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WORLDWIDE
FOREST/BIODIVERSITY CAMPAIGN NEWS
Tropical
Forest Remnants:
Ecology, Management, and Conservation of
Fragmented Communities
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Forest
Networking a Project of Ecological Enterprises
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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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From:
<wfl@cr-am.rnp.br>
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
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