Second growth : the promise of tropical forest regeneration in an age of deforestation / Robin L. Chazdon.

By:

Chazdon, Robin Lee, 1957- [Author]

Material type: Text

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9780226118109
9781306689656

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Electronic Books.

LOC classification:

SD409 .S436 2014

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Contents:

Chapter 2. Ancient Human Legacies in Tropical Forest Landscapes -- Chapter 3. Landscape Transformation and Tropical Forest Regeneration through Prehistory -- Chapter 4. Tropical Forest Dynamics and Disturbance Regimes -- Chapter 5. Successional Pathways and Forest Transformations -- Chapter 6. Tropical Forest Succession on Newly Created Substrates -- Chapter 7. Forest Regeneration following Agricultural Land Uses -- Chapter 8. Forest Regeneration following Hurricanes and Fires -- Chapter 9. Forest Regeneration following Selective Logging and Land-Use Synergisms -- Chapter 10. Functional Traits and Community Assembly during Secondary Succession -- Chapter 11. Recovery of Ecosystem Functions during Forest Regeneration -- Chapter 12. Animal Diversity and Plant-Animal Interactions in Regenerating Forests -- Chapter 13. Tropical Reforestation Pathways -- Chapter 14. Regenerating Forests in Tropical Landscapes -- Chapter 15. Synthesis: The Promise of Tropical Forest Regeneration in an Age of Deforestation.

Subject: "For decades, conservation and research initiatives in tropical forests have focused almost exclusively on old-growth forests because scientists believed that these 'pristine' ecosystems housed superior levels of biodiversity. With Second Growth, Robin L. Chazdon reveals those assumptions to be largely false, bringing to the fore the previously overlooked counterpart to old-growth forest: second growth. Even as human activities result in extensive fragmentation and deforestation, tropical forests demonstrate a great capacity for natural and human-aided regeneration. Although these damaged landscapes can take centuries to regain the characteristics of old growth, Chazdon shows here that regenerating--or second-growth--forests are vital, dynamic reservoirs of biodiversity and environmental services. What is more, they always have been. With chapters on the roles these forests play in carbon and nutrient cycling, sustaining biodiversity, providing timber and non-timber products, and integrated agriculture, Second Growth not only offers a thorough and wide-ranging overview of successional and restoration pathways, but also underscores the need to conserve, and further study, regenerating tropical forests in an attempt to inspire a new age of local and global stewardship"--Provided by publisher.

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Includes bibliographies and index.

Chapter 1. Perceptions of Tropical Forests and Natural Regene -- Chapter 2. Ancient Human Legacies in Tropical Forest Landscapes -- Chapter 3. Landscape Transformation and Tropical Forest Regeneration through Prehistory -- Chapter 4. Tropical Forest Dynamics and Disturbance Regimes -- Chapter 5. Successional Pathways and Forest Transformations -- Chapter 6. Tropical Forest Succession on Newly Created Substrates -- Chapter 7. Forest Regeneration following Agricultural Land Uses -- Chapter 8. Forest Regeneration following Hurricanes and Fires -- Chapter 9. Forest Regeneration following Selective Logging and Land-Use Synergisms -- Chapter 10. Functional Traits and Community Assembly during Secondary Succession -- Chapter 11. Recovery of Ecosystem Functions during Forest Regeneration -- Chapter 12. Animal Diversity and Plant-Animal Interactions in Regenerating Forests -- Chapter 13. Tropical Reforestation Pathways -- Chapter 14. Regenerating Forests in Tropical Landscapes -- Chapter 15. Synthesis: The Promise of Tropical Forest Regeneration in an Age of Deforestation.

"For decades, conservation and research initiatives in tropical forests have focused almost exclusively on old-growth forests because scientists believed that these 'pristine' ecosystems housed superior levels of biodiversity. With Second Growth, Robin L. Chazdon reveals those assumptions to be largely false, bringing to the fore the previously overlooked counterpart to old-growth forest: second growth. Even as human activities result in extensive fragmentation and deforestation, tropical forests demonstrate a great capacity for natural and human-aided regeneration. Although these damaged landscapes can take centuries to regain the characteristics of old growth, Chazdon shows here that regenerating--or second-growth--forests are vital, dynamic reservoirs of biodiversity and environmental services. What is more, they always have been. With chapters on the roles these forests play in carbon and nutrient cycling, sustaining biodiversity, providing timber and non-timber products, and integrated agriculture, Second Growth not only offers a thorough and wide-ranging overview of successional and restoration pathways, but also underscores the need to conserve, and further study, regenerating tropical forests in an attempt to inspire a new age of local and global stewardship"--Provided by publisher.

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