Tropical Forest Remnants:
Ecology, Management, and Conservation of Fragmented Communities
7/1/97
OVERVIEW, SOURCE & COMMENTARY by EE
I am sending out this announcement for a major edited book on
tropical forest remnants because of the ever increasing importance of
maintaining and restoring both species and community diversity and
viability in fragmented landscapes. This will be a major
conservation challenge in the future, ensuring that the wave of
initial habitat conversion playing itself out worldwide does not lead
to spiraling declines in ecosystem and biodiversity values. I
wholeheartedly recommend this important book.
g.b.
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Date: Fri, 27 Jun 1997 16:50:40 -0400 (WST)
Subject: New Fragmentation Book
The major edited book,
TROPICAL FOREST REMNANTS
Ecology, Management, and Conservation of Fragmented Communities
has just been published by the University of Chicago Press. Edited
by William F. Laurance and Richard O. Bierregaard, Jr., the book
contains 31 chapters from leading researchers in South and Central
America, Australia, Asia, Oceania, and Madagascar, plus two
concluding chapters that synthesize existing knowledge on the ecology
and management of fragmented ecosystems.
The book's 72 contributors include John Terborgh, T. C. Whitmore,
Virgilio Viana, Virginia Dale, Craig Moritz, James Patton, Jon
Fjeldsa, Ian Turner, Richard Corlett, Andrew Smith, Richard
Bierregaard, and William Laurance, with a Foreword by Thomas Lovejoy.
COMMENTS ABOUT THE BOOK
"I can hardly think of a more vitally timed book than TROPICAL FOREST
REMNANTS. If I were a philanthropist I would distribute scores of
copies to forestry aficionados throughout the tropics." Norman Myers,
author of The Primary Source: Tropical Forests and Our Future
"A timely, valuable overview of issues at the heart of the
biodiversity crisis. Applicable across a wide range of fragmented
landscapes." Robert Holt, University of Kansas, Lawrence
"This collection of authoritative studies is destined to become both
widely read and widely cited." Julie Denslow, Louisiana State
University.
ORDERING INFORMATION
Price: Paper 0-226-46899-2: $38.00 (L.30.50 pounds sterling)
(Hard cover versions also available)
See UCP's web page on:
http://www.press.uchicago.edu
Or the book's web page:
http://www.press.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/hfs.cgi/00/13300.ctl
(includes Table of Contents and Chapter Abstracts)
Or contact UCP at:
Orders Department
The University of Chicago Press
11030 South Langley Avenue
Chicago, IL 60628, USA
Fax: 773-660-2235
Phone: 773-568-1150