Post-Agricultural Succession in the Neotropics - Myster, Randall W.; SpringerLink (Online service) (New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2008)
Patterns of Living and Non-living Components of Old Fields After Abandonment -- Trends in Above and Belowground Carbon with Forest Regrowth After Agricultural Abandonment in the Neotropics -- Post Sugar Cane Succession in Moist Alluvial Sites in Puerto Rico -- Soil Fungi and Macrofauna in the Neotropics -- Earthworms and Post-Agricultural Succession -- Mechanisms and Tolerances that Cause Plant-Plant Replacements Producing Old Field Vegetation Patterns -- Factors Affecting the Species Richness and Composition of Neotropical Secondary Succession: A Case Study of Abandoned Agricultural Land in Panama -- Seed Dispersal by Cattle: Natural History and Applications to Neotropical Forest Restoration and Agroforestry -- The Roles of Disperser Behavior and Physical Habitat Structure in Regeneration of Post-Agricultural Fields -- Neotropic Post-Dispersal Seed Predation -- Facilitation Versus Competition in Neotropical Old-Fields: A Case Study After Pinus taeda Cultivation in Brazil -- Recruitment of Dry Forest Tree Species in Central Brazil Pastures -- Restoration, Management, and the Future of Post-Agricultural Areas -- Microbial Biomass in Native Amazonian Ecosystems and its Adaptation to Deforestation and Pasture Introduction and Management -- Management for Sustainability and Restoration of Degraded Pastures in the Neotropics -- Conclusions, Synthesis, and Future Directions.
Keywords: Environmental management; Plant ecology; Landscape ecology; Applied ecology; Nature conservation; Soil science; Soil conservation; Environmental Management; Plant Ecology; Landscape Ecology; Applied Ecology; Nature Conservation; Soil Science & Conservation