Author : Tom Gill
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 516 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1931
Category : Botany
ISBN : UOM:39015006885365
Tropical Forests of the Caribbean
Tom Gill
Tropical Forests Of The Caribbean
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Sustainable management of logged tropical forests in the Caribbean to ensure long-term productivity
Gräfe, S., Köhl, M., Eckelmann, C.M., Bremner, Q., Oatham, M., Pacheco, R., Playfair, M., Shono, K.
Author : Gräfe, S., Köhl, M., Eckelmann, C.M., Bremner, Q., Oatham, M., Pacheco, R., Playfair, M., Shono, K.
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2021-09-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9789251346600
Sustainable management of logged tropical forests in the Caribbean to ensure long-term productivity by Gräfe, S., Köhl, M., Eckelmann, C.M., Bremner, Q., Oatham, M., Pacheco, R., Playfair, M., Shono, K. Pdf
To facilitate sustainable management of logged forests in the Caribbean, forest authorities of Belize, Guyana, Suriname, and Trinidad and Tobago, jointly with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the University of Hamburg as a scientific partner, implemented the regional project “Ensuring Long-Term Productivity of Lowland Tropical Forests in the Caribbean” financed by the German Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture. The main objective of the project was to support the sustainable management of logged forests to maintain productivity and prevent further degradation. For this purpose, extensive field studies were conducted in the project countries, which resulted in silvicultural recommendations presented in this publication. The project findings revealed that the application of general sustainable forest management protocols for tropical production forests that set limits on harvesting does not necessarily ensure sustained productivity if the composition and management of the residual stand are not considered. The ratio of the number of harvested trees to the remaining future crop trees can provide a simple indicator of the sustainability of harvest. If the current harvest exceeds the number of future crop trees, the harvest is not sustainable. As a rule of thumb, at least one, preferably two future crop trees per harvested tree should be retained for future use. Protection of future crop trees can be a simple and practical approach to prevent high grading and degradation of the forest growing stock. The importance of reduced impact logging to reduce unnecessary damage to the future crop trees and for sustainable forest management, in general, is stressed.
A Caribbean Forest Tapestry
Nicholas Brokaw,Todd Crowl,Ariel Lugo,William McDowell,Frederick Scatena,Robert Waide,Michael Willig
Author : Nicholas Brokaw,Todd Crowl,Ariel Lugo,William McDowell,Frederick Scatena,Robert Waide,Michael Willig
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 483 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2012-06-21
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780199715114
A Caribbean Forest Tapestry by Nicholas Brokaw,Todd Crowl,Ariel Lugo,William McDowell,Frederick Scatena,Robert Waide,Michael Willig Pdf
Global change threatens ecosystems worldwide, and tropical systems with their high diversity and rapid development are of special concern. We can mitigate the impacts of change if we understand how tropical ecosystems respond to disturbance. For tropical forests and streams in Puerto Rico this book describes the impacts of, and recovery from, hurricanes, landslides, floods, droughts, and human disturbances in the Luquillo Mountains of Puerto Rico. These ecosystems recover quickly after natural disturbances, having been shaped over thousands of years by such events. Human disturbance, however, has longer-lasting impacts. Chapters are by authors with many years of experience in Puerto Rico and other tropical areas and cover the history of research in these mountains, a framework for understanding disturbance and response, the environmental setting, the disturbance regime, response to disturbance, biotic mechanisms of response, management implications, and future directions. The text provides a strong perspective on tropical ecosystem dynamics over multiple scales of time and space.
A Caribbean Forest Tapestry
Nicholas Brokaw,Todd Crowl,Ariel Lugo,William McDowell,Frederick Scatena,Robert Waide,Michael Willig
Author : Nicholas Brokaw,Todd Crowl,Ariel Lugo,William McDowell,Frederick Scatena,Robert Waide,Michael Willig
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 483 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2012-06-28
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780195334692
A Caribbean Forest Tapestry by Nicholas Brokaw,Todd Crowl,Ariel Lugo,William McDowell,Frederick Scatena,Robert Waide,Michael Willig Pdf
This book explains how to foresee and manage ecosystem changes in the Luquillo Mountains in Puerto Rico, by looking at underlying causes and effects. The lessons from the abiotic and biotic environments, populations, and ecosystems in this region apply to analogous forest biomes in Central and South America, as well as around the world.
