Treetops at Risk : Challenges of Global Canopy Ecology and Conservation /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Lowman, Margaret. (Editor ), Devy, Soubadra. (Editor ), Ganesh, T. (Editor )
Formato: eBook
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
Edición:1st ed. 2013.
Materias:
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • FORWARD
  • PART I  EMERGING ISSUES
  • 1. The Role of Scientific Conferences to Foster Conservation Solution for Global Forests
  • 2. Greening the Planet?
  • 3. Comparative Canopy Biology and the Structure of Ecosystems
  • 4. Forest Canopies as Earth’s Support Systems: Priorities for Research and Conservation
  • 5. Emerging Threats to Tropical Forests
  • 6. Rethinking the Role of Tropical Forest Science in Forest Conservation and Management
  • 7. REDD: How can scientists change the political jungle?
  • 8. Narrowing global species estimates
  • PART II  CLIMATE CHANGE
  • 9. Tropical cyclones and forest dynamics under a changing climate: what are the long-term implications for tropical forest canopies in the cyclone belt
  • 10. Canopies and Climate Change
  • 11. Church Forest Status and Carbon Sequestration in Northern Ethiopa
  • 12. A novel approach to simulate climate change impacts on vascular epiphytes: case study in Taiwan
  • 13. Sensitivity and threat in high-elevation rainforests: outcomes and consequences of the IBISCA- Queensland Project
  • 14. A mature foreset canopy in a CO2-rich future - an experiment at the Swiss Canopy Crane research site
  • 15. Shock value: are lianas natural lightning rods?
  • 16. Potential impacts of global changes on epiphytic bryophytes in subtropical montane moist evergreen broad-leaved forests, SW China
  • 17. ‘Canopy-less’ monitoring of biodiversity and climate change: signs of a leaky roof
  • PART III  NEW APPROACHES
  • 18. Mesoscale Exploration and Conservation of Tropical Canopies in a Changing Climate
  • 19. Why do sloths poop on the ground?
  • 20. Birds of the “canopy”: historical perspective, current trends and future directions
  • 21. Functional roles of lianas in the forest canopy
  • 22. Islands in a sea of foliage: mistletoes as discrete components of forest canopies
  • 23. Non-vascular epiphytes: functions and risks at the tree canopy
  • 24. Canopy texture analysis for large-scale assessments of tropical forest stand structure and biomass
  • 25. Changing tropical forest dynamics and their effects on canopy geometry and tropical forest biodiversity
  • 26. Reproductive Biology and Genetics of Some Dominant Canopy and Understorey Dominant Tree Species of Sri Lanka: Implications for Conservation Management in a Fragmented Landscape
  • 27. The importance of flowers for beetle biodiversity and abundance
  • 28. Assessing canopy processes at large landscape scales in the Western Ghats using remote sensing
  • 29. Ontogeny of Herbivory on Leaves in a Tropical Rainforest in Madagascar
  • 30. Do Water Bears Climb Trees too?
  • 31. From leaf litter to canopy: non-invasive and reliable sampling in a tropical rainforest
  • PART IV  EDUCATION AND OUTREACH
  • 32. Win-Win for Scientists Who Lead Citizen Science Canopy Research Expeditions
  • 33. In the Canopy with Wheel Chairs: a model for teaching field biology
  • 34. Modelling Insect outbreaks in Forest Canopies
  • Integration of Virtual Simulations with Hands-on Ecology for Undergraduates
  • 35. Canopy Capture
  • 36. Kids can save Forests.- Forest Canopy Tourism- analyzing a Flagship Attraction in the Ecotourism Arena from a Political Ecology Perspective
  • PART V ECOSYSTEM, SERVICES AND SUSTAINABILITY
  • 38. Ancient Coastal Rainforest Canopies in Western Canada: Issues in Biodiversity and Conservation
  • 39. The population dynamics of epiphytic orchids: A review and methodological guide
  • 40. Can canopy dwelling frogs be monitored from the ground? A case from Western Ghats of India
  • 41. Just harvest: Ecology and politics of forest canopy product use in protected areas
  • 42. Orchid farming, sustainable timber harvest and other forest management practices in Cameroon, Africa
  • 43. Sacred groves as sanctuaries for mistletoe conservation in Kathmandu Valley
  • 44. Nutrient recycling starts in the canopy: the secretive action of termites
  • 45. Valuing Ecosystem Services Flowing from the Himalayan States for Incorporation into National Accounting
  • 46. Whole Plants as NTFPs from the forest canopies- priorities for management and conservation.               .