destruction of the rich heritage of the Amazonian forests spark his crusade to terminate their activities which the Peruvian authorities prefer to ignore. With his team of supporters, a carefully planned strategy ends almost in tragedy. He is repatriated by the Peruvian authorities to Scotland where he is held in custody in an Edinburgh prison and tried under international law. Hal shares a cell with Macrory, a robust tough-talking Scot with a soft heart. After he is assaulted in the shower room, Macrory protects him from further abuse. Both their cases are defended by a young lawyer, Ms Price, whose smart legal savvy steers the way through the dubious tactics of the prosecution. Judge McEwan is a known environmentalist but the media sniff out a potential compromise to his impartiality which could affect the outcome. The court sequences are conducted in the banter of the courtroom but highlight the cost of unbridled resource extraction in sensitive environments like those of the Andean Amazon. The lives of the two cellmates remain intertwined beyond the gates of the prison, and, in a surprise ending Ms Price ties the knot with one of them.

Author : Nalini M. Nadkarni,Nathaniel T. Wheelwright
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 598 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2000-03-09
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780195133103

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Monteverde by Nalini M. Nadkarni,Nathaniel T. Wheelwright Pdf

The Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve has captured the worldwide attention of biologists, conservationists, and ecologists and has been the setting for extensive investigation over the past 30 years. Roughly 40,000 ecotourists visit the Cloud Forest each year, and it is often considered the archetypal high-altitude rain forest.This volume brings together some of the most prominent researchers of the region to provide a broad introduction to the biology of the Monteverde, and cloud forests in general. Collecting and synthesizing vital information about the ecosystem and its biota, the book also examines the positive and negative effects of human activity on both the forest and the surrounding communities. Ecologists, tropical biologists, and natural historians will find this volume an indispensable resource, as will all those who are fascinated by the magnificent wonders of the tropical forests.

Author : Peter Matthiessen
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1987-01-06
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781101663165

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Cloud Forest by Peter Matthiessen Pdf

A classic work of nature and humanity, by renowned writer Peter Matthiessen (1927-2014), author of the National Book Award-winning The Snow Leopard and the new novel In Paradise Peter Matthiessen crisscrossed 20,000 miles of the South American wilderness, from the Amazon rain forests to Machu Picchu, high in the Andes, down to Tierra del Fuego and back. He followed the trails of old explorers, encountered river bandits, wild tribesmen, and the evidence of ancient ruins, and discovered fossils in the depths of the Peruvian jungle. Filled with observations and descriptions of the people and the fading wildlife of this vast world to the south, The Cloud Forest is his incisive, wry report of his expedition into some of the last and most exotic wild terrains in the world. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

Author : Johansen, Kari Synnove,Alfthan, Björn,Baker, Elaine,Hesping, Malena,Schoolmeester, Tina,Verbist, Koen,GRID-Arendal (Norway)
Publisher : UNESCO Publishing
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2018-11-05
Category : Education
ISBN : 9789231002861

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The Andean glacier and water atlas by Johansen, Kari Synnove,Alfthan, Björn,Baker, Elaine,Hesping, Malena,Schoolmeester, Tina,Verbist, Koen,GRID-Arendal (Norway) Pdf

This Atlas illustrates the significant reduction in glacier mass happening throughout the Andean region. It quantifies the contribution of glaciers to drinking water supplies in cities and to agriculture, hydropower and industries. A reduction in glacier mass results in a long-term reduction in seasonal melt water - which is the mainstay of livelihoods for millions of people.

Author : Teresa Schwartzkopf
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 382 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Electronic
ISBN : CORNELL:31924090204003

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Biophysical Characterization of Cloud Forest Vegetation in the Venezuelan Andes by Teresa Schwartzkopf Pdf

Author : Helaine Silverman,William Isbell
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 1228 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2008-04-04
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0387752285

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Handbook of South American Archaeology by Helaine Silverman,William Isbell Pdf

Perhaps the contributions of South American archaeology to the larger field of world archaeology have been inadequately recognized. If so, this is probably because there have been relatively few archaeologists working in South America outside of Peru and recent advances in knowledge in other parts of the continent are only beginning to enter larger archaeological discourse. Many ideas of and about South American archaeology held by scholars from outside the area are going to change irrevocably with the appearance of the present volume. Not only does the Handbook of South American Archaeology (HSAA) provide immense and broad information about ancient South America, the volume also showcases the contributions made by South Americans to social theory. Moreover, one of the merits of this volume is that about half the authors (30) are South Americans, and the bibliographies in their chapters will be especially useful guides to Spanish and Portuguese literature as well as to the latest research. It is inevitable that the HSAA will be compared with the multi-volume Handbook of South American Indians (HSAI), with its detailed descriptions of indigenous peoples of South America, that was organized and edited by Julian Steward. Although there are heroic archaeological essays in the HSAI, by the likes of Junius Bird, Gordon Willey, John Rowe, and John Murra, Steward states frankly in his introduction to Volume Two that “arch- ology is included by way of background” to the ethnographic chapters.

Author : John C. Kricher
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 506 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0691009740

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A Neotropical Companion by John C. Kricher Pdf

Widely praised, "A Neotropical Companion" is an extraordinarily readable introduction to the American tropics, the lands of Central and South America, their rainforests and other ecosystems, and the creatures that live there. 177 color illustrations.

Author : David L. Hawksworth,Alan T. Bull
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 494 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2007-09-09
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781402063206

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Vertebrate Conservation and Biodiversity by David L. Hawksworth,Alan T. Bull Pdf

This book draws together a wide range of papers from researchers around the world that address the conservation and biodiversity of vertebrates, particularly those in terrestrial habitats. Collectively, the papers provide a snap-shot of the types of studies and actions being taken in vertebrate conservation and provide topical examples that will make the volume especially valuable for use in conservation biology courses.

Author : Erwin Beck,Jörg Bendix,Ingrid Kottke,Franz Makeschin,Reinhard Mosandl
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 525 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2008-01-24
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783540735267

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Gradients in a Tropical Mountain Ecosystem of Ecuador by Erwin Beck,Jörg Bendix,Ingrid Kottke,Franz Makeschin,Reinhard Mosandl Pdf

A fascinating work that provides a wealth of information on one of the world’s most biodiverse ecosystems. This is the result of investigations by almost 30 groups of researchers from various disciplines. They performed ecosystem analyses following two gradients: an altitudinal gradient and a gradient of land use intensity and ecosystem regeneration following human use. Based on these analyses, this volume discusses these findings in a huge variety of subject areas.