Timber Production and Biodiversity Conservation in Tropical Rain - Forest

Zusammenfassung Timber production is often the most economic form of land use in tropical forest: forest preservation is rarely so. The aim of this book is to show that good management of production forests can help conserve tropical biodiversity. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword Jeffrey Burley; Preface; Explanatory note; 1.The issues; 2. The history and development of tropical forestry; 3. Changes in the physical environment; 4. Forest regeneration and gap dynamics; 5. Responses of individual animal species; 6. Responses of species assemblages; 7. Using ecological data in forest management planning; 8. Intervention to maintain biodiversity; 9. Field procedures; 10. The future; Bibliography; Index.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Andrew Grieser Johns, Andrew Grieser (Oxford Forestry Institute) Johns, Johns Andrew Grieser
• Collaboration: S. K. Eltringham (Editeur), J. Harwood (Editeur), Burley Jeffrey (Préface)
• Edition: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 19.08.2004
• EAN: 9780521607629
• ISBN: 978-0-521-60762-9
• Pages: 248
• Thèmes: Cambridge Studies in Applied E; Cambridge Studies in Applied Ecology and Resource Management
• Catégories: Sciences naturelles, médecine, informatique, technique > Biologie > Général, dictionnaires; Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geography, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Agriculture / Forestry, NATURE / Ecosystems & Habitats / Forests & Rainforests, Conservation of wildlife & habitats, Tropics, Forests, rainforests, Forestry & silviculture: practice & techniques, Conservation of wildlife and habitats, Forests and woodland, Forestry and silviculture