The Conservation Atlas of Tropical Forests
Caroline Harcourt
Author : Caroline Harcourt
Publisher : Macmillan Reference USA
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Nature
ISBN : UOM:39015037481721
The Conservation Atlas of Tropical Forests by Caroline Harcourt Pdf
This final volume in the The Conservation Atlas of Tropical Forests covers the Americas. It provides an up-to-date overview of the status of rain forests in South America, Central America, and the Caribbean. Following the format of the two previous volumes The Conservation Atlas of Tropical Forests: Asia and the Pacific (1991) and The Conservation Atlas of Tropical Forests: Africa (1992), the atlas is divided into two parts. Part I introduces and discusses the complex interrelated issues in the regions that are involved in both deforestation as well as conservation of the tropical forests. Included are discussions on the history of the forests, agricultural colonization policies and deforestation, conservation polices for plants and wildlife, protected areas, and the future of the tropical forests. Part II is a detailed and well referenced country-by-country analysis of conservation status and trends. Four-colour maps have been compiled from satellite and radar imagery, aerial photography, and the latest information provided by forestry departments and development agencies.
The Evolution of Tropical Forestry
Frank Howard Wadsworth,Harold K. Steen
Author : Frank Howard Wadsworth,Harold K. Steen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 90 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Foresters
ISBN : UOM:39015040051313
The Evolution of Tropical Forestry by Frank Howard Wadsworth,Harold K. Steen Pdf
The World's Tropical Forests
U.S. Interagency Task Force on Tropical Forests
Author : U.S. Interagency Task Force on Tropical Forests
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Deforestation
ISBN : MINN:31951D01420680V
The World's Tropical Forests by U.S. Interagency Task Force on Tropical Forests Pdf
Tropical Forests: Management and Ecology
Ariel E. Lugo,Carol Lowe
Author : Ariel E. Lugo,Carol Lowe
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 474 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781461224983
Tropical Forests: Management and Ecology by Ariel E. Lugo,Carol Lowe Pdf
Forestry professors used to remind students that, whereas physicians bury their mistakes, foresters die before theirs are noticed. But good institutions live longer than the scientists who contribute to building them, and the half-century of work of the USDA Forest Service's Institute of Tropical Forestry (ITF) is in plain view: an unprecedented corpus of accomplishments that would instill pride in any organization. There is scarcely anyone interested in current issues of tropical forestry who would not benefit from a refresher course in ITF's findings: its early collaboration with farmers to establish plantations, its successes in what we now call social forestry, its continuous improvement of nursery practices, its screening trials of native species, its development of wood-processing technologies appropriate for developing countries, its thorough analysis of tropical forest function, and its holistic approach toward conservation of endangered species. Fortunately, ITF has a long history of information exchange through teaching; like many others, I got my own start in tropical forest ecology fromjust such a course in Puerto Rico. And long before politicians recognized the global importance of tropical forestry, the ITF staff served actively as ambassadors of the discipline, visiting tropical coun tries everywhere to learn and, when invited to do so, to help solve local problems. It is a general principle of biogeography that species' turnover rates on islands are higher than those on continents. Inevitably, the same is true of scientists assigned to work on islands.
Evolution of Tropical Forestry
Harold K. Steen
Author : Harold K. Steen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 88 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Foresters
ISBN : MINN:31951D01665962U
Evolution of Tropical Forestry by Harold K. Steen Pdf
A Student Guide to Tropical Forest Conservation
J. Louise Mastrantonio
Author : J. Louise Mastrantonio
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Deforestation
ISBN : MINN:31951D029873291
A Student Guide to Tropical Forest Conservation by J. Louise Mastrantonio Pdf
Tropical Forests of the Guiana Shield
D. S. Hammond
Author : D. S. Hammond
Publisher : CABI
Page : 552 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1845930924
Tropical Forests of the Guiana Shield by D. S. Hammond Pdf
The Guiana Shield is an ancient geological formation located in the northern part of South America, covering an area of one million square kilometres. Despite its hostile environment, it is home to many unusual and highly specialized plants and animals, which constitute a rich area of biodiversity. Chapters in this book include hydrology, nutrient cycling, forest phenology, insect-plant interactions, forest microclimate, plant distributions, forest dynamics and conservation and management of flora and fauna. It provides a comprehensive and detailed review of the ecology, biology and natural history of the forests of the area.
