Nature's geography : new lessons for conservation in developing countries /
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| Imprint: | Madison, Wis. : The University of Wisconsin Press, c1998. |
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| Description: | xvi, 351 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/3669908 |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction: The Geographical Nature of Landscape Change / Karl S. Zimmerer and Kenneth R. Young
- Pt. 1. The Conservation Challenges of Forest Loss and Fragmentation. 1. Landscape Change and Resource Conservation along the Tana River, Kenya / Kimberly E. Medley. 2. Forest Landscape Dynamics and Panda Conservation in Southwestern China / Alan H. Taylor and Qin Zisheng. 3. Deforestation in Landscapes with Humid Forests in the Central Andes: Patterns and Processes / Kenneth R. Young. 4. Monitoring Forests in the Andes Using Remote Sensing: An Example from Southern Ecuador / Fernando R. Echavarria
- Pt. 2. The Conservation Challenges of Disturbances in High Mountains. 5. Fire Management and Natural Landscapes in the Chirripo Paramo, Chirripo National Park, Costa Rica / Sally P. Horn. 6. Human Impact on the High Paramo Landscape of the Venezuelan Andes / Francisco L. Perez. 7. Grazing the Forest, Shaping the Landscape? Continuing the Debate about Forest Dynamics in Sagarmatha National Park, Nepal / Barbara Brower and Ann Dennis
- Pt. 3. Land Use in Settled Areas and the Prospects for Conservation-with-Development. 8. Biogeography of Land-Use Impacts in the Near East / Mark A. Blumler. 9. The Interaction of Grazing History with Rainfall and Its Influence on Annual Rangeland Dynamics in the Sahel / Matthew D. Turner. 10. Disturbances and Diverse Crops in the Farm Landscapes of Highland South America / Karl S. Zimmerer. 11. The Ecology, Use, and Conservation of Temperate and Subalpine Forest Landscapes of West Central Nepal / John J. Metz. 12. Ethnobotanical Knowledge and Environmental Risk: Foragers and Farmers in Northern Borneo / Robert A. Voeks
- Conclusion: Biological Conservation in Developing Countries / Kenneth R. Young and Karl S. Zimmerer.