Second growth : the promise of tropical forest regeneration in an age of deforestation /
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| Author / Creator: | Chazdon, Robin Lee, 1957- author. |
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| Imprint: | Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2014. ©2014 |
| Description: | xx, 449 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 23 cm |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10037003 |
Table of Contents:
- List of Illustrations
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1. Perceptions of Tropical Forests and Natural Regeneration
- 1.1. Viewing Forests as a Cycle
- 1.2. The Resilience of Tropical Forests
- 1.3. Forest Regeneration, Succession, and Forest Degradation
- 1.4. The Geographic Extent of Deforestation and Forest Regeneration across the Tropics
- 1.5. The Tropical Forests of the Future
- Chapter 2. Ancient Human Legacies in Tropical Forest Landscapes
- 2.1. Overview
- 2.2. The Peopling of the Tropics
- 2.3. Impacts of Early Hunter-Gatherer Societies
- 2.4. The Development of Agriculture
- 2.5. Holocene Climate Variability, Forest Change, and Agricultural Expansion
- 2.6. Conclusion
- Chapter 3. Landscape Transformation and Tropical Forest Regeneration through Prehistory
- 3.1. Overview
- 3.2. Earthworks and Landscape Transformations
- 3.3. Prehistoric Fires: Synergies between Natural and Human Causes
- 3.4. Ancient Soil Modifications
- 3.5. The Scale of Prehistoric Human Impacts in the Neotropics
- 3.6. Paleoecological Reconstruction of Tropical Forest Regeneration
- 3.7. Conclusion
- Chapter 4. Tropical Forest Dynamics and Disturbance Regimes
- 4.1. Overview
- 4.2. Disturbance Regimes in Tropical Forest Regions
- 4.3. Gap Dynamics and the Forest Growth Cycle
- 4.4. Detection of Tropical Forest Disturbance
- 4.5. Are Old-Growth Tropical Forests Stable?
- 4.6. Conclusion
- Chapter 5. Successional Pathways and Forest Transformations
- 5.1. Overview
- 5.2. Variability in Successional Pathways
- 5.3. Successional Stages and Species Classification
- 5.4. Forest Definitions and Concepts
- 5.5. Approaches to Studying Tropical Forest Succession
- 5.6. Conclusion
- Chapter 6. Tropical Forest Succession on Newly Created Substrates
- 6.1. Overview
- 6.2. Biological Legacies and Local Resource Availability
- 6.3. Colonization and Succession on Landslides
- 6.4. Succession following Volcanic Eruptions
- 6.5. Riverbank Succession
- 6.6. Conclusion
- Chapter 7. Forest Regeneration following Agricultural Land Uses
- 7.1. Overview
- 7.2. Effects of Land Use and Biological Legacies on Propagule Availability and Modes of Regeneration
- 7.3. Effects of Land Use on Site Quality and Resource Availability
- 7.4. Conclusion
- Chapter 8. Forest Regeneration following Hurricanes and Fires
- 8.1. Overview
- 8.2. Hurricane Damage and Regeneration
- 8.3. Tropical Forest Regeneration after Single and Recurrent Fires
- 8.4. Conclusion
- Chapter 9. Forest Regeneration following Selective Logging and Land-Use Synergisms
- 9.1. Overview
- 9.2. Harvesting Intensity, Forest Disturbance, and Postlogging Forest Regeneration
- 9.3. Effects of Logging on Animal Abundance and Diversity
- 9.4. Consequences of Land-Use Synergisms for Forest Regeneration
- 9.5. Conclusion
- Chapter 10. Functional Traits and Community Assembly during Secondary Succession
- 10.1. Overview
- 10.2. Environmental Gradients during Succession
- 10.3. Successional Changes in Life-Form Composition
- 10.4. Functional Traits of Early and Late Successional Species
- 10.5. Environmental Filtering, Functional Diversity, and Community Assembly during Succession
- 10.6. A General Scheme for Community Assembly during Secondary Succession
- 10.7. Conclusion
- Chapter 11. Recovery of Ecosystem Functions during Forest Regeneration
- 11.1. Overview
- 11.2. Loss of Nutrients and Carbon during Conversion of Forest to Agriculture
- 11.3. Accumulation of Carbon and Nutrients during Forest Regeneration
- 11.4. Nutrient Cycling and Nutrient Limitation
- 11.5. Hydrology and Water Balance
- 11.6. Conclusion
- Chapter 12. Animal Diversity and Plant-Animal Interactions in Regenerating Forests
- 12.1. Overview
- 12.2. Animal Diversity in Regenerating Forests
- 12.3. Plant-Herbivore Interactions during Forest Regeneration
- 12.4. Seed Dispersal and Predation during Forest Regeneration
- 12.5. Pollination in Regenerating Forests
- 12.6. Conclusion
- Chapter 13. Tropical Reforestation Pathways
- 13.1. Overview
- 13.2. Reforestation Goals and Decisions
- 13.3. Reforestation through Management of Forest Fallows
- 13.4. Ecological Forest Restoration in the Tropics
- 13.5. Recovery of Biodiversity during Reforestation
- 13.6. Recovery of Ecosystem Properties during Reforestation
- 13.7. Conclusion
- Chapter 14. Regenerating Forests in Tropical Landscapes
- 14.1. Overview
- 14.2. Land-Use Transitions and Forest Transitions
- 14.3. The Landscape Context of Forest Regeneration
- 14.4. Socioecological Drivers of Tropical Reforestation
- 14.5. Enhancing Forest Regeneration and Human Livelihoods in the Landscape Matrix
- 14.6. Conclusion
- Chapter 15. Synthesis: The Promise of Tropical Forest Regeneration in an Age of Deforestation
- 15.1. The Power of Forest Regeneration
- 15.2. Tropical Forest Change and Resilience
- 15.3. The Current and Future Value of Regenerating Tropical Forests
- 15.4. New Approaches to Promoting Forest Regeneration
- References
- Index