Tropical Forests
Thomas K. Rudel
Author : Thomas K. Rudel
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Deforestation
ISBN : 9780231131957
Tropical Forests by Thomas K. Rudel Pdf
In Tropical Forests, Rudel analyzes hundreds of local studies from the past twenty years to develop a much-needed, global perspective on deforestation. With separate chapters on individual regions, including South and Central America, the Caribbean, and Africa, Rudel's work offers an up-to-date assessment of the world's tropical forests. In the concluding chapter, Rudel considers the implications of these trends and describes policy directions for conserving biodiversity and promoting sustainable development in each region.
Tropical Forests
Ariel E. Lugo
Author : Ariel E. Lugo
Publisher : Springer
Page : 490 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Nature
ISBN : UOM:39015034285802
Tropical Forests by Ariel E. Lugo Pdf
Its seventeen chapters were prepared by leading tropical ecologists and are divided into four sections: The Problem and Background; Long-term Ecological Research in Puerto Rico; Research Areas that Require Increased Focus in the Tropics; and Direction for Future Research in Tropical Forests. Tropical Forests: Management and Ecology will be a lasting resource for ecologists, tropical biologists, foresters, natural resource specialists, and policymakers with an interest in the tropics.
Changing Tropical Forests
Harold K. Steen,Richard P. Tucker
Author : Harold K. Steen,Richard P. Tucker
Publisher : Duke University Press
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 0822312360
Changing Tropical Forests by Harold K. Steen,Richard P. Tucker Pdf
Changing Tropical Forests begins with an overview of the history of deforestation in tropical America and the tasks facing Latin American environmental historians. Based on proceedings of a 1991 conference sponsored by the Forest History Society and IUFRO Forest History Group in Costa Rica, the contributors offer detailed accounts of the enivornmental history of specific forest conditions, grasslands, and changing ecosystems of Costa Rica, Mexico, Surinam, and Brazil. the role of human intervention in this process of change is also discussed. Contributors. William Balée, James R. Barborak, Peter Boomgaard, Larissa V. Brown, Gerardo Budowski, John Dargavel, Warren Dean, Silvia del Amo R., Elizabeth Graham, J. Régis Guillaumon, Rhena Hoffmann, Sally P. Horn, Sebastião Kengen, Herman W. Konrad, Mary Pamela Lehmann, Robert D. Leier, Murdo J. MacLeod, M. Patricia Marchak, Elinor G. K. Melville, David M. Pendergast, Susan M. Pierce, Leslie E. Sponsel, Richard P. Tucker, Terry West
Restoration of Tropical Forest Ecosystems
Helmut Lieth,M. Lohmann
Author : Helmut Lieth,M. Lohmann
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2013-03-09
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9789401728966
Restoration of Tropical Forest Ecosystems by Helmut Lieth,M. Lohmann Pdf
The destruction of the tropical forests proceeds Nobody at the symposium believed that the rapidly. We all know that this has global ecologi tropical forest area would remain untouched. cal and economical consequences. The problem The population explosion takes care of that argu is of such magnitude that it can only be com ment. The two main problem areas before us are pared to warfare. The destruction of tropical first the wise utilization of that portion of the forests is not only detrimental to the global forest which will be used - especially the intro ecology but also poses a serious threat to the duction of planned forestry in such areas, and people living in this area. Furthermore the over second, the development of a good plan for utilization of such a valuable resource poses a nature conservation in the tropics. serious threat to the next generations. The papers presented at the symposium will Apart from the problem generated for the most certainly not solve all the problems but we people in those regions and on earth in general hope they contribute to the very much needed, there is a moral obligation to preserve the vast continued discussion of possible solutions which biological diversity in the tropical forests. We must be implemented in the near future.
